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ALGIERS: More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout Africa.

Free hits, umpire's calls and over limits are among five rules Al Jazeera thinks should be done away with in cricket.

Free hits, umpire's calls and over limits are among five rules Al Jazeera thinks should be done away with in cricket.

PARIS: Iranian security forces made dozens of arrests Saturday as protesters in the southeast commemorated the killing of dozens of demonstrators in the region one year ago, human rights groups said. At least 104 people were killed, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO, in what is known as “Bloody Friday,” when security forces fired on a protest in Zahedan, the main city of Sistan-Baluchistan province, on September 30 last year. The violence marked the single deadliest day of months-long protests that erupted in Iran last year.

Australia's High Court upholds earlier ruling that airline broke the law when it outsourced ground handling jobs.

The iPhone 15 will go on sale from September 22, retailing at between $799 and $1,199.