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Lesbian love movie director sues Kenya to lift ban on film
New Moroccan law fails to protect women from forced marriage
U.S. incomes rise as poverty rate declines in 2017
Spain to go ahead with sale of bombs to Saudi
Fighting resumes in Yemen's Hodeidah as peace talks stall
LGBT Kenyans hope for court win after India scraps 'gay sex' ban
Carolina coast battening down, boarding up as hurricane nears
Bangladesh says it won't assimilate Rohingya Muslims
LGBT-friendly Berlin mosque deradicalises Muslim youth
Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage
UN war crimes team documents further Syrian govt. use of chlorine
Slamming the door: How Trump transformed refugee program
Fight climate change by granting indigenous forest rights - report
For India's poor, ID card can be difference between life and death
Colombia failing to fight child sexual exploitation
'Monster' Hurricane Florence to pummel U.S. Southeast for days
As Idlib offensive looms, Syrians flee to border villages
Dozens killed and injured in suicide attack at Afghan protest
Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency in capital as death toll rises
U.N. chief turns up heat on governments to cool climate change
UK LGBT domestic abuse victims twice as likely to attempt suicide
World's local governments rally to fight climate change
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Water shortages to cut Iraq's irrigated wheat area by half
More Afghans displaced by drought than conflict
Ethiopia, Eritrea leaders celebrate at border where war raged
Afghan Taliban prepare for new peace talks with U.S.
Palestinians says U.S. attacks intl law with UN funding cuts
Kenyan elders issue curse to fight land loss
Turkey warns attack on Idlib would cause humanitarian disaster
Over 100 died in boat wreck off Libya
Afghans need asylum, all should not bear blame for few crimes
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