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Spectre of Zimbabwe hyperinflation triggers panic-buying 01 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
This file photo taken on November 28, 2016 shows a man holding bond notes released by the Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe in Harare central business centre.  AFP / Wilfred Kajese
Uzbek dissident writer released from jail 01 Oct 2017 - 07:08 pm
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Tight security as Cameroon awaits symbolic anglophone 'independence' 01 Oct 2017 - 06:54 pm
Cameroon police officials walk with riot shields on a street in the administrative quarter of Buea some 60kms west of Douala on October 1, 2017.  AFP
Erdogan: Turkey no longer needs EU membership 01 Oct 2017 - 06:45 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2017. Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters
Benghazi port in Libya open again after 3 years 01 Oct 2017 - 06:35 pm
A Libyan girl poses for a photo at the Benghazi port, which was closed for the past three years due to rebel groups occupying the eastern Libyan city, during a ceremony marking the re-opening of the port on October 1, 201. AFP / Abdullah Doma
Afghan airstrike kills 10 security forces in Helmand: official 01 Oct 2017 - 05:37 pm
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Palmyra statue damaged by Islamic State goes on display in Damascus 01 Oct 2017 - 04:26 pm
The General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Syria present the statue of the Lion of Al-Lat, which dates back to the first century AD, to the public after its restoration at the National Museum in Damascus on October 1, 2017.   AFP / LOUAI BESHAR
11 police officers injured in Catalonia: interior ministry 01 Oct 2017 - 03:18 pm
Demonstrators wave Spanish flags and support police during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain on the day of a banned independence referendum in Catalonia, in Madrid, Spain, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
38 people hurt in police crackdown in Catalonia: emergency services 01 Oct 2017 - 01:29 pm
People attend a demonstration against a referendum on independence for Catalonia, on October 01, 2017 in Madrid.  AFP / Javier SORIANO
3,000 killed in Syria in September, deadliest month of 2017: monitor 01 Oct 2017 - 01:15 pm
A view of Raqqa's National Hospital, last stronghold of the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria September 30, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
As Brexit pressures mount, UK PM rallies her party 01 Oct 2017 - 12:51 pm
Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives back at the Midland Hotel on the opening day of the Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester, Britain October 1, 2017. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Taiwan navy personnel jailed for fatal missile misfire 01 Oct 2017 - 12:31 pm
This picture from 2007 shows a model of the home-grown supersonic Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) ship-to-ship missile in Taipei.
IS seizes town in central Syria: monitor 01 Oct 2017 - 12:20 pm
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Bangladesh to move 15,000 Rohingya from tribal district 01 Oct 2017 - 11:15 am
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Police move in as Catalans rally to vote in banned referendum 01 Oct 2017 - 11:12 am
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42 illegal migrants captured in Tunisia 01 Oct 2017 - 10:54 am
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Afghanistan: Pakistani militants killed in US air raid 01 Oct 2017 - 10:50 am
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One held over murder of Syrian activist in Istanbul 01 Oct 2017 - 10:45 am
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