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Road collision kills 12 in Tunisia

TUNIS, 28 Apr 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Twelve people were killed and 21 others injured on Saturday when two trucks collided in Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid city, according to the health ministry.   The accident took place in the early hours in Al-Sharee when two trucks, including one carrying 30 people, collided, the ministry said.   Colonel Mohamed al-Jawadi, head of the civil defense authority in the city, said the collision took place when one truck's tire exploded, causing it to veer to the opposite direction.   The truck was carrying women who work in agriculture; a common way of transferring workers that lacks safety measures in the

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5 killed, 15 injured in anti-regime protests in Sudan

KHARTOUM, 14 May 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Armed groups attacked anti-regime protesters and government troops Monday outside army headquarters in Sudan’s capital, leaving five dead and 15 injured Protesters were attacked by unidentified men armed with guns and sticks, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors in a statement. The opposition Freedom and Change Alliance claimed intelligence units and militia groups of the former regime were behind the attack. Calling on people to peacefully gather in front of army headquarters in Khartoum and across the country to support the protesters, the alliance urged the army to carry out its duty and protect the demonstrators. Some demonstrators claimed the attackers were from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia backing the Sudanese Army. According to a statement by the

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US F-35, poster child for ineptitude and inefficiency

ANKARA, 20 July 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has been in development for nearly 18 years and is now eight years behind schedule, said an American expert on Friday, calling it the "biggest acquisition disaster" in Pentagon's history.   Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government, blasted the high acquisition and maintenance cost of the F-35 JSF for American taxpayers. ''The F-35 is the poster child for ineptitude and inefficiency in U.S. defense procurement,'' he said. "The total acquisition costs of the fifth-generation aircraft now exceed $428 billion, nearly double the initial estimate of $233

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