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Ang mga Aztec, sa Mexico ay nagtanim ng gulay na kamatis para kainin.

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The Islamic State group which controls a large swath of Syria and Iraq has received between $35 million and $45 million in ransom payments in the past year, a U.N. expert monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida said Monday.

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Tunisia's orderly parliamentary elections are being hailed as a model of democracy for a region torn by strife and full of dictatorships.

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