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UN chief mourns death of Kofi Annan
Date: 2018-08-18 11:31:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:7538812
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mourned the death of former UN chief Kofi Annan saying that he "was a guiding force for good". "It is with profound sadness that I learned of his passing. In many ways, Kofi Annan ....
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Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies aged 80
Date: 2018-08-18 10:38:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:7538758
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (MENA) - Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, has died aged 80, his aides said on Saturday. He passed away on Saturday after a short illness, the foundation named after him said. Annan was the first black ....
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Italian media: death toll rises to 41 in bridge collapse
Date: 2018-08-18 08:43:35 GMT - Italy - World - SN:18 - ID:7538525
ROME, Aug 18 (MENA) - Italian media say three more bodies have been found in rubble of the Genoa bridge collapse, raising the death toll to 41, ABC News reported. Office of Genoa's prefect said it didn't immediately have official confirmation of ....
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Japan eyes economic aid to North Korea in policy overhaul
Date: 2018-08-18 08:25:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:7538463
TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Japan has been facing growing calls internally for overhauling its policy toward North Korea, by allowing talks on possible economic aid to precede the delayed effort to resolve the issue of past abductions of Japanese by ....
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Magnitude 6.0 quake hits Costa Rica
Date: 2018-08-18 07:41:48 GMT - Costa Rica - World - SN:12 - ID:7538472
SAN JOSE, Aug 18 (MENA) - A strong earthquake shook southern Costa Rica near the border with Panama on Friday evening, knocking out power in places but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage, reported Sky News channel on ....
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Khan sworn in as 22nd PM of Pakistan
Date: 2018-08-18 07:07:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7538440
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - New Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was sworn in as the 22nd Premier of Pakistan on Saturday in the presence of several leaders and cricketers, according to the Pakistani Tribune Express newspaper. The oath-taking ....
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S. Korea committed to reducing dependence on nuclear power
Date: 2018-08-18 06:33:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:7538415
SEOUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - The South Korean government is firmly committed to reducing the country's dependence on nuclear power and will expand the use of renewable power sources despite growing public support for time-tested atomic energy, observers ....
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S. Korean PM heads for Indonesia to attend opening ceremony of Asian Games
Date: 2018-08-18 06:27:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:2 - ID:7538409
SEOUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon left for Indonesia on Saturday to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, setting the stage for a possible meeting with a senior North Korean official, reported Yonhap news ....
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German charged over alleged membership of Afghan Taliban
Date: 2018-08-17 20:23:56 GMT - Germany - World - SN:59 - ID:7538230
BERLIN, Aug 17 (MENA) - German prosecutors have charged a German citizen who allegedly fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan, accusing him of membership in a terrorist organization, attempted murder and weapons offenses, ABC News reported on ....
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Brazil's Lula should have political rights -- UN panel
Date: 2018-08-17 18:39:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:55 - ID:7538124
GENEVA, Aug 17 (MENA) - The UN Human Rights Committee, a panel of independent experts, on Friday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights as ....
