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Two customs officers killed in Mali ‘jihadist’ attack

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Brazil’s Lula loses appeal against corruption conviction

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Big cats in evolutionary arms race with prey: study

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US diplomat resigns from Suu Kyi panel on Rohingya crisis

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Digging in for Trump visit, Europe urges kinder global order

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First monkeys cloned by process that made Dolly the sheep

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Buhari re-election talk ‘a distraction’: Nigerian govt

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Rights lawyer latest to withdraw from Egypt presidential race

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UN threatens sanctions over faltering peace deal in Mali

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Melinda Gates battles to promote contraception in Burkina Faso

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Zimbabwe’s new leader wants Trump golf courses

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Egypt leader Sisi registers candidacy for presidential poll

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How many toes on a horse? More than you think

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Catalan parliament speaker defends Puigdemont as legitimate leader

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Ugandan president backs ‘frank’ Trump after ‘shithole’ remark

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Pope issues new call for peace in DR Congo after deadly crackdown

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More than 30 dead in car bombings at Benghazi mosque

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34 dead in twin bombings in Libya’s Benghazi: new toll

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Ethiopia’s leading opposition figure warns of unrest if dialogue fails

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Turnbull hails revived TPP, critics question value for Australia

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US wants to work with rest of world at Davos: Mnuchin

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‘Bakambu’ pic raises intrigue over Beijing transfer

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French lawmakers vote for ‘right to make mistakes’

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Expert behind new MH370 search hopeful of find within a month

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From sleeping in toilet to Champions League – and now China

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Tillerson meets with British, Saudi, UAE ministers on Yemen

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Russia says it’s not behind Syria chemical attacks

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EU envoy urges China to release Swedish book publisher

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LeBron James surpasses 30,000 points

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‘White oil’: Saudi Arabia seeks place on tourism map

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Liberia’s youth betting on Weah economic miracle

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Venezuela calls early election, Maduro ready to run for second term

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Europe watches as German unions battle for more pay

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Morocco hotline struggles against graft

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Sessions questioned in Russia probe as FBI accused of bias

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Canada limits crab fishing to save right whales

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Gates Foundation invests $45 million to boost nutrition in Burkina Faso

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South Africa’s Winnie Mandela hospitalised

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Vaping may be bad for kids, good for adults: study

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UN’s Western Sahara envoy to hold talks in Berlin

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Sweden urges China to release dissident bookseller as anger mounts

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Two US spacewalkers replace latching end of robotic arm

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New York hits big pharma with $500mn lawsuit in opioid crisis

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DR Congo minister urges punishment after police violence

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Pro-trade allies rally in Davos ahead of Trump visit

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Turkey in deadly Kurdish militia clashes as US sounds alarm

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Pence visits Western Wall after pro-Israel speech

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US Attorney General Sessions questioned in Russia probe

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Nigeria’s former president says Buhari should not seek re-election

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Nigerian police hold ‘Chibok girls’ activists, says group

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Powerful quake hits off Alaska, but tsunami threat lifted

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Swollen Seine halts trains as France braces for floods

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Dutch turning off quake-zone gas for 200 firms

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21st Century Fox/Sky takeover thrown into doubt by UK regulator

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Liberia’s Weah makes first cabinet appointments

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Mattis calls for Turkish ‘restraint’ in Syria

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Millions gather to ‘purify souls’ in Hindu bathing ritual

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Turkey presses assault on Kurdish militia in Syria

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Five things George Weah has promised Liberians

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World powers meet to pressure Syria on chemical attacks

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S.African jazz legend Hugh Masekela dies, aged 78

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Japan’s latest overtime example? Xiang Xiang the panda

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Senior Qaeda leader calls for killing Jews, Americans over Jerusalem

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Trump angers China, South Korea with new trade tariffs

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N. Korea says will celebrate military on eve of Olympics

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Strong quake sparks panic in Indonesia

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Anger over second ‘snatching’ of bookseller in China

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Over 100 endangered turtles hatch in Singapore

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UN report backs peacekeeping changes in face of deaths

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Iranian woman skydiver looks to break down stereotypes

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Seoul envoys visit North Korea ahead of Olympics

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Facebook admits social media threat to democracy

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MLS Impact land Algerian midfielder Taider from Bologna

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USA Gymnastics top directors resign in wake of abuse scandal

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Global unemployment down but working poverty rampant: UN