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“I think we are poor because we were born into a poor family and once again, without education, land, fishing nets or a boat we can’t escape poverty. But still we always think about how we can improve our future even knowing that it’s hard to get a better life.” — Bellal Bhai, the father of the Bhai family.”
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The Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah in the Cairo court where he was sentenced to five years in prison over an unauthorized but peaceful protest.rn
The verdict in a retrial reduced an earlier 15-year sentence for organizing and taking part in the protest and allegedly assaulting a police officer.”
After a winter storm on Friday, a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.”
Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Artemivsk. Fighting continued in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement that was supposed to have taken effect on Sunday.”
A Ukrainian soldier at a hospital in Artemivsk. Government forces pulled out of the strategic nearby town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. ”
