BRAM JANSSEN

February 5, 2018 at 5:21 am

Cape Town pushes possible tap closure on “Day Zero” to May VIEW

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cape Town has pushed back "Day Zero" — the date when it might have to turn off most taps...

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February 3, 2018 at 1:27 am

Cape Town’s water crisis highlights city’s rich-poor divide VIEW

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — "Day Zero" is approaching as South Africa's showcase city of Cape Town prepares to turn off most water taps...

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December 5, 2017 at 1:05 am

Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream VIEW

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Islamic State group fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints;...

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December 3, 2017 at 11:05 pm

Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream VIEW

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Islamic State group fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints;...

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July 18, 2017 at 1:03 pm

Iraqis hold suspected militants in cramped, stifling prison

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of suspected Islamic State members swept up by Iraqi forces in Mosul are being held in a cramped and stifling...

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July 10, 2017 at 11:34 pm

Clashes shake west Mosul after victory over IS declared VIEW

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Airstrikes, shelling and other heavy clashes shook a small sliver of western Mosul on Tuesday in renewed fighting, a day after...

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June 24, 2017 at 4:57 am

Turkey bans Istanbul Pride, organizers vow to march anyway

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities announced Saturday they will not allow the Istanbul Pride march to take place on Sunday — the third year in...

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May 5, 2017 at 11:07 pm

In Mosul, hunger grows amid slow advances against IS VIEW

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Aliyah Hussein and the 25 family members sheltering with her in Mosul's western Mahatta neighborhood are surviving by picking wild greens...

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May 3, 2017 at 7:15 am

Iraqi painter quietly documented life under Islamic State VIEW

HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) — After the Islamic State group swept into his town nearly three years ago, Mustafa al-Taee resolved to bear witness to...

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April 8, 2017 at 12:40 pm

In Istanbul’s ‘Little Syria,’ refugees want more from US VIEW

ISTANBUL (AP) — The fast-moving developments in Syria are never far from people's minds in an Istanbul neighborhood that is home to thousands of refugees...

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