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Somalia: Two soldiers sentenced to death
Five Ugandan soldiers serving with African Union troops in Somalia have been found guilty of killing seven civilians there in August.
Two of the soldiers have been sentenced to death, while three others have been given 39-year prison…
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Two Ugandan soldiers sentenced to death in Somalia
Five Ugandan soldiers serving with African Union troops in Somalia have been found guilty of killing seven civilians there in August.
Two of the soldiers have been sentenced to death, while three others have been given 39-year prison…
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Liverpool explosion: Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at hospital
Three men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
A taxi carrying one passenger pulled up just before 11:00 GMT – as a national two minutes’ silence for…
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Queen Elizabeth II misses event after spraining her back
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II missed the Remembrance Sunday service in central London after spraining her back, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.
"The Queen, having sprained her back, has decided this morning with great regret that she will…
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Ecuador prison fight leaves 68 dead
At least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, officials say.
The riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of…
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Romania: Morgues, hospitals struggle with COVID-19 deaths
The morgue in Romania’s main hospital has no space for the dead any more. In a stark illustration of the human cost of the coronavirus surge sweeping the nation, bodies of COVID-19 victims, wrapped in black plastic bags, line a hallway of…
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Jerusalem building faces Israel demolition
Some 70 Palestinians, about half of whom are children, are at risk of forced displacement in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of al-Tur as they await an Israeli court decision over the fate of their five-storey residential building.
Israeli…
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Drones attack Iraqi Prime Minister
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said he escaped unhurt after a drone attack on his home inside Baghdad's high-security Green Zone.
A drone laden with explosives struck the building, injuring six of his bodyguards in an…
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Death of pregnant woman ignites abortion ban in Poland
The death of a pregnant Polish woman has reignited debate over abortion in one of Europe's most devoutly Catholic countries, with activists saying she could still be alive if it were not for a near total ban on terminating pregnancies.…
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Indian COVID ward catches fire
At least 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said.
An official told New Delhi Television that around 17 patients were in the ward in the city of…
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