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Police in Myanmar arrest more than 100 Rohingya people on boat
Date: 2018-11-16 13:03:11 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:31 - ID:7672807
NAYPYIDAW, Nov 16 (MENA) - More than 100 people on a boat, thought to be Rohingya Muslims, have been arrested in Myanmar, officials have said. The arrests in Yangon, the country's largest city, have sparked fears of a fresh wave of dangerous ....
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N. Korea to deport US citizen detained for illegal entry
Date: 2018-11-16 08:39:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:7672476
SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - North Korea has decided to deport a US citizen detained for illegally entering the country, its state media reported on Friday. The US citizen, identified as Bruce Byron Lowrance, has been detained in North Korea since he ....
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Imelda Marcos posts bail for graft conviction in Philippine
Date: 2018-11-16 08:23:20 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:12 - ID:7672406
MANILA, Nov 16 (MENA) - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos on Friday posted a $7,400 bail for provisional liberty after she was found guilty of graft and ordered imprisoned, ABC News reported. Marcos, 89, was convicted last week of ....
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S. Korea's top nuclear envoy to visit US next week
Date: 2018-11-16 07:58:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7672403
SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - Senior South Korean and US diplomats will have talks next week on joint efforts to denuclearize North Korea, including the planned launch of a bilateral "working group," Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. Lee Do-hoon, ....
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N. Korean leader inspects site for testing strategic weapon
Date: 2018-11-16 07:28:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:7672382
SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - North Korea's state media announced on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site for testing a "newly developed cutting-edge strategic weapon", Yonhap news service reported. North Korea's Korea Central Broadcasting ....
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Argentina arrests two people suspected to have links with Hezbollah
Date: 2018-11-16 06:31:04 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:4 - ID:7672327
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 16 (MENA) - Two Argentinian citizens were arrested on suspicion of having links to the Lebanese Hezbollah group ahead of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires that will be held later this month, the Argentine security ministry said in a ....
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California wildfire death toll hits 65
Date: 2018-11-16 06:24:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7672315
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (MENA) - The death toll from wildfire in Northern California has hit 63 people and a list of people unaccounted for included 631 names, according to statistics released by local authorities. Seven sets of remains were ....
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US to reduce number of troops in Africa
Date: 2018-11-15 22:27:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:7672272
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Pentagon has approved a long-awaited plan to reduce the number of US troops conducting counterterrorism missions in Africa over the next three years, three US officials told CNN. One defense official told CNN that ....
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UK PM defends draft Brexit deal
Date: 2018-11-15 12:56:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:7671284
LONDON, Nov 15 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit Agreement which was reached on Wednesday, saying that it is the best deal that could be reached by a country with the European Union (EU), the BBC reported on ....
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56 dead, 130 missing in California's Camp Fire
Date: 2018-11-15 09:43:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:7670921
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - Hundreds of people poured into the Northern California communities ravaged by the deadly Camp Fire, searching for human remains while authorities tried to track down 130 people who are unaccounted for after the ....
