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Boko Haram frees 344 Shia Nigerian students

18-12-2020 ABUJA: Hundreds of schoolboys who were kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria nearly a week ago have been released, a local official said late on Thursday, prompting joy and relief for families that had been praying for the boys’ safe return. Katsina state Governor Aminu Bello Masari said in a televised …

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India plans to begin COVID vaccination in January

18-12-2020 NEW DELHI: India expects to begin vaccinating people against COVID-19 in January, federal health officials told media. The officials – who requested anonymity – said a few vaccine candidates were likely to get emergency-use authorization from the drug regulator in the “next few weeks”. Two companies have already applied …

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Kabul’s Deputy Governor killed in IED blast

15-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Kabul’s Deputy Governor and his assistant have been killed in a blast in Afghanistan, police say, adding that a sticky bomb was attached to his car by unknown assailants. Deputy Governor Mahboobullah Mohebi was travelling to work on Tuesday with his …

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