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2 divers win Australian award for Thai cave rescue
Date: 2019-01-25 14:31:35 GMT - Australia - World - SN:33 - ID:7773970
CANBERRA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Two amateur divers who canceled their vacation plans to join what they thought was a hopeless mission to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand received one of Australia's most prestigious ....
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For 1st time, deadly Ebola virus founded in Liberian bat
Date: 2019-01-25 14:29:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:7773962
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - Liberian health officials said that for the first time, the type of deadly Ebola virus responsible for recent epidemics has been found in a bat in West Africa, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Bats carrying the ....
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Afghanistan forms team to probe on civilian casualties in Helmand
Date: 2019-01-25 13:45:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:29 - ID:7773812
KABUL, Jan 25 (MENA) - The Afghan Defense Ministry (MOD) on Friday announced the formation of a team to investigate claims of possible civilian casualties during an airstrike in southern Helmand province, Pajhwok Afghan News reported. In a ....
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OHCHR condemns killings; urges restraint to halt spiraling crisis in Venezuela
Date: 2019-01-25 13:10:07 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:26 - ID:7773795
GENEVA, Jan 25 (MENA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned, and called for effective investigations into, the violence that has led to a number of deaths and injuries during this week’s protests in ....
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Pope Francis urges Latin America leaders to shun corruption
Date: 2019-01-25 12:50:50 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:25 - ID:7773813
VATICAN CITY, Jan 25 (MENA) - Pope Francis has urged Latin America's leaders to shun corruption and tackle gang violence, drug trafficking and the killing of women, which he said had become a "plague" in his native continent, ABC News ....
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Italian deputy PM urges summoning of Dutch envoy over migrant rescue ship
Date: 2019-01-25 12:42:42 GMT - Italy - World - SN:24 - ID:7773793
ROME, Jan 25 (MENA) - The Netherlands ambassador should be asked to give urgent clarification over a Dutch-flagged ship with 47 rescued migrants on board that the coastguard has allowed to shelter in Italian coastal waters, Italy's deputy premier ....
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Top Trump adviser Roger Stone arrested by FBI
Date: 2019-01-25 12:14:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:7773801
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who alleges that the longtime Donald Trump associate sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Trump's ....
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Merkel to visit Japan in February, meet with Abe
Date: 2019-01-25 10:24:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:7773645
TOKYO, Jan 25 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Japan early next month to meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, NHK radio reported on Friday. On Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Merkel will arrive for a ....
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Indonesia floods, landslides death toll climbs to 59
Date: 2019-01-25 08:53:55 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:9 - ID:7773494
JAKARTA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Floods and landslides in Indonesia have killed at least 59 people, the government said Friday, after heavy rain pounded Sulawesi island and forced thousands to flee their homes. "I've never seen something this bad -- this ....
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US orders non-essential diplomats in Caracas to leave
Date: 2019-01-25 07:04:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7773391
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - The State Department ordered non-essential diplomats and staff at the US Embassy in Caracas to leave the country, but said the embassy would remain open, the Washington Post reported. The US and other nations on ....
