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Japan PM seeks 3rd term in LDP party leadership
Date: 2018-08-26 11:05:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:7547598
TOKYO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has officially announced he will run in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in September. Abe announced his candidacy during a visit to Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern ....
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Obama mourns US Senator John McCain
Date: 2018-08-26 07:28:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:7547393
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Former US President Barack Obama has issued a moving statement about Senator John McCain's death, Time magazine reported Sunday. McCain, who had been suffering from brain cancer, passed away today surrounded by his ....
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Trump lowers White House flags to half-staff to honor Sen. John McCain
Date: 2018-08-26 06:53:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:7547315
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump lowered flags at the White House to half-staff to honor Sen. John McCain Saturday night, US Today reported. Trump expressed his condolences in a tweet shortly after the Arizona senator died of ....
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US president mourns Senator John McCain
Date: 2018-08-26 06:20:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7547314
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences to the family of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, after years of bad blood between the two Republicans, CNN reported. "My deepest sympathies and respect go ....
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US senator John McCain dies at 81
Date: 2018-08-26 05:52:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7547292
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81, CNN reported. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by ....
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Health experts inspect docked ship with migrants in Italy
Date: 2018-08-25 16:40:27 GMT - Italy - World - SN:45 - ID:7546964
ROME, Aug 25 (MENA) - Health officials and Red Cross personnel are inspecting an Italian coast guard ship that has been docked in Sicily for days with 150 migrants on board, Fox News reported on Saturday. Italian media said that health experts ....
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Afghan Air Force launches airstrikes in Ghazni leaving 18 militants dead
Date: 2018-08-25 15:49:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:42 - ID:7546893
KABUL, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Afghan Air Force carried out airstrikes as part of the ongoing ‘Nejat Operations’ in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, leaving at least 18 militants dead. The operations are being conducted under the ....
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West Nile virus kill 11 people in Greece
Date: 2018-08-25 14:32:49 GMT - Greece - World - SN:38 - ID:7546777
ATHENS, Aug 25 (MENA) - At least 11 people died recently due to infection with West Nile virus, Greek Ekathimerini newspaper reported. According to Center for Disease Prevention and Control’s (KEELPNO) weekly report, there have been 107 cases ....
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Rail traffic disrupted by train derailment at Marseille
Date: 2018-08-25 11:14:01 GMT - France - World - SN:23 - ID:7546532
PARIS, Aug 25 (MENA) - Rail traffic at the main station of the southern French city of Marseille will be disrupted for several days, the SNCF rail company said on Saturday following the derailment of a TGV high-speed train on Friday evening. The ....
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UN refugee agency urges end to Italy migrant standoff
Date: 2018-08-25 11:13:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:7546526
GENEVA, Aug 25 (MENA) - The United Nations' refugee agency has implored European Union countries to take responsibility for 150 migrants stranded aboard an Italian coast guard ship and urging Italy to let the migrants off the ship immediately, ABC ....
