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Innovative medical aid for Gabon’s ‘poorest of the poor’

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Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro delights fans, irks authorities

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India’s ‘moonwalking’ traffic cop turns heads

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Fujimori pardon: another blow to tackling impunity in Latin America?

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Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels in mass prisoner swap

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First few patients evacuated from besieged Syria rebel enclave

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10 hurt in Saint Petersburg supermarket bombing

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Hapless Zimbabwe may cut back on Tests, says Heath

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Turkey’s Erdogan signs defence, investment deals in Tunisia

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Mutko steps down as 2018 World Cup organising committee chief

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Erdogan says ‘terrorist’ Assad cannot be part of Syria solution

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US forces kill 13 Shabaab militants in air strike

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Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite

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DRC opposition plans court challenge to electoral reforms

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DRC steps up arrests of S.Sudan refugees to weed out rebels

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Obama warns of social media dangers, in interview with Prince Harry

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Christmas storm breaks records in US lakeside city

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Hyundai shipbuilding stocks plunge on grim earnings forecast

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Comanche, Wild Oats set up record-breaking Sydney to Hobart finish

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Pregnant elephant ‘poisoned’ in Indonesian palm plantation

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Korea dog meat campaigners accused of barking up wrong tree

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US basketball star rebounds from arrest with Iraq national team

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Armenia looks to solar energy to move out of Russia’s shadow

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Turning e-waste into art at Ghana’s toxic dump

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Ivorian ex-minister convicted over attack that killed 18

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Klopp refuses to be star struck at Liverpool

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‘Forgive me’ says ex-Peru leader Fujimori after pardon protests

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France to probe Lactalis baby milk salmonella scare

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Hundreds risk lives in Morocco ‘mines of death’

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Counting under way in Liberia presidential run-off

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Els still trying to qualify after honorary Masters invite

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Nigeria petrol shortage bites at Christmas

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Yaya Toure ends international retirement

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Turkish president signs trade deals on visit to Chad

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255 migrants rescued in Mediterranean: Italian coastguard

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Russia rejects concern over election ban on opposition leader

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SA blighted by racially charged farm murders

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Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco

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Chinese activist jailed for 8 years after major crackdown

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Crimean football in limbo after Russia’s land grab

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Japan jobless rate lowest since 1993

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Following Trump, Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem

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Liberia’s Howard-Taylor: the Jewel in George Weah’s crown

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Joseph Boakai: Liberian vice president shaking off sleepy image

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Tunisian schoolgirls rebel against having to wear uniform

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Mutko suspends Russian football role to fight Olympic lifetime ban

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Pope’s Christmas message seeks peace in Jerusalem

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Kabila residence burned down in DR Congo

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Russia bars Navalny presidential bid

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Grieving Pakistani Christians mark Christmas days after IS attack

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Four dead after Moscow bus ploughs into underpass

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More than 30 bodies found, criminal probe into Philippine mall fire

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Where’s Santa? US-Canadian military command track St Nick

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Artist ‘released’ in China after Liu Xiaobo tribute

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20 dead in Philippines bus crash on way to Christmas mass

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Philippines storm death toll climbs to 240, scores missing

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Brazil’s Temer urges pension reform in Christmas message

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American youngsters make their mark ahead of Ryder Cup

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Venezuela government releases 36 political opponents from jails

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US hails UN budget cuts as ‘step in right direction’

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Might Bite has star appeal in King George

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Federer, Nadal shine as rivals hobble into 2018

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Tunisia suspends Emirates flights over women security measures

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Erdogan signs accords on first visit to Sudan

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Serena Williams to make comeback in Abu Dhabi exhibition match

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S.Sudan govt, rebels accuse each other of breaking truce

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Liberia to vote in delayed run-off for new president

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Real president Perez insists 2017 a ‘great year’ despite Barca blip

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Giles slams immature England after Ashes incidents

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Christmas help from volunteers as UK homelessness becomes ‘national crisis’

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Modern-day amber ‘Klondikes’ thrive in troubled Ukraine

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Nepal’s last known two dancing bears rescued: officials

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Ousted Malian president arrives back in Bamako

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De Villiers says ready for Zimbabwe, India Tests

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Carvalhal leaves Sheffield Wednesday