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Sun-soaked North Africa pushes for cheap energy
Sun-soaked North Africa pushes for cheap energy
by  AFP

Solar panels glint in the sun on a Tunisian lagoon, part of a long-delayed drive to harness the North African country's vast renewable energy potential. But last year green sources accounted for only 2.8 percent of the country's energy mix and the rest came from natural gas, according to the state Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG).

'Hunt them down': MH17 families hope for justice
'Hunt them down': MH17 families hope for justice
by  AFP

Each night before bedtime in the small Dutch town of Vleuten, Evert van Zijtveld lights two candles at a concrete shrine next to his front door to remember his murdered children. "My children and parents-in-law were murdered.

Dutch court to deliver long-awaited MH17 verdict
Dutch court to deliver long-awaited MH17 verdict
by  AFP

Dutch judges will give their verdict on Thursday in the trial of four men accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, against a backdrop of soaring tensions over Russia's current invasion.

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