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Rio Carnival in Bolsonaro era: women, blacks and minorities in focus
AFP, Published on 01/03/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Amid a conservative wave that brought far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to power, this year's Carnival in Rio will feature irreverent, in-your-face parades highlighting the role of women, blacks and indigenous people in Brazil.
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Evacuations from Syria IS holdout before onslaught
AFP, Published on 01/03/2019
» NEAR BAGHOUZ (SYRIA) - Kurdish-led forces in Syria extracted hundreds more people from the ruins of the "caliphate" and prepared Friday for a final assault against jihadists hunkered down for a desperate last stand.
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Fruit glut raises fear of another price slump
Published on 01/03/2019
» Forecasts that farmers will produce more fruit from their orchards this year are worrying agricultural officials, who hope price slumps can be averted.
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Tensions ease as Indian pilot released
Published on 01/03/2019
» WAGAH, Pakistan: Pakistani officials on Friday brought an Indian pilot captured from a downed plane to a border crossing with India for handover, a “gesture of peace” promised by Prime Minister Imran Khan after an earlier dramatic escalation of tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir.
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Netanyahu defiant after decision to indict him
AFP, Published on 01/03/2019
» JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long reign atop Israeli politics has earned him the nickname "King Bibi," but a decision ahead of April elections to indict him on corruption charges may be his biggest challenge yet.
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Rohingya refugees found in Malaysia
Published on 01/03/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty-four Rohingya refugees were found on a beach in Malaysia on Friday, police said, the first of the Muslim minority group thought to have arrived in the country by sea for almost a year.
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Malaysia to cap oil palm growing
Published on 01/03/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to halt all expansion of oil palm plantations this year as it seeks to dispel the oil’s reputation of being linked to deforestation.
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Couple held for faking police chief, 'Big Joke' Line accounts
Online Reporters, Published on 01/03/2019
» A married couple have been arrested for creating fake Line chat accounts using profile photos of national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda and Immigration Bureau chief Surachate Hakparn to dupe more than 10 police into paying them money in exchange for promotion.
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7.1-magnitude earthquake hits southern Peru
Published on 01/03/2019
» LIMA, Peru: The US Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck southern Peru.
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Woman storms lottery draw venue, assaults TV host
Online Reporters, Published on 01/03/2019
» A woman stormed into an auditorium in Phatthalung on Friday and attacked a TV host preparing to air the government lottery draw on TV.
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