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Accidents involving petrol tankers happen frequently on Nigeria's poorly maintained roads because of speeding and disregard for traffic rules
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02.12.2016
Petrol tanker explosion kills 14 in Nigeria
Elephant polo players in action in Nepal's Chitwan district on December 2, 2016
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02.12.2016
Mammoth battles at Nepal elephant polo championship
A man waves a Gambian flag while he celebrates the victory of Gambia's opposition candidate Adama Barrow during the Presidential Elections on December 2, 2016, in Serekunda, Banjul
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02.12.2016
Gambia's shock presidential victor hails new era
 
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02.12.2016
KDF receives top of the art military choppers to hunt down Al Shabaab
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Two monumental ancient statues of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Bamiyan in Afghanistan were pulverised by the Taliban in 2001
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International push aims to protect endangered heritage
Airbnb has recently faced mounting criticism from some quarters that it exacerbates housing shortages and squeezes the long-term rental sector
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Airbnb imposes limit on London home rentals
Russia says it has uncovered plans by foreign intelligence services to carry out massive cyberattacks targeting financial system
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Russia says foreign spies plotted huge cyberattack
Former Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is pictured in a courtroom in The Hague on May 16, 2012
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Ratko Mladic: the 'Butcher of Bosnia' whose trial nears end
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with members of the Basij force, a volunteer paramilitary organisation in Tehran on November 22, 2016
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Iran says it will respond to US sanctions renewal
China's Supreme People's Court cleared Nie Shubin, who was shot by firing squad in 1995, saying facts in the original trial were "unclear" and evidence "insufficient"
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China court finds man executed 21 years ago innocent
Counting has begun after Gambia elections with little indication of the eventual winner of the contest marked by an ongoing internet blackout in the small west African nation
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Heavy security as opposition takes Banjul in Gambia vote
An Indian customer pays for fuel with old 500 rupee notes at a petrol station in New Delhi on the last day on which the old currency can be used to purchase fuel
World 02.12.2016
Anger rises after India scraps old notes at petrol pumps
James Mattis (R), to be secretary of defense, was the second retired general to be picked for the cabinet by President-elect Donald Trump
World 02.12.2016
Trump's cabinet picks so far
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