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Unrwa chief says Israel aims to make Palestinian refugee issue ‘go away'

Unrwa chief says Israel aims to make Palestinian refugee issue ‘go away' The head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) said that the Israeli government’s raid on the last remaining facility run by the UN agency earlier this weep is an attempt to "eliminate the presence of the United Nations" in the occupied Palestinian territories. "If UNRWA is defunded and eliminated, then they are…

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KP Assembly expresses concern over child abuse incidents

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday expressed concern over the incidents of sexual abuse, violence, abduction and murder of minor children in different parts of the country. The issue was raised through a unanimously passed joint resolution in a session chaired by MPA Anwar Khan from the panel of chairman.

·dawn.com

Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Dies at 97

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs, died on Aug. 14, it was learned Thursday. She was 97. Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in 1929.

·nippon.com

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