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Three countries to recognise Palestinian state; America says Russia launched “space weapon”, and more
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Ireland, Norway and Spain said that they would formally recognise a Palestinian state on May 28th. Also, America said that Russia launched a “space weapon” on May 16th that may be equipped to attack other satellites.
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