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The Assault on Mosul Begins
"People were going by us doing high fives" - the assault on Mosul; two Chinese astronauts blast off into space; the last King of Rwanda, known as the gentle giant, dies in exile.
"People were going by us doing high fives" - the assault on Mosul; two Chinese astronauts blast off into space; the last King of Rwanda, known as the gentle giant, dies in exile.
(Photo: Iraqi forces advance towards Mosul in an attempt to retake it from so-called Islamic State. Credit: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mon 17 Oct 201613:06GMT
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