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Vatican says pope will not attend Peres funeral
Date: 2016-09-28 09:23:37 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:18 - ID:5674117
THE VATICAN, Sept 28 (MENA) - The Vatican said that Pope Francis will not be attending the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, despite earlier reports that he would be coming, ABC News reported. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the ....
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Typhoon Megi forces 174,000 people to flee 2 chinese provinces
Date: 2016-09-27 22:47:14 GMT - China - World - SN:109 - ID:5672821
BEIJING, Sept 27 (MENA) - Approaching Typhoon Megi has forced about 174,000 people in east China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces move to safe places, local media reported. About 55,000 fishing boats have returned to port to take shelter from the ....
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Swiss parliament backs ban on Islamic face veil
Date: 2016-09-27 21:02:26 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:105 - ID:5672693
GENEVA, Sept 27 (MENA) - Switzerland's lower house of parliament narrowly backed a ban on face veils on Tuesday, echoing moves by neighboring France and other European nations to tighten controls in the wake of Islamist militant attacks, Business ....
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Panama asks US to extradite ex-leader Martinelli
Date: 2016-09-27 20:45:08 GMT - Panama - World - SN:103 - ID:5672673
PANAMA CITY, Sept 27 (MENA) - Panama is formally asking the United States to extradite former President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with a phone-tapping controversy, ABC News quoted an official as saying Tuesday. The case involves ....
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India will not participate in regional summit in Pakistan
Date: 2016-09-27 19:51:36 GMT - India - World - SN:101 - ID:5672589
NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (MENA) - New Delhi will not participate in a meeting of South Asian nations to be held in Islamabad in November, ABC News quoted the Indian foreign ministry as saying in a statement on Tuesday. The statement didn't name ....
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Migrant arrivals in Mediterranean reach 302,149; deaths at sea: 3,501
Date: 2016-09-27 13:19:49 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:71 - ID:5669897
GENEVA, Sept 27 (MENA) - International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that 302,149 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 25 September, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy, ReliefWeb reported on Tuesday. By ....
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HRW condemns killing of prominent Jordanian writer
Date: 2016-09-27 11:52:42 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:56 - ID:5668969
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the assassination of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar who was murdered Monday as he entered an Amman court to stand trial for insulting religion. Authorities arrested ....
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Taliban claims downing surveillance drone in east of Afghanistan
Date: 2016-09-27 11:46:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:5668689
KABUL, Sept 27 (MENA) - The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan has claimed it downed a surveillance drone in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press. The group’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the drone was shot ....
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Iranian politician: Ahmadinejad won't seek re-election
Date: 2016-09-27 11:44:17 GMT - Iran - World - SN:54 - ID:5668693
TEHRAN, Sept 27 (MENA) - An adviser to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's former hard-line president, says the politician won't seek re-election in next year's presidential vote after apparently being discouraged by the country's supreme leader, according ....
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UN: 1.2 billion tourists around the world each year
Date: 2016-09-27 11:06:24 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:42 - ID:5668133
CAIRO, Sept 27 (MENA) - "With almost 1.2 billion people travelling abroad each year, tourism has become a powerful economic sector, a passport to prosperity and peace, and a transformative force improving millions of lives," UN Secretry-General Ban ....