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on. The country’s inflation, relative to Sierra Leone’s history, has reached unprecedented levels.</p><div id="5e00" class="link-block">
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<h2>Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew amid deadly anti-government protests</h2>
<div><h3>Aug 10 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's leadership announced a nationwide curfew on Wednesday in response to violent…</h3></div>
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</div><h1 id="d2ff">Wednesday, 10 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="d643">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="fed5">Russian forces, according to the Russian-appointed Governor of Zaporizhzhia Yevhen Balytskyi, install air defence systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The nuclear power plant is in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast.</p><div id="1e38" class="link-block">
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<h2>Russia installs air defense systems at Zaporiyia nuclear power plant</h2>
<div><h3>The Russian military authorities have installed an air defense system at the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant, located in…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.msn.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="e4ed">Business and Economy…</h2><p id="8b32">Domino’s Pizza, after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy, closes all its stores in Italy. The American restaurant chain has revealed it was severely impacted by the Italian COVID-19 restrictions.</p><div id="78a8" class="link-block">
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<h2>Fast food giant Domino's pulls out of the birthplace of pizza</h2>
<div><h3>The fast food giant's pandemic-related exit from Italy was celebrated by some social media users.</h3></div>
<div><p>www.bbc.co.uk</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="1f22">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="7174">Uzbekistan says that it will imprison any nationals who join Russia’s war against Ukraine.</p><div id="6e9f" class="link-block">
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<h2>Uzbekistan threatens to emprison nationals who join Russia's war against Ukraine</h2>
<div><h3>The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia has reminded nationals of the criminal liability they face if they join Russia's…</h3></div>
<div><p>euroweeklynews.com</p></div>
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</div><h1 id="b604">Tuesday, 9 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="2306">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="9876">Multiple explosions, on Tuesday, 9 August 2022, were reported at a Russian military air base. The base, near Novofedorivka, is situated in western Crimea. At least one person is killed, and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities.</p><div id="70be" class="link-block">
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<h2>Five injured as blasts rock Russian air base in annexed Crimea</h2>
<div><h3>MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Blasts rocked a Russian air base near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula on…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="87bd">Business and Economy…</h2><p id="9aaa">Russia’s Transneft says that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine’s pipeline operator UkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic’s pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days.</p><div id="2486" class="link-block">
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<h2>Russia suspends oil exports via southern leg of Druzhba pipeline due to transit payment issues</h2>
<div><h3>MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Russia suspended oil exports via the southern leg of the Druzhba pipeline from early August…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="8f71">International Relations…</h2><p id="27c0">Russia, on Tuesday, 9 August 2022, banned the import of agricultural products from Moldova. The ban, due to “repeated detection of dangerous quarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia”, takes effect Monday, 15 August 2022.</p><div id="436e" class="link-block">
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<h2>Russia restricts imports of agriculture products from Moldova</h2>
<div><h3>MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Russia has banned imports of agriculture products from 31 of 34 regions of Moldova starting…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div>
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</div><h1 id="8b79">Monday, 8 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="ea56">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="c8de">Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in Doha, Qatar. However, the main rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad rejects the agreement, saying negotiators had not listened to its demands, including for the release of political prisoners.</p><div id="60c1" class="link-block">
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<h2>Chad signs peace pact with rebels, but main insurgents stay out</h2>
<div><h3>DOHA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - More than 30 rebel and opposition factions signed a peace pact with Chad's transitional…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="fccf">Health and Environment…</h2><p id="a9d5">A BBC survey has found 90 percent of NHS dental practices in the UK are not accepting new adult NHS patien
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<h2>Bad News for NHS dental patients</h2>
<div><h3>A BBC survey finds 90 percent of NHS dental practices in the UK are not accepting new patients</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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</div><h2 id="3b4f">Television & Radio…</h2><p id="4c16">The Archers, Monday, 8 August 2022, celebrates Peggy Woolley, the longest-serving character in the programme, who featured in the very first episode broadcast in 1951. After more than 70 years in the role, June Spencer’s final episode as Peggy was broadcast on Sunday, 31 July 2022.</p><div id="3f62" class="link-block">
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<h2>The Archers’ June Spencer bids farewell to Ambridge</h2>
<div><h3>June Spencer, after more than 70 years as Peggy Woolley, retires from The Archers</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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</div><h1 id="ca73">Sunday, 7 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="57b3">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="b1bc">Twenty people are killed when suspected Islamists attack two villages in Ituri. The attack, without much warning, occurred on Sunday, 7 August 2022.</p><p id="bedc">The Ituri conflict, from 1999 to 2003, has never really stopped. Armed conflict continues to the present day. Only the intensity, with every passing year, has fluctuated. Low level conflicts have been occurring since 2003. The latest Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks started in 2021.</p><div id="c760" class="link-block">
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<h2>Suspected Islamists kill 20 in east Congo village attacks</h2>
<div><h3>BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed around 20 people in attacks…</h3></div>
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</div><h2 id="27e7">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="32d8">Leandro Lo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, is shot in the head at a nightclub in São Paulo. Shortly thereafter, on arriving at the hospital, Lo was declared brain dead. He was 33.</p><p id="fb5e">An argument, based on information from witnesses, took place between Lo and PM Henrique Velozo. It was around 02:00 in the morning. Velozo, a military officer, was off duty at the time. It is reported that the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat has asked for the preventive detention of Velozo.</p><div id="6c65" class="link-block">
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<h2>Brazilian Jiu Jitsu great Leandro Lo shot in head in Sao Paulo club</h2>
<div><h3>The athlete has been declared brain dead and police say the suspect is on the run.</h3></div>
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</div><h2 id="9429">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="d32c">The United States Senate, during the 117th United States Congress, passes the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in a 51–50 vote. The vote, requiring Vice President Kamala Harris to break the tie, was along party-political lines. The bill now heads back to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass.</p><div id="effb" class="link-block">
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<h2>Senate passes sweeping climate, health and tax package, putting Democrats on cusp of historic win</h2>
<div><h3>WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats narrowly passed a sweeping climate and economic package on Sunday, putting President Joe…</h3></div>
<div><p>www.nbcnews.com</p></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XVI</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 31 July to Saturday, 6 August 2022</h3></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XV</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 24 July to Saturday, 30 July 2022</h3></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XIV</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 17 July to Saturday, 23 July 2022</h3></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XIII</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 10 July to Saturday, 16 July 2022</h3></div>
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<h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XII</h2>
<div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 3 July to Saturday, 9 July 2022</h3></div>
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