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They were found in four burial chambers 9m deep in the Tuna El-Gebel site in Minya.

Tunisian defender Jasser Khmiri signs for Vancouver-based MLS club Whitecaps FC, becoming the first Tunisian to play in Major League Soccer.

Laurent Gbagbo was the first former head of state to go on trial at the International Criminal Court.

Western nations have scaled back political intervention on the continent, the BBC's Fergal Keane looks at the impact.

The case, which involved the woman's daughter, is the first FGM conviction in the UK.