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Bernard Phelan had been refusing food since January 1 after being detained since October
Victims of abductions in raid by suspected jihadis were seized while out gathering wild fruit, other food, prosecutor's statement adds
The travel consultant was arrested in October while traveling through the country in the wake of recent anti-regime protests
Winners are Khurram Parvez, Delphine Djiraibe and Feliciano Reyna
The river was a dividing line that saw heavy fighting, with Russia temporarily seizing Oleksandr's hometown of Svyatogirsk on the other bank, and the vast monastery complex bears the scars
“El Chapo” is unhappy with harsh prison conditions in Colorado
Bernard Phelan is on a dry hunger strike, and will survive no more than a few days unless he is freed, his sister said
More than 200 hectares (500 acres) of forest have been razed to stumps in the corner of the Virunga National Park, where tens of thousands of Congolese have fled from clashes between rebels and the military.
Skeleton was acquired after Byrne's death aged 22 in 1783
'Abuses by police in the Cox's Bazar camps have left Rohingya refugees suffering at the hands of the very forces who are supposed to protect them,' said HRW Asia researcher Shayna Bauchner
Coral reefs are gravely menaced by an array of human threats, including overfishing, pollution and climate change
Conflicting reports about death toll after fighters storm camp in town of Hawadley north of Mogadishu
Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo have set up burning roadblocks, attempted to storm airports and staged mass rallies
US and NATO forces have been training Iraqi soldiers on how to fight the Islamic State group
Two police vehicles were torched and two others, equipped with machine guns, were captured by the assailants during the attack in Koula, the force said
The demonstration comes amid a wave of strikes over public healthcare shortages across Spain, with strike action planned or threatened in at least eight of its 17 regions
A Congolese military spokesman said the ‘terrorist act’ happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province's Kasindi, a town on the border with Uganda
Myanmar-China border crossing vital to trade has partially reopened, official says, after years of pandemic-prompted closure
Protests against the president have left at least 42 dead
It began as a back-and-forth at funerals between chanter, who would devise lyrics and sing them, and 'responders,' who sang lyrics back
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