By Imed Lamloum TRIPOLI - Armed men yesterday (10) stormed the headquarters of Libya's National Oil Company in Tripoli killing at least two people, officials said, as witnesses spoke of hearing a blast and gunfire. The attack targeted the…
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NAIROBI - President John Magufuli has urged Tanzanian women to "give up contraceptive methods" insisting his country needs more people, local media reported yesterday (10). "You have cattle. You are big farmers. You can feed your children.…
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NEW YORK - Donald Trump has promised to “write the real book” on his presidency, to correct a record he says is misrepresented by Bob Woodward, veteran author of a highly anticipated work, Fear, that will be published today (11). “The…
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By Penny Mordaunt What weapon, a deadly and barbaric killer, is one of the cruellest known to man? Are you thinking of an automatic assault rifle? Or perhaps a costly missile? Chances are you aren’t thinking of a device that can be made…
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By Marwan Kabalan The fate of the last remaining stronghold of the Syrian opposition in Idlib will likely be decided in the coming few days. The international media has been speculating about an imminent battle for the province, which…
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The ancient Mesopotamians really didn’t mind a beer, new chemical analysis has shown. Many Bronze Age textual and pictorial sources attest to the consumption of beer in Mesopotamia – the oft-described “cradle of civilization” between the…
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HERXHEIM AM BERG — After she found out there was a Swastika on the church bell, Sigrid Peters refused to continue playing the organ during services. Shielded from public view, high up a rickety wooden staircase inside the yellow church…
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BANGKOK – A Sri Lankan drug trafficking suspect, wanted by Interpol, has been arrested by police in southernmost Thailand, said a Thai police general. Deputy Tourist Police Commissioner Pol. Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said the police in…
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