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Elie Wiesel, who survived the Buchenwald concentration camp, became the life-long voice of millions of Holocaust victims, and advocated on behalf of other oppressed people, dies at 87. Ashraf Fahim reports
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by Northern Ireland's newly appointed First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly on arrival at Stormont Castle, after the restoration of power-sharing in Belfast on February 3. A pro-Irish unity politician, Sinn Fein's O'Neill made history by becoming the UK territory's first nationalist leader, and has predicted that the UK territory will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. IMAGES
Head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, says they "hope" Iran would release jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi so she could attend the prize ceremony in December. "If the Iranian authorities make the right decision, they will release her," she tells a press conference after announcing Mohammadi was this year's prize winner. SOUNDBITE
Images of books by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature, Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse. The Swedish Academy singled out the 64-year-old writer "for his innovative plays and prose, which have given voice to the unspeakable". IMAGES
Police investigate the scene where a Northern Irish police officer was shot on the evening of Wednesday 22 February 2022. The off-duty officer was injured was at a youth sports ground when the shooting took place. The police say that 'violent dissident republicans' are the prime focus of their search for suspects. IMAGES
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