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Baghdad/Amman, 19 September 2019 (AFP) – Sadr City, a Baghdad slum seen as symbol of Saddam Hussein’s downfall, is virtually bereft of electricity and clean water and remains one of the main flashpoints of…
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Princess Mako has been a fixture at the centre of Japanese royal politics Princess Mako, the youngest child of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, has celebrated her 22nd birthday. It is…
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In the rush to beat a city to the crime guns, why didn’t the police keep beating gun-runner Joseph Cates to death? It’s not until a D.A. candidate is no longer tied to the…
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Written by Staff Writer at CNN Design magazine Architizer has released a photo gallery of a new concept vessel design designed to hit the shores of the Mediterranean in a blaze of flashing lights…
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The Ontario Liberal government is set to ban noncompete clauses in contracts as part of legislation meant to improve workforce mobility, but critics said the prohibition was not tough enough. The bill bans many…
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The team had hoped to be granted asylum in the US The first Afghan girls to compete in a major robotics competition in the US have sent a…
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A day after 5-foot-11 center Greg Ostertag was drafted into the NBA, he scored 24 points to help Wisconsin end the University of Kansas’ seemingly endless winning streak in the NCAA Tournament, ousting the…
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by Christopher Cavas President of the NASCAR Writer’s Association (NAWO) and co-host of “The Longest Lap” on FOX31 What does it take to be president of the NASCAR Writer’s Association? To be president of…
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By Jenn Berman NBC News Thirty minutes before Saturday’s royal wedding, I was at the historic Brooklyn Eagle Hotel, where 1600 Penn’s Lindsey Buckingham was taping his wedding ceremony to model Lindsay Ellingson. What…
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Written by Staff Writer Lydia Chávez, CNN A joint patrol by Russia and China was conducted Sunday in the western Pacific Ocean, Russia’s defense ministry said on Monday. The patrol was designed to “make…
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