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2 dead in Germany as police respond to domestic incident
Date: 2018-10-19 18:03:03 GMT - Germany - World - SN:51 - ID:7629412
BERLIN, Oct 19 (MENA) - Two people were killed and two police officers were critically injured after police responded to a domestic incident in Kirchheim in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Deutsche Welle quoted the German police as ....
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WikiLeaks: Assange sues Ecuador government for ‘violating his fundamental rights’
Date: 2018-10-19 17:33:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:7629381
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is launching legal action against the government of Ecuador for "violating his fundamental rights", while still being sheltered in the country's UK embassy, EuroNews reported. WikiLeaks ....
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US, South Korea again call off major military exercise
Date: 2018-10-19 17:23:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:7629370
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (MENA) - The United States and South Korea are scrapping another major military exercise this year, a Pentagon official said Friday, citing a push for diplomatic progress with North Korea, ABC News reported. The top Pentagon ....
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Former UK prime minister says electing women could help combat wave of populism
Date: 2018-10-19 17:21:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7629364
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Electing women could be the answer to rising populism and extremism, Time cited former UK Prime Minister John Major as saying during a summit of young leaders at the Hague. "Women think about politics in a different ....
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Greek PM rules out snap polls after foreign minister's resignation
Date: 2018-10-19 17:13:21 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:45 - ID:7629275
BRUSSELS, Oct 19 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out an early election on Friday, following the resignation of his foreign minister this week, EuroNews reported. Tsipras, who will take over the foreign ministry portfolio, said ....
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At least 50 killed in train wreck in India
Date: 2018-10-19 17:11:43 GMT - India - World - SN:44 - ID:7629353
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (MENA) - A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 50 people, a Congress party leader said. The victims crowded the rail track on the outskirts ....
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London mayor: Londoners should march for the young people who need a say in their future
Date: 2018-10-19 16:42:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:7629279
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Britain is hurtling towards either a bad or a no-deal Brexit at breakneck speed. Without an urgent change of direction from UK Prime Minister Theresa May, we will shortly fall off the cliff edge with disastrous consequences ....
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Turkey to host four-way Syria summit Oct 27 in Istanbul
Date: 2018-10-19 14:33:35 GMT - Germany - World - SN:35 - ID:7629151
BERLIN, Oct 19 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host a summit on the Syria conflict with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France on October 27 in Istanbul, his spokesman said Friday, the first such gathering with key EU ....
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US Navy helicopter crashes on board USS Ronald Reagan
Date: 2018-10-19 14:12:59 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:32 - ID:7629075
MANILA, Oct 19 (MENA) - A US Navy helicopter crashed onto the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in the Philippines Sea on Friday, injuring some personnel on board, CNN reported. The MH-60 Seahawk hit the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan ....
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Russian, Uzbek presidents establish 1st nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan
Date: 2018-10-19 13:33:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:7629091
MOSCOW, Oct 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev launched a process of building the first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan. "First of all, Rosatom has a major project to build the first ....