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Pakistan Lags in Literacy Across South Asia – PBS & World Bank Data
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Bulgaria ditches budget plan after tens of thousands join protests
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Freed Palestinian Prisoner Thanks Gaza Resistance After Release Under Ceasefire Deal
GAZA/WEST BANK — A Palestinian prisoner released from an Israeli jail under the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement expressed deep gratitude to the people of Gaza and the resistance movement for securing their freedom. Speaking to media after arriving in the West Bank, the released detainee said, “We first thank Allah, and then we kiss the…
