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On the campaign trail, Joe Biden quoted the following words of his favourite poet, Seamus Heaney: “Hope for a great
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Netanyahu holds secret meeting with Saudi crown prince
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Reproductive health NGOs pin hopes on Biden reversing ‘global gag rule’
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