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Indian snake catchers hope "fantasy homes" will keep them from slavery
With no permanent homes and little employment opportunities, snake catchers are easy targets for middlemen looking for cheap, seasonal labour
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Indigenous people seize some facilities on Peru oil field -chieftain
Amazonian tribes want the government to sign new commitments for the clean-up of oil pollution and for access to health care and education
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Mudslide at Guinea rubbish dump kills at least eight
Shifting rainfall patterns, rampant deforestation and expanding urban populations are increasing the risk of deadly mudslides across west and central Africa
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EXCLUSIVE-U.S. to withhold up to $290 million in Egypt aid
US unhappy about new NGO law restricting activity to developmental and social work, with jail terms for non-compliance
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Flexibility, long-term planning reduce Somali famine threat, report says
More than 6 million Somalis -- about half the country's population -- are in need of emergency aid, the United Nations says
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Tanzania charges mob with killing, burning five 'witches'
Thousands of elderly Tanzanian women have been strangled, knived to death and burned or buried alive over the last two decades after being denounced as witches
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Quake kills two on Italian holiday island, young brothers saved
The quake hit a few days before the first anniversary of a major quake that killed nearly 300 people in central Italy
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Italy's latest deadly quake exposes inaction on illegal homes
"Ischia has always been a symbol of illegal building, random cementification and impunity"
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Mark Wahlberg named world's highest-paid actor in 2017
The Forbes list again highlighted Hollywood's gender pay gap
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