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Toxins from old computers, fridges and other electronic goods are polluting chicken eggs in an area where 80,000 people live -
Abdul Mohamed believed to have attended university in England then Australia
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Announcing legislation, first minister says vote must be held by May 2021 if Brexit proceeds -
Clerics and relatives hope politicians will seize opportunity to create a difference for Northern Ireland -
Decree issued by Moscow causes anger in Kyiv and will be challenge for Volodymyr Zelenskiy -
Thousands join ‘Free Land’ protest camp in Brasília after far-right president launches broad assault on tribes’ rights and territories
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Takeaway worker Zhi Min Chen pleads guilty over killing of 21-year-old found dead in her flat -
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Campaigners move to end misconceptions about emergency contraception in country where morning-after pill is outlawed -
Attacks on health centres are impeding efforts to contain an epidemic that has claimed nearly 900 lives in nine months -
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Preventing Iran’s oil from reaching the market will raise oil prices and US business costs
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Local group National Towheed Jamaat needed help to mount such a complex operation -
As many challenges await as for leader he played on TV but with no certainty of a happy ending -
National Thowheeth Jama’ath blamed but attacks of this scale require huge organisation
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Kim Jong-un has arrived in Vladivostok by train before talks with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin
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The North Korean leader arrived in Russia by train on Wednesday, a day before his much-anticipated summit with President Vladimir Putin. He visited with diplomacy over his nuclear programme deadlocked. Kim is travelling to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok for a meeting with Putin on Thursday -
New footage has emerged appearing to show a suspected suicide bomber entering St Sebastian's church in Negombo. The subsequent explosion was the deadliest of the series of coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 50 people
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Watch the decorated Marine Corps veteran talk about his fame in Iraq, his attempt to stop Nancy Pelosi's re-election as House Speaker and what makes him stand out in a crowded Democratic field
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Japan still dominates the global cultured pearl market, despite a fall in specialised pearl farmers. In the past 10 years it has produced annually about 20 tonnes of farmed pearls -
The fight for communism is alive in the mountains of the Philippines, where the New People’s Army is celebrating 50 years since it took up arms
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