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Foreign Minister receives phone call from South African counterpart
📍 South Africa, ZA·🕐 1h ago·3 outlets
Muscat: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, received a phone call today from Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and...
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[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 1 is about Oman's foreign minister taking a call from South Africa's counterpart, Report 2 is a separate Saudi-Jordan call, and Report 3 describes a different call with a Saudi minister, so nei
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Reliability ScoreVery high
82%Independent outlets2
Statusnot yet verified
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Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
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