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Spiders can soar on electric fields
Oct 07, 2019 14:14Spiders have been observed to have gone as high as two-and-a-half miles up in the air and as far as 1,000 miles out in the sea. It has been believed since ages that spiders cannot fly, due to lack of wings. However, they still go airborne sometimes.
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Africa’s industrial development: Turning challenges into opportunities
Sep 26, 2019 06:07Despite growth rates in Africa still not having reached the 7.0 percent that would be required to pull the continent’s populations out of poverty, optimism for Africa has not diminished.
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Suspected Takfiri terrorists planning attacks detained by Ethiopian agents
Sep 22, 2019 08:01Ethiopia said it had arrested an unspecified number of Somali al-Shabab and Daesh militants who were planning to carry out attacks in the country on various targets including hotels.
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26 students, two teachers killed in Liberia school fire
Sep 19, 2019 01:52A huge fire at a Liberian Koranic school killed at least 26 pupils and two teachers on Wednesday when flames engulfed their dormitory, in one of the worst disasters of its kind for the West African nation.
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West African leaders pledge $1 billion to counter Takfiri terrorism
Sep 15, 2019 07:04The leaders of West African countries have announced a one-billion-dollar plan to combat the growing threat of Takfiri terrorism and violence in the region.
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Presidential campaign opens in Tunisia after Essebsi death
Sep 02, 2019 14:43Campaigning for Tunisia's presidential election has opened, with 26 candidates vying to replace late leader Beji Caid Essebsi.
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Jamaica joins list of nations insisting the UK takes action to repatriate artefacts
Aug 09, 2019 02:21Jamaica has joined a long list of nations seeking to repatriate items taken by the UK during its colonial days of ‘glory’.
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Iranian FM, Senegalese counterpart discuss closer ties
Jul 25, 2019 10:00Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to Senegal, held talks with his counterpart in the West African country on a range of issues, including ways to boost bilateral relations between the two nations
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Zarif in Senegal for official visit
Jul 25, 2019 07:19Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is on an official visit to Senegal to boost bilateral relations between the two countries in diverse political and economic fields.
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WHO declares Ebola outbreak is international health emergency, but not global threat
Jul 18, 2019 04:41The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to be a "public health emergency of international concern", saying the recent risk of its spread in the city of Goma and into Uganda had increased the threat.