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Canadian police probe 'suspicious' deaths of billionaire couple 16 Dec 2017 - 09:39 am
One of two bodies is removed from the home of billionaire founder of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex Inc., Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, who were found dead under circumstances that police described as
S.Africa's troubled ANC meets to elect new leader 16 Dec 2017 - 09:39 am
President of South Africa and of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma speaks during a presidential Gala dinner at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg on December 15, 2017, on the eve of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) 54th Na
Senegalese renounce European odyssey for the fields 16 Dec 2017 - 09:31 am
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Detained asylum-seekers win right to sue PNG government for compensation 16 Dec 2017 - 09:27 am
A file photo of Asylum-seekers looking through a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Reuters
Toll rises to two dead after Indonesia quake 16 Dec 2017 - 09:21 am
A man cleans up the wreckage of a house damaged by an earthquake in Sumelap Village, Tasikmalaya City, West Java, Indonesia December 16, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. / Reuters.
India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party 16 Dec 2017 - 09:13 am
Indian Congress Party President-elect Rahul Gandhi arrives to pay homage during a remembrance ceremony for the 2001 attack on Parliament at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13, 2017./ AFP.
Putin's ex-minister risks decade in jail over $2 mn 'bribe' 15 Dec 2017 - 12:06 pm
Russian former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev, who was charged with accepting a bribe, waits for the start of a court hearing in the court building in Moscow, Russia, December 15, 2017. (REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva)
NY Times publisher stepping down, handing over to son 14 Dec 2017 - 08:58 pm
The incoming publisher of the New York Times Arthur Gregg (A.G.) Sulzberger and his father Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (L) pose for pictures on the 16th floor of the New York Times building in New York, U.S. on December 12, 2017. (Damon Winter/The New York
Despite parliament defeat, Britain’s May on course to deliver Brexit 14 Dec 2017 - 07:10 pm
Britain's Prime minister Theresa May arrives to attend the first day of a European union summit in Brussels on December 14, 2017. (AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND)
UK remembers deadly tower blaze, six months on 14 Dec 2017 - 05:20 pm
Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Catherine, the Dutchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry attend a memorial service in honour of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Britain December 14, 2017. REUT
Lebanon-Syria border crossing to reopen 14 Dec 2017 - 05:04 pm
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EU says 15,000 migrants to exit Libya in two months 14 Dec 2017 - 04:25 pm
Migrants wait to receive food as they sit at Tripoli port after they were recuse by Libyan coast guards, in Tripoli, Libya December 13, 2017.  REUTERS/Hani Amara
Tanzania calls for probe into UN peacekeeper killings 14 Dec 2017 - 02:49 pm
Photo: AFP.
Nigerian soldiers warned after Boko Haram attack 14 Dec 2017 - 02:25 pm
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Nigerian soldiers warned after Boko Haram attack 14 Dec 2017 - 02:24 pm
Photo: AFP.
2 IS militants killed in Iraq’s Kirkuk 14 Dec 2017 - 01:26 pm
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Four Palestinians injured amid E. Jerusalem protests 14 Dec 2017 - 01:12 pm
Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Nablus, West Bank on December 13, 2017. ( Nedal Eshtayah - Anadolu Agency ).
Thailand cuts back N. Korean trade to nearly 'none': goverment 14 Dec 2017 - 01:02 pm
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