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A gas tanker caught fire while travelling north on the N1 just before the Gordon Road offramp. The highway was closed for over 36 hours.
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Tunisia: HPR Considers Bill On Approval of Credit Agreement Signed With AfDB
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -The House of People's Representatives (HPR) held on Tuesday a plenary session to examine a bill on the approval of the credit agreement signed on November 6, 2019 between Tunisia and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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Death of Walter White
Death of Walter White (61), New York City. Roy Willkins succeeded him as NAACP executive, April 11.
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BREAKING | Faf du Plessis won't be the next Proteas Test skipper - he just retired!
In news just in, Faf du Plessis has confirmed his retirement from the Test arena after 69 Tests for the Proteas.
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Somalia: Car Bomb Goes Off At a Hotel in Somali Capital
[Shabelle] A deafening explosion was heard on Sunday afternoon after a car bomb went off at Afrik hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, police said.
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Cape Town boy, 4, falls to his death from 6th floor of apartment | News24
A four-year-old boy lost his life after he allegedly fell from his family's apartment on the 6th floor in Cape Town.
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Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations
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Tunisia: Parliament Starts Debate On Proposal Amending and Completing Rules of Procedure
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The plenary session devoted to the debate on of the proposal amending and completing the rules of procedure of the House of People's Representatives (HPR) started around 1:00 p.m. under chairmanship of the HRP First Deputy-Speaker Samira...
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Regal, RP Construction awarded walkovers - Stabroek News
The Demerara zone of the Guyana Cricket Board/Tropical Springs Over-40 T20 competition saw both scheduled matches at the Enmore Cricket Club ground yesterday ending in walkovers. The article Regal, RP Construction awarded walkovers appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Jamii Bora owners okay Sh1bn Co-operative Bank buyout
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South Africa: Speaker Receives Request From ATM to Postpone Motion of No Confidence
[Parliament of South Africa] Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Thandi Modise has received a letter from the African Transformation Movement (ATM) asking for a postponement of the Motion of No Confidence in the President scheduled for consideration by the House this afternoon. The Motion was
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Nigeria discovers more Covid-19 related deaths
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Biden Administration in Push to Put Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill
In April 2016, then-President Barack Obama announced that Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Obama wanted the release of the new bill to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment in 2020 that gave women the right to vote. However, Trump had expressed
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‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ Star Sierra Gates Announces Engagement To Co-Star BK Brasco
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NCBA shuts 14 branches on Covid-19
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A thick dollop of transparent hair gel rests on the back of a brown hand. A comb with three missing teeth and a metal tail teeters on the edge of […] The post A Celebration Of Brandy's Best Braid Moments appeared first on Essence.
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Southern Africa: Troika Talks DRC
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi participating in a virtual SADC Organ Troika Summit at the State House in Gaborone yesterday.
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Jaguars fitness test, practice matches postponed - Stabroek News
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70pc of households struggle to pay rent
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Michelle Obama Blames Her 'Low-Grade Depression' In Part On Donald Trump
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East Africa: Somalia to Cease Issuing Visas On Arrival for Kenyans
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Texas Children's Hospital names Jackie Ward as Chief Nursing officer - DefenderNetwork.com
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Tunisia: Inflation Drops to 5. 7 Percent in July
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The inflation rate eased to 5.7% in July, decelerating from 5.8% in the previous month and 6.3% in May, said the National Institute of Statistics (French: INS)
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Somalia: 2 Killed As Security Personnel Gun Down Suicide Bomber Near Turkey's Military Base in Mogadishu
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