Somalia security forces end hotel siege claimed by Al-Shabaab
Somali security forces brought to an end the siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, state media said Saturday, after the Islamist Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Defiant Butler insists Heat will fight all the way
At the end of a season in which they have overturned the odds more than once to reach the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat hope they can pull off another upset despite going 3-1 down in the series with 108-95 defeat on Friday.
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Nuggets move within one win of first NBA title
The Denver Nuggets moved within one win of their first NBA title on Thursday, beating Miami 108-95 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven championship series.
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Women rule on the Greek island of Karpathos
"Here it is women who command!" declared Rigopoula Pavlidis, as she sang the virtues of her remote village on the island of Karpathos, one of Greece's rare matriarchal societies.
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On Lampedusa, Red Cross takes over grim migrant hub
The reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa is for many migrants their first taste of Europe after crossing the Mediterranean Sea, and for those arriving, it is a grim, desperate place.
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Nuggets move within a win of first NBA title
The Denver Nuggets moved within one win of their first NBA title on Thursday, beating Miami 108-95 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven championship series.
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French court sentences man to 18 years for burning alive pregnant teenager
A court in France sentenced a man to 18 years in prison on Friday for stabbing and then burning alive his 15-year-old girlfriend.
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Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive
The four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday.
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How Trump indictment could impact White House race
The latest twist in Donald Trump's attritional war with US law enforcement, as with so much else in the former president's story, throws the United States into unprecedented territory.
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Pirarucu: Amazon's giant air-breathing fish in poachers' sights
A fish larger than a man, tasty as well as beautiful, the freshwater pirarucu is a favorite with poachers in a lawless part of the Amazon jungle where Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet.
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