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Blast at Spain fireworks factory kills 5
Date: 2015-08-31 19:49:26 GMT - Spain - World - SN:100 - ID:3261729
MADRID, Aug 31 (MENA) - At least five people have been killed and six seriously wounded after an explosion on Monday at a fireworks factory near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain, Russia Today reported. The cause of the explosion at the factory, ....
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Paris to pay compensation to Moscow over Mistral deal -- source
Date: 2015-08-31 19:49:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:99 - ID:3261717
MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - Paris has already transferred more than 1 billion euro to Moscow, in compensation for the termination of the contract on the delivery of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers, a governmental source told journalists Monday, ....
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Taliban commander kill his mother, wife, 2 children with own bomb
Date: 2015-08-31 17:34:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:83 - ID:3261181
KABUL, Aug 31 (MENA) - At least four family members of a Taliban commander was killed in an explosion in western Farah province of Afghanistan, local officials were quoted by local media saying. The incident took place inside the local Taliban ....
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Austria takes new measures to fight illegal immigration
Date: 2015-08-31 17:24:59 GMT - Austria - World - SN:78 - ID:3261033
VIENNA, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Austrian police, struggling to stanch an influx of migrants, began spot checks of vehicles crossing from Hungary overnight, finding 200 migrants stashed in various ways and arresting five people suspected of being ....
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MI6 spy who was found dead in locked bag had 'hacked secret files about US president'
Date: 2015-08-31 16:40:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:3260793
LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - An MI6 spy who was found dead inside a bag in 2010 had hacked into restricted information about Bill Clinton, it has been claimed. Gareth Williams, a 31-year-old employee of GCHQ who was seconded to the Secret Intelligence ....
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Protesters attempt to break into Ukraine's Parliament, clash with police
Date: 2015-08-31 15:51:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:65 - ID:3260225
KIEV, Aug 31 (MENA) - The clashes come shortly after the Ukrainian parliament has approved President Petro Poroshenko's proposed constitutional amendments on decentralization in the first reading. A blast has been heard during the protests near ....
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Thai police say bomb materials found in 2 Bangkok apartments
Date: 2015-08-31 15:26:22 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:59 - ID:3259677
BANGKOK, Aug 31 (MENA) Thai police on Monday said they found bomb-making materials at an apartment in the Min Buri district of Bangkok, The Week reported. It is the second such discovery since Saturday, when the police arrested an unidentified ....
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Larijani confers with Japanese counterpart in New York
Date: 2015-08-31 12:41:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:3258209
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (MENA) - Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani conferred with Speaker of Japan's House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima on various issues, nuclear agreement in particular. The two officials met in New York, US. Larijani is now ....
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Afghan Taliban admit covering up Mullah Omar's death
Date: 2015-08-31 11:15:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:3257605
KABUL, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Taliban Monday admitted covering up longtime leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years, saying he died in 2013 as was first claimed by the Afghan intelligence, The Daily Star reported. The group had continued ....
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UK calls for emergency EU meeting on migrants
Date: 2015-08-30 22:20:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:143 - ID:3255373
LONDON, Aug 30 (MENA) – British Home Secretary Theresa May called on the European Union Sunday to take urgent steps to face the migrants' crisis. In a statement, May called on the EU to hold an emergency ministerial meeting within two weeks to plan ....