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Libya: Evidence of new cluster bomb use
Date: 2015-03-15 10:54:55 GMT - Libya - World - SN:53 - ID:2167053
TRIPOLI, March 15 (MENA) - There is credible evidence of the use of banned cluster bombs in at least two locations in Libya since December 2014, Human Rights Watch reported. Phone interviews with witnesses and photographic evidence reviewed by ....
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Writer Valentin Rasputin passes away
Date: 2015-03-15 10:17:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:2166285
MOSCOW, March 15 (MENA) - The famous Soviet and Russian writer Valentin Rasputin has died in a Moscow hospital, media reports said. Valentin Rasputin was born March 15, 1937 in the village of Atalanka, in the Ust-Uda district of the Irkutsk ....
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Two blasts at Lahore churches claim 14 lives
Date: 2015-03-15 09:36:14 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:34 - ID:2166053
ISLAMABAD, March 15 (MENA) - Twin blasts targeted the Roman Catholic Church and Christ Church during Sunday mass in Youhanabad area of the provincial capital, killing 14 people including two policemen and injuring at least 70 others, Geo News ....
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49 dead in Brazil tour bus crash
Date: 2015-03-15 09:32:01 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:32 - ID:2166289
BRASILIA, March 15 (MENA) - At least 49 people were killed when a tour bus plunged hundreds of meters into a densely wooded ravine in southern Brazil, ABC news reported. Among the dead were eight children and 24 women, regional government ....
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Cyclone Pam casualties rise to 28 killed, injured
Date: 2015-03-15 08:59:48 GMT - Vanuatu - World - SN:26 - ID:2165489
PORT VILA, March 15 (MENA) - The first shipments of aid landed in Vanuatu on Sunday as authorities declared a state of emergency and global relief agencies geared up after a “monster” cyclone tore through the vulnerable Pacific island ....
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Bus plunges into ravine, killing at least 40 people in Brazil
Date: 2015-03-15 08:06:36 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:20 - ID:2165193
BRAZILIA, March 15 (MENA) - A bus carrying about 50 passengers plunged down into a deep ravine in the mountains of southeastern Brazil late Saturday, killing at least 40 people a police official said as quoted by ABC News. Police Col. Paulo ....
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THAAD to be deployed in S. Korea in emergencies: source
Date: 2015-03-15 08:05:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:2165309
SEOUL, March 15 (MENA) - The United States has included its advanced missile-defense system as part of the support it would provide South Korea in emergency situations on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap quoted a South Korean military source as saying ....
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Vatican supports military force against Daesh
Date: 2015-03-15 07:56:14 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:17 - ID:2165205
GENEVA, March 15 (MENA) - The Vatican's ambassador in Geneva has said the use of force could be necessary to protect minority groups from Daesh aggression if a political solution cannot be achieved, ITV reported on Sunday. In an interview, ....
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Mourning in Serbia after deadly baby rescue helicopter crash
Date: 2015-03-15 07:42:39 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:15 - ID:2165201
BELGRADE, March 15 (MENA) - National mourning has been declared in Serbia after a rescue helicopter crashed while carrying a newborn baby for medical treatment, with the loss of all seven people aboard, the BBC reported on Sunday. The helicopter ....
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Barack, Michelle Obama spent more than $1million of taxpayer's money on separate flights to LA
Date: 2015-03-15 06:03:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:2164889
WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - The President and First Lady both filmed TV appearances in Burbank, California on Thursday - but billed taxpayers for two separate private flights to get there, CNN reported. Barack Obama took Air Force One to LAX, ....