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Sahel leaders appeal for funds for anti-jihadist force

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UN says hundreds of child soldiers freed in S.Sudan

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ICC-wanted Libya commander ‘hands himself in’ to strongman’s forces

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Nigeria grapples with mob justice in farmer-herder clashes

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Guinea appeals for calm after 7 killed in post-electoral violence

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US to unveil ‘toughest sanctions ever’ on N. Korea: Pence

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Japan’s SoftBank prepares listing of mobile unit

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Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspects

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Falcon Heavy, world’s biggest rocket, soars toward Mars after perfect launch

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‘Terrifying’ – Nigerian women fight fear to make Olympic bobsleigh history

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Kim Jong-Un’s sister to visit S.Korea in historic first

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Rio Tinto pays record dividend after 90% annual profit jump

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‘World’s loneliest bird’ Nigel dies in New Zealand

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DNA shows first modern Briton had dark skin, blue eyes

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North Korean cheerleaders in high spirits on Olympic arrival

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German industrial output falls in December

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Borneo orangutan found riddled with gunshots in latest attack

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Unified BHP would add $22 bn in value: key shareholder

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Red pandas rescued in Laos stir fears over exotic pet trade

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Afghanistan’s Kyrgyz trapped on the ‘roof of the world’

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Nigerian cryptocurrency craze unfazed by bitcoin plunge

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Work among the penguins? France is looking for candidates

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African migrants in Israel opt for jail over deportation

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Macron vows to keep Corsica French

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DNA shows first modern Briton had dark skin, blue eyes

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Elon Musk, visionary Tesla and SpaceX founder

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SpaceX beams cool video of Tesla in space

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Ants as drug manufacturers for humans?

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Climate change threatens future of golf – report

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False tsunami alert sent to US coasts

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SpaceX launches world’s most powerful rocket toward Mars

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Poland’s president signs controversial Holocaust bill into law

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UK court upholds Assange arrest warrant

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S.Africa’s Zuma holds talks with successor as exit looms

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Merkel ready for ‘painful compromises’ to seal government deal

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Ozone layer declining over populated zones: study

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S.Africa’s Zuma holds talks with likely successor as exit looms

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UN chief takes aim at Burundi leader’s bid to extend rule

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British PM marks historic women’s vote but warns of online abuse

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Iran president rules out negotiations over missiles

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Stock market crash or healthy correction?

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Manchester United mark 60 years since Munich crash

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Five things to know about Elon Musk’s space projects

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Angry anti-American protest in South Sudan

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West African bloc slaps sanctions on Guinea-Bissau politicians

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Kenya govt critic in court amid crackdown

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Philosopher Foucault’s last book on sex is finally published

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Body of ‘hero’ Russian pilot killed in Syria brought home

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Family demands ‘truth’ about killing of Tunisian opposition leader

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Death sentence for man convicted of Somalia’s deadliest bombing

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US urges Cameroon to respect rights of extradited separatists

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Militia chief turns himself in to Kasai authorities in DR Congo

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12 patients stabbed in their hospital beds in DR Congo

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Thai construction tycoon accused of poaching leopard

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HRW urges review of Moroccan activist’s jail sentence

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SpaceX poised to launch ‘world’s most powerful rocket’ from Florida

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E.Guinea president reappoints same team after polls

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Palestinian prime suspect in rabbi’s murder shot dead: Shin Bet

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German industrial orders rebound in December

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Hong Kong democracy activists walk free in appeal victory

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Central banker takes stab at bitcoin ‘bubble’

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German metalworkers win limited 28-hour week concession

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Nigeria’s Buhari attacked by predecessors as elections loom

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Death and denial in top flight Olympics ski-racing

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Mining industry eager for S.African leadership change

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Libya forces may be colluding with migrant smugglers: UN report

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Indonesia declares deadly Papua measles outbreak over

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Paris opens a door to exiled artists

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Racing: Brazilian jockey bags world record 12,844th win

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Singapore risks destroying past in race to build: top archaeologist

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Nigeria pledges support to Cameroon over secession threat

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EU Commission urges carmakers to ‘behave more ethically’

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US blacklists DRCongo general and three rebel leaders

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Britain hits back at Trump over attack on healthcare system

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Pope offers peace token in meeting with Erdogan