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Sri Lankan refugees Nadeeka Nonis (3rd L) with her partner Supun Thilina Kellapatha (2nd L) and children Sethumdi (4th L) and Dinath (L) pose, seen in 2017 with others who sheltered ex-fugitive Edward Snowden, are seeking asylum in Canada
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13.08.2024
Family who helped Snowden asks Canada for asylum
The Al-Sultan sweets shop in the Emirati city of Sharjah was founded by Syrian immigrants
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13.08.2024
UAE expats get taste of Ramadan traditional sweets
Le Monde journalist Ariane Chemin said she was questioned by the French intelligence service for some 45 minutes
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13.08.2024
Top French journalist questioned by intelligence service
After talks with French President Emmanuel Macron (L), Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said he believed his party and allies were on course for a majority in the country's new parliament
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13.08.2024
Madagascar leader sees parliament win amid fraud complaints
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Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group in 2017, and has since taken custody of thousands of jihadists captured in neighbouring Syria
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Iraq condemns 7th Frenchman to death for IS membership
Savimbi, who fought Angola's socialist government in a 27-year civil war, was killed in a battle against state forces in February 2002
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Angola ex-rebel chief Savimbi to be buried on Saturday: family
A Pakistani paramedic takes blood samples from a child for a HIV test in Larkana. Nearly 700 people, many of them children, have tested positive in recent weeks
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Pakistan man murders HIV positive wife in epidemic-hit south
Diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini and enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn called for the 28 EU states to start membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia immediately
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Commission urges EU member talks for Skopje, Tirana 'now'
Second term: Buhari, pictured at the inauguration of a bus terminal in Lagos last month
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Nigerian President Buhari sworn in for second term
The Pokemon company will release a new smartphone game, Pokemon Sleep, in 2020
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Gotta catch some shuteye: Pokemon unveils 'sleep game'
Several thousand Gazans depend on fishing for their livelihoods but often changing Israeli restrictions have led to prolonged layoffs that mean many live below the poverty line
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Israel tightens Gaza fishing curbs after new fire balloons
William Connolly's act spawned viral memes and drew support from around the world
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Australian teen who egged senator donates to Christchurch victims
Hisham el-Ashmawy was captured in Libya and later handed over to Egyptian authorities
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Wanted Egyptian jihadist transferred from Libya
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