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'Monstrous' violence in Syria as gov't excludes Aleppo from truce
Air strikes and shelling kill 200 Aleppo civilians in past week, U.N. says fighting returning to pre-ceasefire level
Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill doctors and children
'Monstrous' violence in Syria as gov't excludes Aleppo from truce
Air strikes and shelling kill 200 Aleppo civilians in past week, U.N. says fighting returning to pre-ceasefire level
Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill doctors and children
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Australian aid worker believed kidnapped in Afghanistan
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Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill doctors and children
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Boost education to cut child labour on Ivory Coast cocoa farms
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