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China Announces Lower Economic Growth
China economy, Calls for tennis investigation, Syrian town of Madaya still in desperate situation
Chinese figures for last year show the world's second largest economy grew by its slowest rate in 25 years. There have been calls for a full investigation into potential match-fixing at major tennis tournaments following a joint investigation by the BBC and BuzzFeed News. The desperate besieged town of Madaya in Syria, of around 40,000 people remains in a desperate situation despite promises by the government of an end to its blockade.
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