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- 4 February 2018: United States: Four injured in Los Angeles school shooting
- 3 February 2018: India: Head of Delhi Commission on Women calls for prompt capital punishment for child rape
- 3 February 2018: Football: Giroud leaves Arsenal to sign eighteen-month deal with cross-town rivals Chelsea
- 2 February 2018: Football: Arsenal signs Aubameyang from Dortmund
- 1 February 2018: Football: Manchester United announces extending Juan Mata’s contract
- 30 January 2018: Koreas hold joint training session for Olympics
- 30 January 2018: Football: Barça centre-back Piqué extends contract until 2022
- 29 January 2018: USA Gymnastics board resigning after sex abuse
- 29 January 2018: Afghanistan: Ambulance suicide attack kills about 100 people in Kabul
- 27 January 2018: United States: Dr. Larry Nassar sentenced in sexual abuse case
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- Afghanistan: Ambulance suicide attack kills about 100 people in Kabul
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- Football: Giroud leaves Arsenal to sign eighteen-month deal with cross-town rivals Chelsea
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- Football: Giroud leaves Arsenal to sign eighteen-month deal with cross-town rivals Chelsea
- ‘Save the Children’ organisation suspends all activities in Afghanistan after ISIL attack
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- ‘Save the Children’ organisation suspends all activities in Afghanistan after ISIL attack
- US Vice President Pence speaks to Israeli Knesset: US embassy to move to Jerusalem
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- United States: Dr. Larry Nassar sentenced in sexual abuse case
- United States: Two dead in Kentucky high school shooting
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