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Urdu Point 2022-05-25Rescuers in Burkina Faso have found the bodies of four of the eight miners who have been missing since their shaft flooded in mid-April, the government said on Wednesday Ouagadougou, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th...
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Indigenous leaders, Trudeau gather to commemorate unmarked graves
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Canada says no 5G Huawei and the Royal tour wraps: In The News for May 20, 2022
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Asylum seekers stuck on Diego Garcia start hunger strike
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Hopes fade for missing Burkina Faso miners as rescuers find no survivors in rescue chamber
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Prince Charles, Camilla kick-off 3-day tour of Canada
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Canada prime minister critical of Iran in match Vancouver
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Buffalo shooting: 'Bodies were everywhere'
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Efforts ongoing to rescue 8 miners trapped for 27 days in Burkina Faso
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