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The Isle of Ulva was put on the market after decades of ownership by an aristocratic family (AFP)

Edinburgh, United Kingdom:  Residents on a remote Scottish island of pristine beaches, lush hills and craggy coastlines celebrated on Friday after reaching an agreement to buy their home, fending off bids from tycoons.

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Pakistan is on track to become the most water-stressed country in the region by 2040

Kot Assadullah, Pakistan:  Basharat Ali was 15 when his legs began to falter, a condition doctors have blamed on polluted water in a Pakistani region infamous for the deformities that afflict many of its people.

Too weak to carry his own

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The sheriff's office said a boy had been shot in the arm at the school and was in stable condition. (AFP)

Palmdale, United States:  Police in California arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with a shooting at a high school near Los Angeles on Friday that left one hurt, the local sheriff's department and education
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NASA has decided that gardening in space will be crucial on missions to the Moon or Mars (AFP)

Miami, US:  It's not easy having a green thumb in space.

Without gravity, seeds can float away. Water doesn't pour, but globs up and may drown the roots. And artificial lights and fans must be rigged just right to replicate the

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Villagers accused the farm-owner of depriving them of access to river water (AFP)

Solai, Kenya:  Kenya's chief prosecutor on Friday ordered police to investigate a dam-burst on a commercial farm in the Rift Valley that killed dozens of people as a wall of water tore down a hillside, obliterating everything in its path.

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Kim Jong Un's trip to Singapore for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump poses logistical challenges

Singapore:  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's trip to Singapore for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump poses logistical challenges that are likely to include using Soviet-era aircraft to carry him and his limousine,
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