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French demonstrators protest over pension reform
Date: 2019-12-28 19:51:25 GMT - France - World - SN:38 - ID:8247459
PARIS, Dec 28 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters marching against the French government’s planned pension reform clashed with the police in Paris on Saturday as officers fired teargas to disperse groups of demonstrators. They included members of ....
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Violent clashes in new round of Chile protests
Date: 2019-12-28 09:02:31 GMT - Chile - World - SN:14 - ID:8246655
SANTIAGO, Dec 28 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Santiago in a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations that erupted more than two months ago in Chile, France 24 reported on Saturday. The rally took place in the Plaza ....
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10 Afghan army troops killed in Helmand attack
Date: 2019-12-28 08:32:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8246624
KABUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - At least 10 members of the Afghan Army were killed and four others wounded in an attack on their outpost by Taliban terrorist movement in Sangin district, Helmand province, the 215 Maiwand Corps confirmed in a ....
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US court: 17-year term in attack on FBI agent 'shockingly low'
Date: 2019-12-28 08:21:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8246546
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (MENA) - A 17-year sentence for a New York City man who sought to aid Daesh extremist group by trying to kill an FBI agent is “shockingly low," a federal appeals court said as it ordered a judge to re-sentence him, according to ....
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Explosion at Kansas aircraft plant injures 15
Date: 2019-12-28 08:15:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8246545
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (MENA) - More than a dozen people were injured Friday in an explosion at a Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing plant in Kansas that caused part of a building to collapse, NBC News quoted officials as saying. A 3-inch nitrogen line ....
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US Congress wants to force Trump’s hand on human rights in China
Date: 2019-12-27 22:54:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8246486
WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) – US lawmakers aim to pass veto-proof legislation in 2020 that would punish China over its treatment of ethnic Uighur Muslims, The New York Times reported Friday. In a rare show of bipartisan unity, Republicans and ....
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France summons Iranian amb. over detention of two academics
Date: 2019-12-27 18:45:11 GMT - Iran - World - SN:31 - ID:8246309
PARIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - The French Foreign Ministry on Friday said it summoned the Iranian ambassador over the "intolerable" detention of two French academics, expressing "grave concern" that one was now on hunger strike, FRANCE 24 reported. The ....
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Greece: Erdogan is playing with fire
Date: 2019-12-27 18:18:05 GMT - Greece - World - SN:29 - ID:8246071
ATHENS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is" playing with fire" and will be further isolated, eKathimerini newspaper reported on Friday. The Greek ....
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Putin to visit Bethlehem on Jan 23 - Palestinian ambassador
Date: 2019-12-27 16:18:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:8246068
MOSCOW. Dec 27 (MENA) - Palestine is expecting Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Bethlehem on January 23, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said at a press conference on Friday, Interfax reported. "Putin will visit ....
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Musharraf files petition in LHC challenging special court's verdict
Date: 2019-12-27 11:00:40 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8245857
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (MENA) - Former president Pervez Musharraf filed a petition with the Lahore High Court on Friday challenging the verdict by a special court in Islamabad in the high treason case against him for suspending the Constitution on ....
