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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Ablakwa, has arrived in Jamaica along with members of the Ghana Army Engineer Reconstruc...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government shutdown dragged into a third week on Monday, with Congress gridlocked in a clash over spending an...
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