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BBC News with Debby Russ. The United States military says it's dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb for the first time, using it to target hideouts of the Islamic State group in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. The Pentagon said the strike was
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Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (R) and President Laurent Gbagbo (L), 15 September 2009 (file photo) Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is expected to announce a new government this week, and Ivorian opposition leaders continue to call for t
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