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Over more than four decades, acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Abbas has documented key sporting moments, but also religion and its influence on culture.
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Some of the worst flooding in the region in decades drives more than 150,000 people from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
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French boules lovers want wider recognition
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A fire at former US President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Arkansas is believed to have been caused by arson, officials say.
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The head and several leaders of one of Syria's most powerful rebel groups, Jaysh al-Islam, have been killed in an air strike east of Damascus.
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A Christmas Day bushfire destroys more than 100 homes in a famous Australian tourist area in southern Victoria state.
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Hot and windy conditions have pushed bushfires out of control in the state of Victoria, in southern Australia.
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Iraqi forces move deeper into Ramadi, with progress to drive Islamic State militants from the city slowed by booby traps and bombs, the army says.
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At least 14 people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a cluster of tornadoes in the American south.
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China refuses to renew French journalist Ursula Gauthier's press card, effectively expelling her, over an article it said "emboldened terrorism" - something she denies.
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Former South African President FW De Klerk joins criticism of a campaign to remove the statue of colonial leader Cecil Rhodes from Oxford University.
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A French journalist, effectively expelled from China over an article she wrote, says they are trying to intimidate the foreign press.
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Police in Serbia arrest about 80 people in what has been described as its biggest anti-corruption investigation in decades.
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The expected evacuation of thousands of rebels from in and around Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus is put on hold, reports say.
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Streets and homes are completely submerged in the city of Concordia in Argentina.
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Benin's Prime Minister walks away unscathed after the helicopter in which he was travelling crashes in the country's north-west.
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Residents of areas hit by bushfire in Australia's southern Victoria state begin returning home after evacuation orders are lifted, officials say.
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