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Britain to build 13ft high wall in Calais to block refugees from entering the UK
Date: 2016-09-07 10:35:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:5562485
LONDON, Sept 7 (MENA) - The UK is going to build a 13ft wall in Calais to block refugees from crossing the channel, the Government has announced. "People are still getting through," Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill told the Home Affairs ....
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Taliban claim responsibility for Kabul attack on charity
Date: 2016-09-07 10:30:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:34 - ID:5562405
KABUL, Sept 7 (MENA) - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Care International's compound in Kabul. In a statement issued late Tuesday the Taliban said that the compound was a secret foreign forces intelligence center that was ....
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Gabon's president accuses challenger of fraud, power grab
Date: 2016-09-07 09:41:33 GMT - Gabon - World - SN:28 - ID:5562045
LIBREVILLE, Sept 7 (MENA) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo on Wednesday tried to deflect European Union observers' findings of a voting anomaly in his stronghold province that pushed him over the edge to win re-election, accusing his lead opponent of ....
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Malaysia confirms first case of pregnant woman infected with Zika
Date: 2016-09-07 08:35:20 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:19 - ID:5561273
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (MENA) - Malaysia confirmed its first case of a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus, Malaysian Health Minister S Subramaniam said. The woman is a 27-year-old, according to the Malaysian Health Ministry, Channel News ....
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Nearly 50 million children "uprooted" worldwide – UNICEF
Date: 2016-09-07 08:27:49 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:17 - ID:5561329
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (MENA) - Across the globe, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted – 28 million of them driven from their homes by conflicts not of their making, and millions more migrating in the hope of finding a better, safer life, UNICEF ....
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Oil tanker catches fire in Pakistan, three dead, several cars ablaze
Date: 2016-09-07 08:03:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:5561269
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and six injured when an oil tanker caught fire at Pakistan’s Super Highway early Wednesday morning, setting several other cars in its vicinity ablaze. The dead included a man, a woman ....
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Obama nominates first ever Muslim American federal judge
Date: 2016-09-07 07:48:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:5561177
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama nominated Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the US District Court for the District of Columbia, often seen as a major feeder court for the US Circuit Court of Appeals. "I am pleased to nominate ....
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Mexico senator proposes taking back land from the US if Donald Trump becomes president
Date: 2016-09-07 07:24:36 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:8 - ID:5561125
MEXICO CITY, Sept 7 (MENA) - Mexico is to consider a proposal to revoke its treaties with the US, including the 1848 agreement that transferred half its territory to Washington if Donald Trump is elected and tries to make the US’s southern neighbour ....
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Russia plans $15bln of arms exports in 2016
Date: 2016-09-07 06:57:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:5560965
KUBINKA, Russia, Sept 7 (MENA) - Russia plans to export $15 billion worth of weapons this year, the deputy head of Rosoboronexport state arms exporter, Sergey Goreslavsky, told Sputnik on Wednesday. "Like last year, we are planning to sell $13 ....
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S. Korea welcomes UNSC statement condemning N. Korea missile launches
Date: 2016-09-07 06:56:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:5560953
SEOUL, Sept 7 (MENA) – South Korea welcomed a UN Security Council statement strongly condemning North Korea's latest ballistic missile tests as a "grave violation" of UN resolutions. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs hailed the UNSC ....