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DAKAR, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Just days before the end of the campaign for the Nov. 17 legislative elections in Senegal, authorities, political actors and leaders of civil society organizations are stepping up their calls for calm and restraint. These…

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — A fishing boat sank off South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju on Friday, leaving two people dead and 12 others missing, Yonhap news agency reported citing the country’s coast guard. A distress call was…

VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Room Next Door,” Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, topped the Venice Film Festival and was awarded its Golden Lion award Saturday. Nicole Kidman was awarded the best actress prize, for…

COLOMBO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka began transporting solid waste by train on Sunday for the first time in the country’s history, a senior official at the railway department announced. S.S. Mudalige, general manager of Railways, said the waste,…