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Moroccans rejoice at reaching World Cup last 16

Moroccans rejoice at reaching World Cup last 16

Ecstatic Moroccans celebrated on Thursday after their team qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time since 1986.

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OPEC set to stick or cut more amid plan to cap Russian oil price

OPEC set to stick or cut more amid plan to cap Russian oil price

Major oil producers are expected to stick to their current output strategy or even slash production further when they meet on Sunday in the face of falling prices, a potential Russian oil price cap and an embargo on Russian crude shipments.

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Scott joint leader as Smith dodges cut in Australian Open

Scott joint leader as Smith dodges cut in Australian Open

Former Masters champion Adam Scott zoomed into a two-way share of the lead in the Australian Open while Cameron Smith narrowly avoided the halfway cut in Melbourne on Friday.

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Switzerland fines engineering giant $4.3 mn over S.Africa bribery

Switzerland fines engineering giant $4.3 mn over S.Africa bribery

Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has been fined four million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) over bribery linked to the construction of a huge power plant in South Africa, Switzerland announced on Friday.

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Under-pressure Pakistan 17-0 at lunch after England's mammoth 657

Under-pressure Pakistan 17-0 at lunch after England's mammoth 657

Pakistan safely negotiated the early overs to reach 17 without loss at lunch Friday on the second day of the opening Test against England, after the visitors were all out for a mammoth 657 in Rawalpindi.

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Philippines' largest prison holds mass burial for 70 inmates

Philippines' largest prison holds mass burial for 70 inmates

The bodies of 70 inmates from the Philippines' largest prison were laid to rest Friday in a mass burial, weeks after their decomposing remains were discovered in a Manila funeral home.

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Musk kicks Kanye West off Twitter after swastika post

Musk kicks Kanye West off Twitter after swastika post

Elon Musk kicked Kanye West off Twitter on Friday "for incitement to violence," after the rapper posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of David.

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Argentina back on track in World Cup roller coaster

Argentina back on track in World Cup roller coaster

It has been a roller coaster ride for Argentina at the World Cup in Qatar, but after veering off the rails early on, Lionel Messi's team are firmly back on track.

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England pile up mammoth 657 against Pakistan in first Test

England pile up mammoth 657 against Pakistan in first Test

England piled up a mammoth 657 runs before being all out Friday on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

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Street life: Manila's homeless find shelter in pushcarts

Street life: Manila's homeless find shelter in pushcarts

Like thousands of homeless people in the Philippine capital Manila, Maricel Abawag and her son used to sleep on flattened cardboard boxes laid out on footpaths. Then they got a pushcart.

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