Palestinian men are smuggling sperm out of jail to 'continue life'
Five-year-old Amir's life began inside a foil bag of hazelnut wafer biscuits.

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‘I am far from home for Christmas again. But I am not alone& - Dr Eve Bruce
Last Christmas I was in Gaza. This is my 13th mission with MSF, the longest and a very different position. For the first time in my almost 35-year professional life I am not in the operating theatre. I am in Amman, Jordan, as the clinical director of a large tertiary care rehabilitation hospital for war-wounded patients from all over the Middle East.

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'Missing' Dubai princess 'meets with' former President and UN Commissioner Mary Robinson
Princess Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, daughter of Dubairuler, is at home and living with her family - and has met with Ireland's former president Mary Robinson, according to United Arab Emirates officials.

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Pakistan court sentences former PM Nawaz Sharif to seven years in jail
A Pakistan court has sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in jail, and has acquitted him in a second case.

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Turks 'push troops' to town held by Kurds in north Syria
Turkey is massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a US-backed and Kurdish-led force, a war monitor has said.

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Trump's US withdrawal plan emboldens Isil to launch 'intense attack' in Syria
Isil fighters in Syria have been waging a fierce counter-attack with suicide bombers and armoured vehicles in the days since Donald Trump declared the jihadist group was "defeated" in Syria.

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