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Month: August 2022

US returns looted relics of ‘extraordinary cultural value’ to Cambodia

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York officials have returned 30 cultural artifacts to Cambodia, including a 10th-century Khmer sculptural “masterpiece,” after the items were illegally sold to private collectors and a US museum. The antiquities, which had been taken from temples and archeological sites during periods of civil conflict in the country, entered the international art

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Kenyans have cast their ballots for a new leader in a fiercely-contested race that’s too close to call

By Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Polling has officially closed in Kenya’s crucial general elections as outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to hand over power to a new leader. About 22 million Kenyans registered to vote, the country’s electoral body (IEBC) said, and polls opened from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. local

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Gangs gain the upper hand in war with Haitian police

By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Etant Dupain and Brice Laine CNN The rounds bounced off the armored vehicle, as police carried a limp civilian to the sidewalk — another victim of the brutal, daily shootings that plague the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. Here, inside the gang-held territory of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti’s SWAT

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