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Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's announcement Friday that he will step down brings to an end a 37-year reign marked by an unrelenting authoritarian style.
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's announcement Friday that he will step down brings to an end a 37-year reign marked by an unrelenting authoritarian style.
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by  AFP

Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died Friday at the age of 79, ruled Angola for 38 years, using his nation's oil wealth to turn his family into billionaires while leaving his people among the poorest on the planet. Dos Santos first became president and leader of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party in 1979.

Syria's Assad in first official visit to Aleppo since war
Syria's Assad in first official visit to Aleppo since war
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by  AFP

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Friday visited the heavily damaged northern province of Aleppo -- his first in 11 years of war. He visited a major power plant in the countryside of the province's east to supervise its partial relaunch after war damage.

Terror specialist appointed new London police chief
Terror specialist appointed new London police chief
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by  AFP

The British government on Friday announced a new head for the country's biggest police force, ordering him to rebuild public trust after a spate of scandals. "Rebuilding public trust and delivering on crime reduction must be his priority," she said in a statement.