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Curfew in Malaysia's Sabah extended until March 27
Date: 2019-03-11 11:20:42 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:38 - ID:7842570
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (MENA) - The dawn-to-dusk curfew in Sabah's east coast has been extended another two weeks from Tuesday (March 12), amid continuing threats from Abu Sayyaf-linked cross-border kidnap groups and other criminal ....
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Berlin Tourism Expo draws 160,000 visitors
Date: 2019-03-11 11:09:55 GMT - Germany - World - SN:35 - ID:7842526
BERLIN, March 11 (MENA) - The international travel trade show ITB Berlin, that wound up on Sunday, drew 160,000 visitors, 3 percent up from their number last year. A statement by Berlin exhibitions authority said the increase in the number of ....
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Indonesian woman freed 2 years after killing of Kim Jong Nam
Date: 2019-03-11 08:47:14 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:13 - ID:7842238
JAKARTA, March 11 (MENA) - An Indonesian woman held for two years on suspicion of killing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother was freed from custody Monday after Malaysian prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the murder charge against her, ....
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Russia spotted 17 foreign spy jets near borders over past week
Date: 2019-03-11 08:38:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7842234
MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russia spotted 17 foreign reconnaissance jets near its borders, an infographic published by the Russian Armed Forces’ official newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, showed on Monday. Russian jets have reportedly been scrambled ....
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Long delay to Brexit unacceptable to majority -- British poll
Date: 2019-03-10 08:34:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:7840592
LONDON, March 10 (MENA) - A long delay to Brexit would be unacceptable to a majority of the British public, according to an exclusive poll days before critical votes in the House of Commons. Some 52 per cent of people do not want a delay to last ....
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Britain strips two more Daesh mothers of citizenship
Date: 2019-03-10 07:11:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:9 - ID:7840555
LONDON, March 10 (MENA) - Two more women from the UK who are being held in Syrian camps with their young children have been stripped of their citizenship, the BBC News reported on Sunday. It comes after the death in a Syrian camp of the baby son ....
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US citizens to register to visit parts of Europe starting in 2021
Date: 2019-03-09 22:58:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7840440
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - US citizens visiting parts of Europe will need authorization from the European Union come 2021, CNN reported on Saturday. The EU announced last year it was creating a European Travel Information and Authorization ....
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UK activists throw 'blood' outside Downing Street
Date: 2019-03-09 22:16:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:7840395
LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - Extinction Rebellion activists have thrown buckets of "blood" outside UK's Downing Street to call for greater action on climate change, according to the Guardian on Saturday. About 400 demonstrators, including families ....
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Japanese woman, 116, recognized as world's oldest person
Date: 2019-03-09 15:04:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:36 - ID:7839987
TOKYO, March 9 (MENA) - Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman in the southwestern city of Fukuoka of Japan, has been recognized as the world's oldest living person, Guinness World Records said on Saturday. Tanaka was born on Jan. 2, 1903, ....
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Colombia to allow Venezuelans to enter on expired passports
Date: 2019-03-09 14:42:38 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:33 - ID:7839927
BOGOTA, March 9 (MENA) - Colombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty of renewing travel documents in the neighboring country in the midst of its economic crisis, the migration agency ....