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    World Trump Casts Doubt on Ford’s Kavanaugh Accusations (Radio) – Bloomberg

    Mike Dorning, Bloomberg News White House deputy team leader, discusses President Trump’s Friday tweet, where he appeared to cast doubt on Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Plus, a look at Trump’s trade policies.... Read...
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    World Tanzania President Orders Arrest Of Ferry Operator – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday ordered the arrest of the management of a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria, as the death toll climbed to 131 and rescue workers pressed on with the search to find scores more people feared drowned. The MV Nyerere … Read more via Welcome To...
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    World In Sudan: 2 pilots killed in military jet crash: army – pulse.ng

    A Sudanese military jet has crashed near the city of Omdurman, killing the two pilots on board, the army said on Friday, in the latest accident to hit its ageing fleet. A Sudanese military jet has crashed near the city of Omdurman, … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment &...
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    World Shipping containers carrying $104 million in bank notes have gone missing in Liberia – Qz

    It was brazen even by Liberian standards. Shipping containers carrying the equivalent of $US104m in Liberian bank notes, ordered by the Central Bank from printers in Sweden and China, arrived at Liberia’s port and then vanished. The news broke in local paper Africa on Monday. … Read more...
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    World EU ‘Not at War’ With U.K., Leader Says Following Summit – Newsweek

    “We’re not at war with Great Britain,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Austrian media on Friday following a summit where EU leaders rejected a Brexit plan presented by British Prime Minister Theresa May. “We have to be careful, like two loving hedgehogs. When two...
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    World Abortions in Ireland Will Be Free for All Women, Just Months After Legalization Vote – Newsweek

    Only months after a historic vote legalized abortion in Ireland, the country’s health minister has said new legislation will make procedures free for all women. The May referendum was one of the most charged votes in the country’s history. For a land traditionally conservative with huge...
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    World China to become world’s largest country of organ transplants by 2020 – Punch Newspapers

    China is expected to have the most organ transplant surgeries in 2020, said Huang Jiefu, Director of the China National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee. Huang said this at the opening of 3rd China International Organ Donation Conference in Xi’an on Friday. Huang said that the...
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    World Alcohol Responsible For One In 20 Deaths Worldwide – WHO – Channels Television

    Alcohol kills three million people worldwide each year more than AIDS, violence and road accidents combined, the World Health Organization said Friday, adding that men are particularly at risk. The UN health agency’s latest report on alcohol and health pointed out that alcohol causes more than...
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    World 12 Killed, 14 Injured In Suspected Terrorist Attack In Mozambique – Channels Television

    Twelve villagers were killed and 14 injured in an attack by suspected jihadists on a village in a gas-rich region of northern Mozambique, a local source told AFP on Friday. Since October, the southeast African country’s golden vision to exploit its gas reserves has been thrown … Read more...
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    World Uganda Prepares For Nuclear Energy – Leadership Newspaper

    Uganda has expressed readiness to embark on nuclear energy project to meet the increasing demand of electricity, Mr. Simon Giu D’Ujanga, Uganda’s State minister for energy, unveiled the plan at the International Atomic Energy conference in Vienna, Austria. D’Ujanga said the east African...
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