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Vatican pope calls for more compassion towards the poor
Date: 2018-12-25 08:06:40 GMT - Italy - World - SN:13 - ID:7729605
ROME, Dec 25 (MENA) - Pope Francis, 82, marking the sixth Christmas of his papacy, led a solemn service for nearly 10,000 people in St Peter's Basilica, Radio New Zealand reported. Security has been tight around the Vatican and many other tourist ....
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India takes over operations of Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port, can bypass Pak on way to Afghanistan
Date: 2018-12-25 07:17:00 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:7729529
NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (MENA) - India on Monday formally took over operations at Chabahar port in Iran, giving a major boost to the country’s efforts to support war-torn Afghanistan, Hindustan Times quoted people familiar with developments as ....
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Italy's Mount Etna erupts, closing Sicily's Catania Airport
Date: 2018-12-25 07:14:19 GMT - Italy - World - SN:10 - ID:7729571
ROME, Dec 25 (MENA) - Europe's highest and most active volcano -- erupted on Monday, causing a magnitude 3.3 earthquake and the closure of Sicily's Catania Airport, CNN reported. "Due to the eruption of Etna from today 2pm (December 24th) Catania ....
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UN grants sanctions exemption for inter-Korean project's groundbreaking ceremony
Date: 2018-12-25 06:47:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:7729538
SEOUL, Dec 25 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has granted a sanctions waiver to enable the Koreas to hold a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for their project to modernize and reconnect roads and railways across the border this week, ....
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Indonesian rescuers continue survivor search as tsunami death toll nears 400
Date: 2018-12-25 06:05:11 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:5 - ID:7729507
JAKARTA, Dec 25 (MENA) - Indonesian military and rescue teams continue to search through debris, hoping to find survivors of a tsunami triggered by a landslide from a volcano that has claimed the lives of more than 370 people — a figure the ....
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Militants attack government building in Kabul, killing at least 43
Date: 2018-12-25 05:31:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:1 - ID:7729484
KABUL, Dec 25 (MENA) - A suicide bomber and extremists armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked a government building in the Afghan capital in an eight-hour-long siege that left at least 43 people dead and more than 20 wounded, CBS ....
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Trump says Saudis will pay to rebuild Syria instead of US
Date: 2018-12-24 20:26:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:7729351
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Saudi Arabia will "spend the necessary money" to help rebuild Syria instead of his country. "Saudi Arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild ....
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At least 373 dead in Indonesia tsunami
Date: 2018-12-24 15:34:12 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:66 - ID:7728913
JAKARTA, Dec 24 (MENA) - At least 373 people have died after a tsunami swept away hotels and hundreds of homes in Indonesia. Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said more than a thousand were injured after the tsunami hit the Sunda ....
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Al Shabaab bomber executed in Somalia
Date: 2018-12-24 10:04:05 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:21 - ID:7728301
MOGADISHU, Dec 24 (MENA) - The mastermind of militant car bombs that killed 26 people and injured nearly 40 others in Mogadishu in 2017 was executed in Somalia on Monday, Euronews reported. Abdulle Bule, the prosecutor of the military court, said ....
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Russia registers 16 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours - Defense Ministry
Date: 2018-12-24 09:33:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:7728208
MOSCOW, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire has registered 16 truce breaches in the country over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has recorded as many as ....
