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Trump impeachment: Memo confirms president urged Biden inquiry
The White House has released details of a phone call between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart that has triggered a US impeachment inquiry.
It shows Mr Trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July to investigate Democratic…
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Brother of deposed Algerian leader sentenced to 15 years
The brother of Algeria's deposed former president has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring against the state and undermining the military.
Said Bouteflika was widely seen as the real power behind the presidency after his…
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Indonesia protests over sex before marriage bill
Police have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters demonstrating outside the Indonesian parliament over a proposed new criminal code that would ban sex before marriage.
Protests against the bill also took place in other cities in…
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Thieves make off with head of police’s TV sets from his home
General Khehla Sitole was in Cape Town at the time, and the house thieves took their chance.
Thieves have made off with two TV sets from national police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s Mpumalanga home, the SA Police Service (SAPS) confirmed…
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A doctor performed an abortion on wrong woman
Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake.
On August 7, a pregnant patient with a 6-week-old fetus had gone to a clinic in district of Gangseo, in the country's capital Seoul,…
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Tunisia’s ousted ex-president dies in exile aged 83
Tunisia’s former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has died in exile aged 83, his family says.
Ben Ali led the country for 23 years and was credited with delivering stability and some economic prosperity.
But he received widespread…
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Zimbabwe union leader found after ‘abduction’
A Zimbabwean union leader who was thought to have been abducted is alive and well, reports say.
Peter Magombeyi had organised a series of strikes over poor pay and working conditions in recent weeks.
On Saturday, he sent a message…
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Mother who killed her 4 children gets four life sentences
The woman found guilty of murdering her four children in Klarinet in eMalahleni in Mpumalanga, has been sentenced to four life terms in prison by the Mpumalanga High Court in South Africa.
Delivering the sentence in Middelburg on Friday,…
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One dead, five hurt in Washington, D.C. shooting
One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, D.C., not far from the White House, police said.
It was not immediately clear if a suspect had been taken into custody in the incident,…
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DR Congo ex-health minister arrested over Ebola funds
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a former health minister for allegedly mismanaging funds allocated for the Ebola epidemic.
Oly Ilunga resigned as health minister in July after being stripped of responsibility for…
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