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Australia amnesty takes 57,000 guns off the streets
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» SYDNEY: More than 57,000 illegal firearms, many of them automatic or semi-automatic weapons, have been handed in under an Australian amnesty that authorities Thursday said had made the country safer.
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Restrictions bite HK shark fin traders
AFP, Published on 17/03/2013
» HONG KONG - A conservation victory restricting global trade in more shark species will take a fresh bite at Hong Kong's market in fins, which has already been hit hard by persistent attacks from anti-fin campaigners.
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Israel bombs Gaza as UN warns of ‘grave peril’
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces on Thursday heavily bombed besieged Gaza as the centre of fierce combat against Hamas moves steadily south, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
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Man held in France for murder of wife and 4 children
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MEAUX, France - French police on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his wife and their four children, a prosecutor said.
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EU toughens rules on top porn platforms
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - The European Union on Wednesday added three pornographic websites to its list of online platforms that are large enough to come under tougher safety regulation.
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Online video games, the latest hunting grounds for drug cartels
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - Narcotics police the world over are sprucing up their video game skills, as cartels go increasingly online to sell drugs and recruit dealers.
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Freshwater fish swim into trouble as climate change increases threat: IUCN
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» DUBAI - A quarter of freshwater fish species worldwide are at risk of extinction, according to an update to the global red list of threatened species on Monday, highlighting the escalating impacts of human-caused climate change on the planet's wildlife.
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Macron defiant after immigration bill rejection
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» PARIS - France's government insisted Tuesday it would take tough measures against illegal migrants as it battled a political crisis following the rejection of its flagship immigration bill in the lower house of parliament.
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Russian girl kills classmate, commits suicide
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A 14-year-old girl shot a classmate dead and injured five people before killing herself at a secondary school in the Russian city of Bryansk near the Ukraine border on Thursday.
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Three killed in Las Vegas university shooting
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» LAS VEGAS - Three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting at a Las Vegas university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect also dead.
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