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Mass arrests in DR Congo's second city
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» LUBUMBASHI (DR CONGO) - Soldiers sealed part of Congo's second city and carried out mass arrests of young men on Thursday, residents said, as talks to defuse...
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Ski champion Tina Maze confirms home retirement date
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» LJUBLJANA - Double Olympic champion Tina Maze will end her career on home snow at the January 7 Zlata Lisica race after resolving difference with local ski authorities,...
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Aubameyang, Mahrez, Mane on African player shortlist
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» PARIS - Borussia Dortmund and Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is still in line to retain his African Player of the Year crown after making the final three-man...
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Jatupat back in jail as court revokes bail
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/12/2016
» KHON KAEN - The provincial court approved a police request Thursday to revoke bail granted to student activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, better known as Pai Dao...
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Syrian army says Aleppo retaken
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» DAMASCUS - The Syrian army announced on Thursday that the country's second city Aleppo has been fully recaptured from rebel fighters, the government's biggest...
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Russia backs out of biathlon World Cup over doping storm
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Russia on Thursday withdrew from holding a biathlon World Cup event in March and the world youth championships after international protests...
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World Cup speed skating moved from Russia over doping
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» LAUSANNE - Speed skating's governing body on Friday moved a World Cup event from Russia because of doping revealed by an international investigator.
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Former NBA coach Karl rips 'user' Anthony in new book
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Former Denver Nuggets coach George Karl is harshly critical of New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony in an unsparing new memoir in which he calls...
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Le Cléac'h powers toward Cape Horn in Vendee Globe
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» PARIS - French skipper Armel Le Cléac'h had a 600 nautical mile lead Thursday as he guided his Banque populaire VIII yacht toward Cape Horn in the solo round...
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PSG agree Draxler deal - report
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» PARIS - Paris Saint-Germain have agreed a deal with Wolfsburg to sign German World Cup-winning midfielder Julian Draxler for 36 million euros (pound sterling30.5m,...