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Rescuers race to find Colombia earthquake survivors as death toll rises
Over 1,100 homes were destroyed when Colombia was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
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Al Jazeera
DR Congo Ebola death toll surpasses 2,000
DR Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly, with the death toll surpassing 2,000.
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Washington Post
Lebanon takes step to become first Arab country to abolish death penalty
The bill would make life sentence with hard labor the highest penalty that can be imposed.
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Al Jazeera
‘Justice at last’: Syrians react to Assad death sentence
Syrians gathered to celebrate after a court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia.
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Al Jazeera
Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib to death
Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and cousin Atef Najib have been sentenced to death…
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WorldPingThe Hindu
Colombia earthquake death toll tops 200 as rescuers race to find survivors
In the hardest-hit cities, rescuers worked through the night with cranes, excavators and, at times, their bare hands, cutting through twisted steel and passing buckets of debris in desperate searches for those still trapped.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingFrance 24
Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
A Syrian court on Tuesday (August 11) sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civil war.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24