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Turkish excavations offer vital clues of human history
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- The cops said this was the region's largest drug seizure, and also resulted in an arrest
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UAE to punish extortion demands on web with prison sentence of up to two years
Anyone guilty of making a threat to another person on the web will get a prison sentence of up to...
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