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Angelina Jolie: rebel beauty with toughness to match

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Tattooed rebel, red carpet queen, goodwill ambassador and anti-cancer warrior: Angelina Jolie is a silver screen beauty with convictions to match, and a record of taking tough decisions without looking back. After a decade in the Hollywood spotlight as one half of the …

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Gabon rivals reach tenuous deal on poll recount

Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Lawyers for President Ali Bongo and opposition leader Jean Ping told AFP on Tuesday said they have agreed to a poll recount for August’s contested presidential vote, though the methodology remains in dispute. “The parties have reached agreement on a vote recount,” said Ping’s lawyer …

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George H.W. Bush to vote for Democrat Clinton? A Kennedy says so

Washington, United States | AFP |  Former president George H.W. Bush plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, the niece of president John F. Kennedy wrote in a Facebook posting. “The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!!” read the caption of a picture Kathleen Kennedy Townsend posted on …

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Obama hits at populist strongmen in last UN address

United Nations, United States | AFP | Barack Obama used his farewell UN address Tuesday to castigate strongmen and populists, taking aim at Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s rise at home. Obama told the UN General Assembly that democracy was a better path toward prosperity than the “crude populism” …

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France’s Hollande on Syria tells UN: ‘Enough is enough’

United Nations, United States | AFP |  French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday appealed for an end to the carnage in Syria, telling the United Nations: “Enough is enough”. “The Syrian tragedy will be seen by history as a disgrace for the international community if we do not end it …

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KCCA bounce back, Villa stroll as BUL shocks Express

Uganda Premier League: KCCA 1  Saints 0 Villa 3  Proline 0 URA 2 Lweza 2 BStars 1 Sadolin 0 JMC 1  Vipers 1 JSS 0  Onduparaka 0 Express 0 BUL 1 Police 0  Soana 3 Paul Mucureezi’s first goal of the season gave KCCA a narrow 1-0 win over Saints Tuesday that was enough …

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Records assistant grilled as Byandala Katosi case resumes

Hearing in a case in which former works minister and MP Katikamu North Eng.Abraham Byandala and five others are accused of causing financial loss of over sh24.7b meant for the upgrade of Mukono-Katosi road, resumed on Tuesday. A records assistant in the Ministry of Works and Transport Hellen Kabagenyi told the Anti-corruption Court …

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Campus protests erupt in South Africa over student fees

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African police fired stun grenades in Johannesburg on Tuesday as protesting students blockaded campus entrances and disrupted classes to demand free education after the government announced fee increases. Campus unrest has hit many universities over the past year, with demonstrations and outbreaks of …

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Trump, Clinton compete to meet top leaders in New York

New York, United States | AFP | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met Egypt’s president in New York on Monday as the two US presidential candidates tried to bolster their diplomatic credentials at the United Nations. Democratic standard-bearer Clinton said last week that she would meet Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, along …

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