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U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News that plans are going ahead for strikes in Iraq and Syria, in retaliation for the drone attack that killed 3 personnel in Jordan. However, there are concerns that further violence may escalate a volatile region. Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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Lewis Hamilton, is reportedly poised to announce a shock move to Ferrari.
The British Formula One racing driver signed an extension with Mercedes in the summer but reports suggest a move to Ferrari at the end of the current season is on the brink of being sealed.
Simon Gaitán reports
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Tanzania is urging countries in the African Continental Free Trade Area to collaborate in completing the key protocols and other important issues in relation to dispute resolution systems when doing business in Africa.
Daniel Kjio has more
Daniel Kijo reports.
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Nigeria's central bank says it has cleared the entire backlog of verified claims owed to foreign airlines whose payments were trapped in the country due to dollar shortage.
The International Air Transport Association, IATA, however says another $700 million of owed money remains in Nigerian banks.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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Uganda has suspended gold exports until issues relating to tax are resolved.
Gold dealers had previously protested an increase in levies arguing most of the gold exported from Uganda is simply brought into the country for processing and then re-exported.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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The Election Commission of Pakistan has convened, a high level meeting to tackle concerns over the law and order situation preceding the February 8th General Election.
There is a particular focus on addressing challenges in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Hira Mustafa reports from Islamabad.
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Indian Prime Minister Modi's party is set to bring in a contentious common civil law also known as the Uniform Civil Code in Himalayan region of Uttarakhand next week.
Officials say the law, which will apply across religions, will be replicated across other regions ruled by Mr Modi's party the BJP.
Framing a national common law has been a decades-old promise of the ruling BJP.
Priyata Brajabasi has more
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India's central bank has ordered Paytm Payments Bank - one of the leaders in the country's digital payments space - to halt a large part of its business.
Indian regulators cited persistent non-compliance.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Tens of thousands of people remain without steady access to water a month on from the deadly earthquake in Japan’s Noto Peninsula.
The tremor destroyed 44-thousand homes and killed more than 230 (238) people.
About 14-thousand remain evacuees as the region struggles to rebuild reliable access to essentials.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges over the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna [HALEENA] Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.
Prosecutors in the state of New Mexico recently refiled charges against the actor after the case fell apart last year.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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