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US cutting forces, missile batteries in Middle East
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday it was cutting the number of troops and air defense units deployed to the Middle East, confirming a Wall Street Journal report that eight Patriot batteries were being moved out from the region.
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Global calls for calm as Colombia deploys 'excessive force'
AFP, Published on 05/05/2021
» CALI (COLOMBIA) - The international community on Tuesday decried what the UN described as an "excessive use of force" by security officers in Colombia after numerous deaths during days of anti-government protests.
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Russia begins drawdown of troops from Ukraine borders
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» MOSCOW - Russia on Friday began withdrawing troops that had been running drills near the borders of Ukraine, the defence ministry said, following weeks of heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over the buildup.
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Thousands take to Myanmar streets again after bloodiest day since coup
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2021
» Myanmar security forces killed a man in the main city of Yangon on Monday, media reported, as activists called on ethnic minority forces in the diverse nation to back their campaign against military rule.
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Myanmar generals under renewed pressure after sanctions, mass protest
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar's military leaders came under renewed pressure at home and abroad Tuesday, with tightened sanctions from Washington and Brussels, and some of the biggest demonstrations against their rule since they seized power three weeks ago.
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EU leaders sign Brexit deal as UK MPs debate ratification
AFP, Published on 30/12/2020
» LONDON: EU leaders signed their post-Brexit trade deal with Britain and dispatched it to London on an RAF jet Wednesday, setting their seal on a drawn-out divorce just hours before the UK brings its half-century European experiment to an end.
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Leaders to sign UK-EU deal as MPs face express debate
AFP, Published on 30/12/2020
» LONDON - The UK and European Union will Wednesday sign a mammoth trade pact to put the seal on their drawn-out Brexit divorce in the dwindling hours before they part ways definitively at the dawning of 2021.
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Scores of Taliban militants killed as fighting rocks insurgent bastion
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday.
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Arab Spring: How the West missed a date with history
AFP, Published on 07/12/2020
» PARIS: Ten years ago, as protests flared across the Arab world, Western governments failed to meet a date with destiny and help nurture dreams of democracy, missing an unprecedented chance to shape real reform.
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Tigray forces fire rockets into neighbouring Ethiopian region
AFP, Published on 21/11/2020
» BAHIR DAR (ETHIOPIA) - Tigray forces fired rockets into a neighbouring Ethiopian state on Friday, heightening fears the internal conflict could spread to other parts of the country, a day after the federal government said its forces were closing in on the dissident region's capital.
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