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Border Town

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Originally published 1934
Authors Shen Congwen
GenresFiction
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The Chinese mafia's downfall in a lawless casino town

The Chinese mafia's downfall in a lawless casino town
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... A sudden escalation of the conflict in Myanmar has spelled the end of the Chinese mafia - the Godfather-esque " four families" - in this notoriously lawless Border Town...

Rohingya: Gang violence stalks world's largest refugee camp

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... One of their former captives, who asked to be identified only as Nur, told the BBC that he had been tortured while being held in a forest area near the Border Town of Teknaf for four days...

Niger coup: Ecowas deadline sparks anxiety in northern Nigeria

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... One Border Town that is feeling the impact is Illela, about 135km (85 miles) from Sokoto city...

El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 gets multiple life sentences

El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 gets multiple life sentences
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... The attacker used an assault-style rifle to target mostly Hispanic shoppers, leaving 23 dead and injuring 22 more in the US-Mexico Border Town of El Paso, He had posted a hate-filled, anti-immigrant manifesto online minutes before he sprayed shoppers with bullets...

Ukraine war: Fleeing Belgorod residents told to stay away

Ukraine war: Fleeing Belgorod residents told to stay away
May 23,2023 6:50 am

... The Liberty of Russia Legion - a Ukraine-based Russian militia which says it is working inside Russia to overthrow President Vladimir Putin - said on Twitter on Monday it had " completely liberated" the Border Town of Kozinka...

Ukraine war: Saboteurs cross into Russia's Belgorod, governor says

Ukraine war: Saboteurs cross into Russia's Belgorod, governor says
May 22,2023 11:41 am

... The Liberty of Russia Legion - a Ukraine-based Russian militia which says it is working inside Russia to overthrow President Putin - said on Twitter on Monday it had " completely liberated" the Border Town of Kozinka...

Uneasy calm in El Paso, Texas as Title 42 comes to an end

Uneasy calm in El Paso, Texas as Title 42 comes to an end
May 12,2023 12:31 am

... Ahead of the deadline, an uneasy calm descended on the Border Town of El Paso where makeshift migrant camps on the city s streets have largely been removed...

Sudan crisis: Family stuck at Egypt border as drivers demand $40,000 to cross

Sudan crisis: Family stuck at Egypt border as drivers demand $40,000 to cross
Apr 28,2023 2:01 pm

... People are sleeping in schools or [on] mattresses, " he said, speaking to the BBC from the Border Town of Wadi Halfa...

Ukraine war: Fleeing Belgorod residents told to stay away

Apr 12,2023 2:20 pm

Residents in Russia's Belgorod region who have fled their homes due to fighting there have been urged not to return yet.

Russian officials say an armed " sabotage" group crossed from Ukraine and attacked the Grayvoronsky district by The Border on Monday.

Moscow has now launched a terrorism investigation as fighting continues.

Ukraine denies responsibility and Said Russian citizens from two paramilitary groups were behind the incursion.

No deaths have been reported in the fighting but A Number of people are believed to have been injured.

That includes two civilians amongst those being evacuated, the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov , Said on Tuesday.

He added that air defences had shot down drones overnight, damaging buildings.

The Bbc has verified that a building used by Russia's main security agency, the FSB, was among those hit. It is not clear what caused the damage.

Mr Gladkov Said that people in several villages had been evacuated and warned those who had fled their homes not to return yet, as Russian forces carried out what he described as a " mopping up" operation.

Monday's raid appears to have been one of the largest cross-border incursions since Russia's full-scale invasion of the country 15 months ago.

It lead Moscow to declare a counter-terrorism operation in Belgorod - giving The Authorities there special powers to clamp down on communications and people's movements.

Ukrainian officials Said those behind the ongoing incident were from groups called the Liberty of Russia Legion and The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC).

The Liberty of Russia Legion - a Ukraine -based Russian militia which says it is working inside Russia to overthrow President Vladimir Putin - Said on Twitter on Monday it had " completely liberated" the Border Town of Kozinka.

It Said forward units had reached The Town of Grayvoron, further east.

Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov Said that while " there are many ethnic Russians living in Ukraine . . They are still Ukrainian militants".

Mr Peskov added that their purpose was to draw attention away from The Eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

The Russian mercenary Wagner group has after months of intense and bloody fighting.

However, Kyiv insists it still controls parts of it. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar Said on Tuesday that fighting in Bakhmut had decreased - although shelling was continuing in the area around it.

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