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Riot police and army troops have been deployed in southern Sri Lanka following an outbreak of violence between Buddhists and Muslims. Nineteen people were arrested when clashes erupted in Galle province, with homes and businesses attacked…
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Protesters in Zimbabwe have headed towards the office of President Robert Mugabe to urge him to step down. The march came on a day of widespread jubilation in the capital Harare and other cities following the army's takeover on Wednesday.…
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The King of Saudi Arabia plans to step down and announce his son as his successor next week, a source close to the country's royal family has exclusively told DailyMail.com. The move is seen as the final step in 32-year-old Prince Mohammed…
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She is the free-spending First Lady of Zimbabwe who splashed £3million on her daughter's wedding, owns luxury homes around the world and recently paid £300,000 for a Rolls-Royce. Dubbed 'Gucci' Grace for her love of spending, the wife of…
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A fire swept through the main building of Cameroon’s parliament in Yaounde overnight, causing substantial damage, local television reported on Friday. Public broadcaster CRTV said witnesses reported that the blaze was raging on the third…
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Facebook has blocked the page set up to raise funds for thousands of Iranians in the wake of Sunday’s devastating earthquake that hit the western part of the country last Sunday, Al Jazeera reports. After Tohid Najafi, a…
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Notorious Sicilian Mafia "boss of all bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina has died from cancer in jail, aged 87. Riina was serving 26 life sentences and is believed to have ordered more than 150 murders. The head of the feared Cosa Nostra…
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Robert Mugabe has attended a university graduation ceremony on the outskirts of Harare in his first public appearance since a takeover by the Zimbabwean military on Wednesday. Clad in academic gown and hat, the 93-year-old walked slowly…
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Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest president and one of the world’s longest-serving leaders,has said that he will only give up power “when God says ‘Come.’” But it looks as though a military intervention, rather than a divine one, may be…
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No-one is exactly celebrating here - too much remains unknown. But shops and businesses are working and Zimbabwe is quietly adapting to the stunning fact that President Robert Mugabe is still under house arrest, and that no-one is coming to…
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