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Destruction, lawlessness and red tape hobble aid as Gazans go hungry
Published on 25/03/2024
» CAIRO - In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometres along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks about 1.5 kilometres long and sometimes two or three across was backed up near a crossing from Egypt into Gaza.
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A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
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Russian court hears appeal by Nobel winner
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A Russian court on Thursday began hearing the appeal of Oleg Orlov, a veteran human rights campaigner and co-chair of the Nobel Prize-winning group Memorial, who has been convicted of discrediting Russian forces.
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Table Mountain attacks unnerve tourists in South Africa
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» CAPE TOWN - Hikers hit the trail before dawn at South Africa's natural jewel Table Mountain, but instead of simply trekking its rugged landscape they were also demonstrating against a surge in attacks on walkers and tourists.
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Second stage of hostage-prisoner release awaited in Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas fighters were set to release a second group of hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, officials said, as a truce largely held in the devastated Gaza Strip after seven weeks of war that killed thousands of people.
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Hamas fighters free first wave of hostages in Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Masked Hamas gunmen freed a first wave of hostages Friday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, sparking rare scenes of celebration in a seven-week war that has killed thousands of people.
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Israeli mother of hostages torn between hope and despair
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» KIRYAT ONO (ISRAEL) - When Israeli mother Maayan Zin scrolls through her phone, she sees her worst nightmare and her only glimmer of hope as she desperately awaits news of her two young daughters, believed held hostage by Hamas.
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Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India as row over separatist killing grows
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» MONTREAL - Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India -- fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.
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Fight in Gaza spilling over to Jerusalem, West Bank
New York Times, Published on 14/10/2023
» JERUSALEM — While world attention focuses on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a battle has been slowly brewing in the other Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Blame and accusations in dead Sikh separatist's village
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» BHARSINGPURA, India - A notice demanding that Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear in court is still stuck on his house in Punjab, where the Sikh separatist's neighbours believe Canada's accusation that India was responsible for his killing.
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