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The Ugandan embassy in the UAE's capital Abu Dhabi last week issued a statement that said "investigations of human trafficking are ongoing and action has been taken by the authorities of the UAE".

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Namibia's authorities have warned people not to hold parties at cemeteries after a social gathering at a gravesite in the capital, Windhoek, sparked outrage last weekend.

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His luck ran out in the summer of 1976 when Delhi police arrested him for drugging 40 French university students and trying to rob them in the Indian capital.

From BBC

When Towelie takes a trip to the capital in this episode, he sees armed troops guarding monuments like the Washington and Lincoln memorials and the Capitol surrounded by tanks and jets.

The party also wants to slash rates of capital gains tax due when cryptocurrencies are sold, and allow people to pay taxes in Bitcoin and "other approved crypto".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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