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'I still hate the glow of the sun': Hiroshima survivors' tales
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» HIROSHIMA (JAPAN) - For survivors of the world's first nuclear attack, the day America unleashed a terrible bomb over the city of Hiroshima remains seared forever in their minds.
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Up to 30 dead in shipwreck off Libya: EU naval force
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» ROME - Up to 30 people are feared dead after a shipwreck off Libya, while about 50 migrants have been rescued from the waves, the EU's naval force said Thursday.
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Syria civilians risk 'starving' if aid flows don't improve: UN envoy
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» GENEVA - Many Syrian civilians will face starvation if Damascus and armed rebel groups do not allow greater access to humanitarian convoys carrying life-saving supplies, the UN envoy to the war-ravaged country said Thursday.
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Global markets rise on optimism over oil, Greece
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» LONDON - World stock markets rose Thursday on optimism over $50 oil and Greece's debt deal, while traders eyed the G7 summit's opening in Japan.
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French police clash with youths in Paris labour reform protest
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» PARIS - Masked youths hurled bottles at police who responded with tear gas on Thursday during a protest in Paris against the French government's labour reforms, an AFP reporter said.
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Astronauts fail in bid to inflate temporary space station habitat
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» MIAMI - A temporary habitat at the International Space Station failed to inflate Thursday and work was halted after the US space agency ran into problems expanding the module to full size.
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Speculation abounds over new Taliban chief's leaked photo
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» KABUL - An ordinary, albeit strikingly clear, headshot of the secretive Afghan Taliban's newly appointed chieftain has triggered a flurry of speculation over the motive behind its release.
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Symbolic Greek migrant camp cleared as more die crossing Med
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» ATHENS - The squalid Idomeni refugee camp in northern Greece which became a symbol of Europe's migrant crisis has been fully evacuated, police said Thursday, as another 30 died crossing the Mediterranean.
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US forces on ground in Syria aiding key anti-IS fight
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» FATISAH (SYRIA) - US forces on the ground in northern Syria are helping a major offensive against the Islamic State group in its stronghold of Raqa province, Kurdish-Arab fighters battling the jihadists say.
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At least two killed in clashes as opposition protests sweep DR Congo
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» KINSHASA - At least two people were reported killed Thursday as rallies across DR Congo against President Joseph Kabila turned violent, with police firing tear gas in the capital Kinshasa and the eastern city of Goma.
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