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The Imperial Hotel, next to the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, is at the centre of a years-long dispute between its Palestinian tenants and an Israeli settler organisation which allegedly secretly bought it in 2004 from the Greek Orthodox Church
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09.08.2024
In Jerusalem hotel, eviction fears dampen Christmas cheer
Aminatou Haidar will receive the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize for human rights
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09.08.2024
'Gandhi of Western Sahara' warns time running out to avoid war
Greek billionaire Alkiviades "Alki" David said the legal system is "broken" after he was ordered to pay $58 million damages to a Hollywood assistant in a sexual harassment case
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09.08.2024
Greek hologram billionaire told to pay $58m in harassment case
This photo of North Korea's Samjiyon, taken in September, shows part of the massive construction project opened on Tuesday
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09.08.2024
North Korea's Kim opens huge mountain development
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SS soldiers lead newly arrived prisoners to the gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The death camp remains an enduring symbol of the Holocaust.
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The history of Auschwitz
The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp was part of the Nazis' plan of genocide against European Jews and operated in the Polish town of Oswiecim
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Nazi Germany's Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp
A young Egyptian fisherman pulls his net in the River Nile, south of the Egyptian capital, with Egypt suffering for years from an acute water crisis
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Troubled waters for Egypt as Ethiopia pushes Nile dam
Alyn Smith, for 15 years a member of the European Parliament, now hopes to win back the Stirling constituency for the Scottish National Party
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Scotland threatens Boris Johnson's election dream
Chile's economy is under major strain -- new data showed it contracted 3.4 percent in October 2019 (year-on-year) and the peso has fallen to historic lows against the dollar
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Chile unveils $5.5 bn stimulus plan as economy shrinks
Merkel will walk through the infamous gate of the Auschwitz death camp
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Merkel to visit Auschwitz for first time
New Zealand's Justice Minister said the move to bar political donations over NZ$50 was made to protect the country's democracy
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New Zealand to ban big foreign political donations
Scientists hope that by collecting wild relatives of food crops, illustrated here by alfalfa used as animal feed, they can find genetic variations to strengthen their defences against disease and climate change
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Scientists search the wild for food plant genes
US President Donald Trump left Washington on Monday to fly to London to meet with NATO leaders for the 70th anniversary of the alliance
World 09.08.2024
Squabbles overshadow NATO 70th anniversary summit
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