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[2017-01-06 07:28]

Colonial parade going strong

[2017-01-05 07:42]

A fancy dress New Year festival that began almost a century ago in Ghana as a searing satire of colonial life is still thriving today, with hundreds of people dressing up and donning masks.

Joint funeral planned for Reynolds, Fisher

[2017-01-05 07:42]

Screen icon Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher, are to be buried side by side among numerous stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, US media reported on Tuesday.

Forceps removed after 18 years

[2017-01-05 07:42]

Doctors in Vietnam have removed surgical forceps from a man who unknowingly carried them inside his body for 18 years, national television VTV reported.

Fish drags Aussie angler into shark-infested waters

[2017-01-05 07:42]

A man has survived for hours in cold, shark-infested waters after being dragged out of his boat as he struggled to land a large fish in Australia, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Cities do battle for Lucas art museum

[2017-01-05 07:42]

George Lucas is no stranger to epic struggles on the big screen, but he didn't expect one off-camera when it came to his art collection.

Scientists hatch new theory on extinction

[2017-01-05 07:42]

The eggs of nonavian dinosaurs took three to six months to hatch, a long incubation period that could help explain dinosaurs' mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to new research.

UK's EU envoy quits ahead of Brexit talks

[2017-01-05 07:42]

Ivan Rogers came under fire for saying it could take 10 years for London to conclude deal with the bloc

ROK vows to maintain pressure on DPRK

[2017-01-05 07:42]

The Republic of Korea vowed on Wednesday to maintain its hard line policy of pressure and sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Seoul's Unification Ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs said in its annual plan report to Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who is serving as acting president, that its policy will be maintained in 2017 to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and cause a right change in the northern neighbor.

150 escape in Philippine prison raid

[2017-01-05 07:42]

Around 100 armed men with links to rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150 prisoners, some of them Islamic militants, officials said.

UN chief Guterres calls for reform to overcome challenges

[2017-01-05 07:42]

The new United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, warned on Tuesday that the world body faces "very challenging times" and asked for support of reforms to make it better able to deal with them.

Fighting puts Syria peace talks at risk

[2017-01-05 07:42]

Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in a water-rich valley northwest of Damascus on Tuesday as 10 rebel groups announced they are suspending talks about planned peace negotiations because of what they described as government violations of a cease-fire deal.

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