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Life sentence issued for rape, murder of Muslim teen in Virginia
Date: 2019-03-28 21:15:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:7871109
WASHINGTON, March 28 (MENA) – A man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for raping and killing a Muslim teenager in Virginia as she walked back to a mosque with friends for pre-dawn religious services, VOA reported. The life sentence without ....
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Shooting and carjacking in Seattle leaves two dead and two in critical condition, police say
Date: 2019-03-28 09:23:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:7869738
WASHINGTON, March 28 (MENA) - Two people were killed and two others critically wounded in a shooting and attempted getaway in a North Seattle neighborhood on Wednesday, police said. In all, three people were shot — one fatally — and another person ....
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No casualties from 5.0-magnitude quake in China's Qinghai
Date: 2019-03-28 07:24:48 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:7869611
BEIJING, March 28 (MENA) - No casualties have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Mangya in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 5:36 a.m. Thursday, Xinhua reported. The provincial seismological bureau said two ....
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Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan for state visit
Date: 2019-03-28 05:59:16 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:2 - ID:7869519
BICHKEK, March 28 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan for a state visit on Thursday, TASS news agency reported. The Russian president is due to hold talks in Bishkek with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sooronbay Jeenbekov, and ....
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EU suspends migrant rescue patrols in Med after opposition from Italy
Date: 2019-03-27 19:18:03 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:80 - ID:7869335
BRUSSELS, March 27 (MENA) - The EU said on Wednesday it will suspend ship patrols that have rescued tens of thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean and brought them to Italy, amid deep resistance by Rome, a multi-regional, European, ....
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Theresa May to resign before next phase of Brexit -- report
Date: 2019-03-27 19:07:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7869290
LONDON, March 27 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May has promised Tory MPs she will step down before the next phase of Brexit negotiations in a bid to get Eurosceptics to back her withdrawal deal, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. The prime ....
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Kazakh military helicopter crashes, all crew dead
Date: 2019-03-27 17:41:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:7869111
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - The 13-member crew of the Mi-8 military helicopter, which crashed on Wednesday in the Kyzylorda region of Kazakhstan, were killed, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Wednesday. “At 17:35 the 112 service received a ....
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Russian security detains 20 terror suspects in Crimea
Date: 2019-03-27 14:14:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:7868826
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Russian Security Service (FSB) detained 20 people after raids in Crimea. “The press office of Russian FSB in Crimea and Sevastopol reported that as a result of today’s operational activity 20 Crimeans were detained. They ....
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Far-right organization dissolved over ties to NZ suspect
Date: 2019-03-27 09:20:25 GMT - Austria - World - SN:25 - ID:7868149
VIENNA, March 27 (MENA) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz decided to dissolve Austrian Identitarian Movement after investigations showed that they received a larger-than-usual donation from an email address linked to the suspected Christchurch ....
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Terrorist cell dismantled in Austria
Date: 2019-03-27 08:49:56 GMT - Austria - World - SN:22 - ID:7868077
VIENNA, March 27 (MENA) - The Austrian authorities dismantled a terrorist cell involved in plotting an attack on high speed trains linking Germany and Austria. According to a report on Wednesday, the initial investigations showed that the cell is ....