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Country House wins Kentucky Derby as Maximum Security disqualified
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Country House, a 65-1 longshot, won the 145th Kentucky Derby on Saturday after wire-to-wire leader Maximum Security was stunningly disqualified from the top spot.
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Orthodox Church snubs pope's Balkan visit
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» SOFIA - Pope Francis arrives in Bulgaria on Sunday, where he will meet members of the tiny Catholic community, but the Orthodox Church has rejected the idea of holding joint prayers with the pontiff.
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Smart tech the new tool for African farmers
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» DAKAR - How do you manage the trick of feeding school children better and at a lower cost?
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Shared meals, torch-lit parades: Indonesians welcome Ramadan
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: From cleaning up relatives' graves and sharing food with the poor to holding colourful torch-lit street parades, millions of Indonesians are getting ready to welcome the holy month of Ramadan in the world's populous Muslim-majority country.
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US still sees 'path forward' in N.Korea talks: Pompeo
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the US still sees "a path forward" in its nuclear talks with North Korea, even after Pyongyang's latest round of test launches.
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Da Vinci 'claw hand' may have impaired later art: study
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» PARIS - Leonardo da Vinci may have suffered traumatic nerve damage that left him with a "claw hand", impairing his ability to paint in later life, a new study said.
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Remains of nearly 85,000 genocide victims buried in Rwanda
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» KIGALI: The remains of nearly 85,000 people murdered in Rwanda's genocide were laid to rest Saturday in a sombre ceremony in Kigali, a quarter of a century after the slaughter.
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Bill Barr, under fire for protecting Trump
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Attorney General Bill Barr had a solid reputation when he took over the US Justice Department in February, but his concerted efforts to downplay the Mueller report's damning allegations against President Donald Trump have left that reputation tattered.
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Curacao vows to stop measles spreading from Scientology ship
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» WILLEMSTAD, CURAçAO (NETHERLANDS ANTILLES) - The Dutch territory of Curacao said Saturday it would do what was needed to prevent measles spreading from a Scientology cruise ship, after a crew member came down with the disease.
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Nigerian women accused of prostitution arrested -- then assaulted
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» ABUJA - In Nigeria, being a young woman "is a crime", said a 25-year-old beautician, arrested two weeks ago while walking home in the capital Abuja.
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