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Sightsavers organizes Photography Events for the Visually Impaired sponsored by HH SheikhaArwa Al Qassimi

Sightsavers organizes Photography Events for the Visually Impaired sponsored by HH SheikhaArwa Al Qassimi

Sightsavers is an organization that aims at preventing avoidable blindness, and advocates for the social inclusion and equal treatment of people with disabilities. The collaboration of the Sightsaversand the Beyond Sight Foundation contributed to the successful display of photography done by the vis...


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Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks

Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks

Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in ...

Posted: About 6 years ago
Source: BBC News
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit

Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit

As Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vladivostok railway station on Wednesday, white-gloved atte...

Posted: About 6 years ago
Source: The Guardian
5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home

5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home

PRAGUE — Five Czechs who had been missing in Lebanon since July and presumed kidnapped arr...

Posted: About 9 years ago
Source: nytimes

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Posted: About 6 years ago

Sudan crisis: Military council arrests former government members

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Source: BBC News
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Posted: About 9 years ago

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Source: nytimes
Putin threatens arms race if US dumps nuclear treaty
Posted: About 6 years ago

Putin threatens arms race if US dumps nuclear treaty

Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia will develop new missiles banned by the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty if the US ...

Source: The Guardian
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Posted: About 9 years ago

Disappointed With Europe, Thousands of Iraqi Migrants Return Home

BAGHDAD — Night after night, Mohammed al-Jabiry tossed and turned in his bed at a refugee center in Finland, comparing life in Euro...

Source: nytimes
Putin accuses Ukraine’s Poroshenko of Black Sea ‘provocation’
Posted: About 6 years ago

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Source: The Guardian
Unicef Report Finds Female Genital Cutting to Be Common in Indonesia
Posted: About 9 years ago

Unicef Report Finds Female Genital Cutting to Be Common in Indonesia

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Source: nytimes