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Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh must enforce its building code and safety regulations if it is to avoid more disasters like the fire that killed at least 70 people in a centuries-old neighbourhood of the capital this week, experts said.
The fire in Chawkbazar, a commercial region
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- JACK JENKINS
Vatican City
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On paper, “accountability” was the theme of the second day of the Vatican’s summit on clergy sexual abuse. In practice, that meant debating whether proposals designed to rein in bishops accused of abuse amount to, in the words of one churchman, “Caesar judging Caesar".
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India's Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than one million Indigenous people and others who live in forests, after the Federal Government failed to defend a law aimed at protecting their rights.
The top court's order, dated 13th February and delivered in written
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- ELLEN WULFHORST
Americans use more toilet paper than anyone else in the world, helping destroy the habitats of native people who live where it is sourced and contributing to global warming, a research study said this week.
US consumers use roughly three rolls of toilet paper a
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One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have called on presidential candidates to tell Nigerians how they plan to secure her release.
“We are urging the political parties and
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- HEBA KANSO
More than 2,500 foreign children living in harsh conditions in Syrian camps should be repatriated with their families to their countries of origin, Save the Children said on Thursday.
The children, with nationalities from 30 countries including France, Germany, the United States and
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- CATHERINE PEPINSTER
London
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The Church of England’s most senior leaders are expected to rebuke Britain’s political leaders over their handling of Brexit at the church’s General Synod this week.
In a special motion at synod, just weeks before the Brexit deadline, the archbishops of Canterbury and York will urge
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- MATT BLOMBERG
A rising number of Cambodian women are being sold as brides in China but complaints and convictions are on the decline with many victims refusing to speak out because their families are colluding with trafficking rings, a regional police chief said.
Thousands of Cambodian women
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