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Brazil holds record oil field auctions

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Cost of climate disasters to reach half of US growth in a decade: report

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Thousands flee huge ‘sabotage’ explosion at Ukraine arms depot

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I.Coast toxic spill victims launch new Dutch court bid

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US airstrike in Kabul causes casualties as Mattis, NATO chief visit

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Fourth gravitational wave is detected, with European help

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Cameroon accused over Nigerian Boko Haram refugees

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Libya threatens to seize NGO migrant rescue boats

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Life on Earth may date back 3.95 bn years: study

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Cash-strapped Nigeria eyes global bodies for cost-saving

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Russia to destroy ‘last chemical weapons’, Putin says

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Uganda introduces bill to scrap presidential age limit

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C. Africa president says genocide talk ‘not justified’

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Angola opposition leader quits following poll defeat

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Saudi Arabia wins plaudits for ending ban on women driving

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Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station project

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Kiir tells South Sudan police to work with UN

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Italy looks to its African entrepreneurs to ease migrant pressure

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UK Labour ‘ready for government’: Corbyn

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Searing summers becoming the new normal in Europe: study

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Chad inclusion in US travel ban ‘unjust’, AU says

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Nepal names 3-year-old as new ‘living goddess’

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Interpol approves Palestinian membership bid: official

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Hindus recount massacre in Myanmar as mass graves unearthed

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Ousted Thai PM Yingluck sentenced in absentia to 5 years

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UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya

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AFP journalist Kate Webb featured on Australian stamp

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Taste of the exotic: ‘fatty rice’ condoms from Malaysia

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More supplies needed as villagers flee Vanuatu volcano

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Shipping risks rise as Antarctic ice hits record low

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Trump-backed Republican defeated in US Senate runoff

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Tillerson has ‘firm and frank’ talks with Cuba on US staff ‘attacks’

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UK blood contamination scandal victims can sue: court

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Ghanaian villagers profit from monkey business

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Hurricane Irma death toll rises to 72 in Florida

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Palestinian gunman kills three Israelis at settlement

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Ireland to hold abortion referendum in 2018

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Harvey, Irma weigh on September US consumer confidence

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US environmental lawyer wins Swedish rights prize

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US calls on Sudan to probe Darfur camp clashes

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Senegal ferry disaster families fight for justice, 15 years on

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Nearly 850,000 get cholera vaccine in Nigeria: WHO

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Kenya police fire tear gas to disperse election protesters

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Brazil scraps bid to mine Amazon natural reserve

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Angola swears in Lourenco, first new president for 38 years

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China conducts first military drills in Djibouti

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Angola’s Dos Santos: a family business

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Puerto Rico governor fears ‘humanitarian crisis’ over slow US aid

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Rwanda files charges against detained opposition leader

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Seoul urges US to avoid ‘further escalation’ with N. Korea

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Mexico teaches quake volunteers not to make things worse

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Botanical gardens a lifeboat for threatened plants

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Ex-army chief testifies in Gbagbo trial at ICC

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Estranged husband of Clinton aide gets 21 months for sexting teen

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Zimbabwe pastor Mawarire pleads not guilty to subversion

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Wildlife groups accused of funding abuses against Pygmies in Africa

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Pandas rebounding, but their habitat isn’t: study

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Ten arrested after Boko Haram displaced protest

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Personality study finds fish have hidden depths

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Sudan vows to normalise ties with US as travel ban lifted

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Teenager killed in DR Congo protests

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Palestinian PM to visit Gaza for reconciliation efforts

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UN says Rohingya must not be forced to move to remote island

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Humbled Merkel vows to win back hard-right voters

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Togo’s opposition calls for nationwide shutdown

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Liverpool, Man Utd fans trigger Moscow security jitters

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France assigns magistrates to BNP Rwanda lawsuit

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FIFA scraps football shirt poppy ban

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French government declares war on pesticides

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High hopes for Australian bid to breed panda cubs

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Kushner used personal email for WH business: reports

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