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Global migrant deaths pass 5,200- IOM
Date: 2016-10-28 15:37:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:50 - ID:5856245
GENEVA, Oct 28 (MENA) - The number of migrant deaths and disappearances recorded by IOM in 2016 has reached 5,238. This means that 951 or 20 percent more people have lost their lives while migrating compared with the same period in 2015, the agency ....
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Daesh electrocutes 22 civilians in Mosul
Date: 2016-10-28 14:02:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:5855737
LONDON, Oct 28 (MENA) - Daesh terrorists have electrocuted 22 civilians in central Mosul as they sent armored suicide truck bombs towards Iraqi forces trying to liberate the city, The Daily mail reported. The Iraqi government troops and Kurdish ....
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Daesh using tens of thousands as human shields in Mosul - UN
Date: 2016-10-28 13:56:45 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:39 - ID:5855185
BAGHDAD, Oct 28 (MENA) - Daesh forces in Iraq have abducted tens of thousands of men, women and children from areas around Mosul and are using them as "human shields" in the city as Iraqi government troops advance, the UN human rights office said on ....
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Russia speaks against politicization of probe into chemical attacks in Syria - Gatilov
Date: 2016-10-28 13:30:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:5854837
GAZA CITY, Oct 28 (MENA) - Russia is speaking against politicization of investigation of chemical attacks in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Russian journalists in Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem), according to ....
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Myanmar authorities investigate report of plane crash
Date: 2016-10-28 10:08:46 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:20 - ID:5853865
NAYPYIDAW, Oct 28 (MENA) - Myanmar is investigating unconfirmed reports of an aircraft crashing into the sea off the country's west coast on Friday, a senior official with the Civil Aviation Department said. Staff from the civil aviation department ....
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Putin urges new Marshall Plan for Middle East to see recovery and growth
Date: 2016-10-27 19:16:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:5851793
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Middle East needs a present-day edition of the Marshall Plan to see recovery and growth, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, according to Tass news agency. "It has been said more than once that this evil ....
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UN envoy expresses frustration over failure of medical evacuations in Aleppo
Date: 2016-10-27 18:00:41 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:101 - ID:5850149
GENEVA, Oct 27 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and his Senior Special Adviser Jan Egeland expressed frustration over the failure of medical evacuations of sick and wounded residents from the Syrian city of Aleppo. The ....
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Russian Defense Ministry to release statement soon after it studies air situation materials on attack on Idlib school - Russian Foreign Ministry
Date: 2016-10-27 16:20:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:92 - ID:5851405
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry is studying air situation materials used in an attack on a school in the Syrian province of Idlib and will release a statement soon, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova ....
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Dutch court convicts 5 men for mosque arson attack
Date: 2016-10-27 16:16:26 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:91 - ID:5850793
AMSTERDAM, Oct 27 (MENA) - A Dutch court has convicted five right-wing extremists and sentenced them to four years' imprisonment for throwing Molotov cocktails at a mosque, saying the attack had "terrorist characteristics." Overijssel Court passed ....
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Russia not involved in attack on Idlib school, Syria – Foreign Ministry
Date: 2016-10-27 15:29:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:5850489
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - At least 28 civilians, mostly children, were killed when an airstrike hit a school complex in the village of Hass, activists say, pinning the blame on Russian or Syrian warplanes. “Everyone has accused Russia and Syrian ....