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People pay their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il
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12.08.2024
Tributes and pledges as N. Korea marks Kim Il Sung's birthday
Graveyard: Dozens of shipwrecks and abandoned barges litter the Lagos waterways
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12.08.2024
Ghost ships of Lagos, a haven of crime
Former prime minister Najib Razak (shown at the start of his trial on April 3) and his cronies are accused of stealing billions of dollars from 1MDB and spending it on everything from high-end real estate to artworks and a luxury yacht
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12.08.2024
Malaysia ex-PM Najib's 1MDB graft trial resumes
Joko Widodo's landmark 2014 victory capped a remarkable rise for the down-to-earth outsider
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12.08.2024
Indonesia presidential race pits heavy metal against the general
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It is Indonesia's biggest polls, with 190 million voters and 245,000 candidates standing for the presidency, parliament and local positions
World 12.08.2024
Halal ink: Muslim-majority Indonesia set for polls
After weeks of city hall debates, French President Emmanuel Macron now has to reveal reforms to meet the complaints set out by the public
World 12.08.2024
Macron to set out fix for 'yellow vest' anger
Ilhan Omar, a Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota, has been at the center of an escalating row following a speech she made about Islamophobia in which she was accused by conservatives of downplaying the deadliest attacks on US soil
World 12.08.2024
White House denies Trump inciting violence against Muslim lawmaker
Yemenis gather for a funeral of schoolchildren killed in an explosion in the capital Sanaa
World 12.08.2024
Study says US should help Saudis find way out of Yemen
Alaa Rajab (L), Louisa Akavi and Nabil Bakdoune were abducted in northwest Syria more than five years ago
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ICRC appeals for news of team abducted in Syria in 2013
Ideological clashes in Finland over the need for more austerity -- to which Social Democrat leader Antti Rinne is vehemently opposed -- may well surface again
World 12.08.2024
Finnish election winner Rinne, ex-trade union tough guy
Jussi Halla-aho's campaigning on a hardline anti-immigration stance, which also questioned the need for action on climate change, electrified the campaign in Finland
World 12.08.2024
Jussi Halla-aho, quiet hardliner behind Finland's populist uproar
Assange is in custody in London awaiting sentencing for breaching his British bail conditions in 2012 by seeking refuge in Ecuador's London embassy
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Ecuador president defends Assange asylum withdrawal
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting the Colombian border city of Cucuta for the final leg of his South American tour
World 12.08.2024
Pompeo visits Colombia-Venezuela border
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