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This dark side of Internet is costing young people their jobs, social lives
Date: 2016-05-21 13:21:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:4951341
WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - It was group discussion time at reSTART, a woodsy rehabilitation center about 30 miles outside Seattle. Four residents sat around the living room and talked about their struggles with addiction, anxiously drumming their ....
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Brazil sees massive fiscal gap
Date: 2016-05-21 09:21:52 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:20 - ID:4950137
BRASILIA, May 21 (MENA) - The Brazilian government expects a record budget shortfall this year as a two-year recession drags down revenues, according to Sky News. Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said the target could be reduced if ....
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Suicide bomber targetes US forces convoy in Afghanistan
Date: 2016-05-21 08:12:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:4949961
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - A suicide bomber targeted a convoy of the US forces in Bagram district of northern Baghlan province earlier today, according to Khaama Press. The suicide bomber rammed a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) ....
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14 gunmen killed in central Pakistan
Date: 2016-05-21 07:22:01 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:13 - ID:4949661
ISLAMABAD, May 21 (MENA) - Pakistani police killed 14 al Qaeda-affiliated militants in an exchange of fire central Pakistan, anti-terror police units announced Saturday. One of the terrorists - who belonged to al Qaeda and other terrorist groups ....
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Argentina nominates minister for UN top post
Date: 2016-05-21 07:12:08 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:12 - ID:4949657
BUENOS AIRES, May 21 (MENA) - Argentine President Mauricio Macri has nominated Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra as a candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations, in a vote that may hand the top post to a woman for the first time, Sky News ....
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Russia, Japan to hold peace treaty talks in second half of June
Date: 2016-05-20 22:44:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:113 - ID:4949289
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) — Russia and Japan will hold peace treaty talks at the level of deputy foreign ministers in the second half of June in Tokyo, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov was cited by Sputnik as saying said Friday. "At the ....
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UNAMA security guard killed, staff member wounded in Kabul shooting
Date: 2016-05-20 22:41:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:111 - ID:4949281
KABUL, May 20 (MENA) – A security guard of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) was killed and a staff member of the UN mission was wounded in a shooting incident in Kabul, Khaama Press reported on Friday. “The United ....
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US secret service shoots man with gun outside White House
Date: 2016-05-20 22:11:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:108 - ID:4949277
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) – A US Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House on Friday afternoon and refused to drop his weapon, ABC News quoted the Secret Service as saying. The White House ....
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US: No joint strikes with Russia in Syria
Date: 2016-05-20 19:06:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:98 - ID:4948777
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) – US official announced that his country refuses the proposal made by Russia for joint strikes in Syria, Al Arabiya reported on Friday. Earlier, the Russian defense minister proposed on Friday that Russia and the US-led ....
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Pakistan says senior al Qaeda commander among 14 killed in raids
Date: 2016-05-20 17:15:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:94 - ID:4948333
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (MENA) - Pakistani security forces have killed a senior al Qaeda commander and 13 other militants this week in raids aimed at weeding violent elements out of the heartland province of Punjab, security officials said on ....