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EU launches $2bn fund for Africa to combat migration
VALLETTA: The European Union launched a fund for Africa yesterday with an initial $2 billion to combat the poverty and…
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US troops couldn’t see Afghan hospital during attack
WASHINGTON: The US Special Forces soldiers who called in a devastating air strike on a hospital in northern Afghanistan could…
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‘Sexist’ sandwich shop served humble pie in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: With a tagline suggesting “if she won’t make you a sandwich we will” and menu items named after unsavory…
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Alarm over Delhi pollution doesn’t stop Diwali fireworks
NEW DELHI: The fireworks have fizzled. The festival lights are coming down. What’s left of the Hindu holiday of Diwali…
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Britain and India eye trade deals
LONDON: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Queen Elizabeth II and address a huge rally at London’s Wembley Stadium…
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Apple apologizes after African students kicked out of a store
SYDNEY: An Apple manager has apologized to six teenagers of African descent after staff kicked them out of an Australian…
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Bangladeshi village girls bend it like Beckham
KOLSINDUR: Bangladeshi village football coach Mofiz Uddin only decided to form a girls’ team in 2011 out of frustration at…
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Hindu cow mobs rule as religious debate rages
TARANAGAR: As a truck screeches to a halt on an Indian highway in the middle of the night, devout young…
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Sharm nightspots deserted as tourists vanish
SHARM EL SHEIKH: Usually buzzing with foreigners on holiday, Sharm El-Sheikh’s tourist nightspots have been deserted after thousands left the…
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Man ‘hid in gutter to peep up skirts’
TOKYO: A man in Japan who hid in a drain for five hours, allegedly to snap photos up women’s skirts,…
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8 S African policemen jailed over Mozambican’s murder – Taxi driver dragged behind a police van
JOHANNESBURG: Eight South African policemen were jailed yesterday for 15 years each for the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver…
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Bangladesh hands over top rebel leader to India
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh handed over a top separatist leader to India yesterday, officials on both sides said, after the two…
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