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CLEAN : Angela Merkel meets Xi Jinping in Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of G20 summit
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CLEAN : Philippines Duterte arrives for State of the Nation address
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to press on with his drug war that has claimed thousands of lives as he urged lawmakers to endorse eye for an eye death penalties
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CLEAN : Macron promises miliitary support for Sahel anti jihad force
French President Emmanuel Macron, making a lightning visit to Mali throws his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists but told countries their efforts had to bear fruit
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CLEAN : Germany vows to reset Turkey ties as row escalates
Germany steps up its travel advisory for Turkey after the arrests of human rights activists there warning it could not guarantee its citizens safety amid mass arrests and a worsening bilateral row
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CLEAN : Prince William Kate on Brexit diplomacy tour of Poland Germany
Prince William and his wife Kate arrive in Warsaw on a five day diplomacy tour of Poland and Germany in the wake of Brexit which has tarnished Britain's reputation in Europe
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CLEAN : Brazil's ex president Lula offended over sentence says lawyer
Brazils ex president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sentenced to over nine years imprisonment for graft on Wednesday is serene but offended by the courts decision his lawyer told journalists
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CLEAN : Doctors hold press conference following death of Liu Xiaobo
Doctors hold a news conference following death of Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo saying they made muliple attempts to save him
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CLEAN : Kenyatta holds Nairobi rally ahead of Kenyan elections
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta holds a rally in Nairobi ahead of elections on 8 August
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CLEAN : Syria sides meet again in Geneva with expectations low
Syria's government and opposition meet for a seventh round of UN sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little expectation of a breakthrough to end the six year conflict
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CLEAN : Tour de France: A very very difficult Tour - Froome
Briton Chris Froome secured his fourth Tour de France title at the end of the 21st and final stage won by Dylan Groenewegen on Sunday and said it was a huge honour to be amongst cycling's greats
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CLEAN : Are you my surreal dad? Dali being exhumed in paternity case
Salvador Dali's remains are being exhumed on Thursday from his Spanish hometown in an effort to test a fortune teller's claims the renowned surrealist is her father
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CLEAN : Ethiopia: 29th AU summit begins
The 29th African Union summit begins in Addis Ababa with heads of state meeting to discuss the issues conflicts and crises affecting the continent
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CLEAN : Brazil : I'm still in the game says Lula
Brazils charismatic ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was defiant Thursday after a corruption conviction vowing he was still in the running to retake the presidency in 2018
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CLEAN : Iraqi police celebrate Mosul gains
Iraqi police celebrate in the Old City of Mosul as Baghdad is expected to announce a final victory in the battle to recapture the northern city from Islamic State militants
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CLEAN : Kidnapped journalist found dead in Mexico: prosecutor
Authorities in Mexico found the burned remains of a journalist who was kidnapped in May the sixth reporter killed this year in the country a state prosecutor said Monday
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CLEAN : US partially reinstating travel ban regrettable: Iran FM
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemns the US Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban targeting citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries
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CLEAN : Thousands in anti govt anti austerity march in London
Thousands of people march through London protesting against the government led by Prime Minister Theresa May and demanding an end to austerity
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CLEAN : Hong Kong protesters stage sit in ahead of Xi visit
Pro democracy protesters climb a statue in Hong Kong as they stage a sit in ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping to mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by Britain
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CLEAN : Merkel reacts to German bus accident
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expresses her condolences for the victims of a bus crash in Germany that has left up to 18 people dead in one of the country's worst road accidents
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CLEAN : Saudi led bloc regrets negative Qatar response to demands
Foreign ministers of the Saudi led bloc that imposed an embargo on Qatar said Wednesday they regretted the emirate's negative response to a list of demands to end a diplomatic crisis
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CLEAN : Qatar slams unrealistic demands as deadline looms
Qatar said Tuesday that the demands made by Arab nations in a Gulf diplomatic crisis were impossible to meet as a deadline was fast approaching for the emirate to respond
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CLEAN : Images of hospital where China says Liu Xiaobo is being treated
The Chinese hospital caring for cancer stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has decided to invite US German and other foreign experts to come and help treat him in China
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CLEAN : Venezuela renegade prosecutor refuses court summons
Venezuela's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega refused to appear in court Tuesday in what she branded a trumped up case by the authorities after she defied them over the country's deadly political crisis
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CLEAN : Israel and India present agreements in Jerusalem
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu participated on Wednesday in a ceremony to exchange documents of agreements signed between two countries