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Pakistan reopens key Afghan trade route for trial run: official

PakistanonFridayreopenedanimportantbordercrossingwithAfghanistanafternearlythreeyearsinabidtoboosttradebetweenthetwocountries,officialssaid.TheGhulamKhanborder,

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Update | French school bus crash toll rises to 6: police source

ThedeathtollfromacrashbetweenaschoolbusandatraininsouthernFrancerosetosixFridayastwo11-year-oldgirlssuccumbedtotheirinjuries,apolicesourcesaid.Fourteenagershadd

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Hamas hands over crossing points to Palestinian consensus government

TheceremonyofhandingovertheGazaStrip'sbordercrossingswithIsraelandEgyptbeganWednesdayinthepresenceofseniorEgyptiansecurityintelligencerepresentatives,thePalesti

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French sailor sets new Atlantic solo record

FrenchyachtsmanFrancisJoyonbeathisownrecordforthesolotrans-AtlanticcrossingonWednesdaytosetanewbenchmarkoffivedaystwohoursandsevenminutes.Sixmonthsaftersmashing

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Drivers of NW Chinese city bedazzled by 3D zebra crossing marks

Acity'sattempttotakeroadsafetytothenextlevelbypainting3Dzebracrossingmarksonitsstreetshasbeenperceivedasaroadblockbythepublicandignitedadebateaboutthepurposeofs

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34,069 Myanmar migrant workers have returned home from Thailand

A total of 34,069 undocumented Myanmar migrant workers have returned home as of Wednesday although Thai authorities have delayed the full enforcement of a new labor law introduced last week, the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population said Thursday.

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34,069 Myanmar migrant workers have returned home from Thailand

Atotalof34,069undocumentedMyanmarmigrantworkershavereturnedhomeasofWednesdayalthoughThaiauthoritieshavedelayedthefullenforcementofanewlaborlawintroducedlastweek

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Gazans call on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing for patients

DozensdemonstratedonMondayatthegateofRafahcrossingpointbetweensouthernGazaStripandEgyptcallingontheEgyptianAuthoritiestoreopentheclosedcrossingforpatientswhonee

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Feature: All eyes on Chinese ship as expanded Panama Canal opens

All eyes were on a Chinese cargo ship, the first to sail through the expanded Panama Canal, as thousands of Panamanians gathered to celebrate the inauguration last Sunday.

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Myanmar refuses to reopen border crossing with Thailand before boundary demarcation

​Myanmar said on Thursday that it will not reopen the long-closed Phaya Thonzu border crossing before formal demarcation is made on the controversial boundary.

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Refugee crisis to last up to three years, Greece turns into resettlement country: minister

Greece is making plans to accommodate refugees for longer periods, estimating the refugee crisis will last up to three years and with thousands of people stranded in the country, Greek migration minister Yannis Mouzalas said on Wednesday.

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Hamas urges Egypt to permanently reopen Rafah crossing with Gaza

​Deputy chief of the Islamic Hamas movement, Ismail Haneya, called on Egypt Wednesday to permanently open the Rafah crossing point along the borders with the Gaza Strip.

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Strike shuts down main Argentina-Chile border crossing

A 24-hour strike by Chilean border control agencies totally shut down the main border crossing between Argentina and Chile Wednesday, Argentina's National Roads & Highway Bureau (DNV) said.

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Egypt reopens Gaza border as Hamas warns of medical crisis

Egypt reopened its Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip after seven days of closure, allowing a limited number of people to leave and return to the Palestinian coastal enclave through its main border terminal.

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Egypt to reopen Gaza borders: Palestinian diplomat

A Palestinian diplomat said Sunday that Egypt had promised to reopen Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip "soon."