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2 missing in central China's gas factory blast
Date: 2019-07-19 15:32:32 GMT - China - World - SN:44 - ID:8030968
BEIJING, July 19 (MENA) - Two people are missing after an explosion at a gas plant workshop in the city of Yima, Henan Province, Friday, Xinhua news agency quoted local authorities as saying. The explosion happened around 5:45 p.m. local time in ....
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Strong quake felt in Athens, two people lightly injured
Date: 2019-07-19 15:16:25 GMT - Greece - World - SN:43 - ID:8030983
ATHENS, July 19 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook the Greek capital Athens on Friday, knocking out power and telecommunications in parts of the city and sending people running from buildings in panic, Euronews reported. The European ....
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Bangladesh rivers break their banks, forcing 400,000 to flee homes
Date: 2019-07-19 14:34:58 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:41 - ID:8030939
DHAKA, July 19 (MENA) - Heavy rains and overflowing rivers have swamped 23 districts in northern and north-west Bangladesh, Euronews quoted officials as saying Friday. Rain-swollen rivers in Bangladesh broke through at least four embankments, ....
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Man held over Kyoto anime studio attack admits to using gasoline
Date: 2019-07-19 14:31:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:40 - ID:8030929
TOKYO, July 19 (MENA) - A 41-year-old man being held in connection with a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio has admitted to using gasoline to set fire to the three-story building and indicated that personal grudge was a likely motive, ....
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Merkel backs US congresswomen attacked by Trump
Date: 2019-07-19 13:56:45 GMT - Germany - World - SN:37 - ID:8030842
BERLIN, July 19 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that US President Donald Trump's racist comments about four Democratic Congresswomen "undermine America's strength" and that she stands in "solidarity" with the women, said ....
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Iran makes 'substantial' nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions
Date: 2019-07-19 12:56:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:32 - ID:8030678
LONDON, July 19 (MENA) - Iran has offered a deal with the US in which it would formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in return for the permanent lifting of US sanctions, The Guardian said in a report ....
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Return and Reintegration: IOM Releases 2018 Highlights
Date: 2019-07-19 12:54:31 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:30 - ID:8030764
GENEVA, July 19 (MENA)- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is releasing the 2018 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights, which provides trends and figures – as well as key initiatives – on the number of migrants assisted to return, ....
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Dutch court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
Date: 2019-07-19 11:54:36 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:27 - ID:8030673
AMSTERDAM, July 19 (MENA)- The Dutch Supreme Court upheld Friday a lower court's ruling that the Netherlands is partially liable in the deaths of some 350 Muslim men who were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, ....
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5.6 magnitude hits northeastern Indian states
Date: 2019-07-19 11:15:44 GMT - India - World - SN:26 - ID:8030645
NEW DELHI, July 19 (MENA) - A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and other northeastern Indian states on Friday afternoon, the Times of India reported. The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of 10 km at East Kameng ....
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Taliban attack kills, injures 96 in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Date: 2019-07-19 07:31:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8030373
KABUL, July 19 (MENA) - A coordinated attack by Taliban militants claimed the lives of at least 10 people in Kandahar city, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Friday. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the militants ....
