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North Korean diplomat in Italy unaccounted for since leaving embassy in Nov. - Seoul
Date: 2019-01-03 10:07:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:7741162
SEOUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - South Korea's spy agency said that a senior North Korean diplomat, stationed in Italy, has disappeared with his wife since he left the North's embassy in early November last year, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. Jo ....
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Afghan military: 11 Taliban militants killed, 7 injured in Faryab
Date: 2019-01-03 10:04:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7741217
KABUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - Eleven Taliban militants were killed and seven wounded in a clash and an airstrike in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, the Afghan Military said in a statement carried by Khaama Press News Agency Thursday. The 209th ....
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Acting North Korean amb. to Italy seeks to defect
Date: 2019-01-03 08:26:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7740969
SEOUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy sought asylum from an unidentified Western country with his family. Jo Song-gil, the acting North Korean ambassador to Rome, is currently under protection of Italian authorities upon his ....
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China lunar rover successfully touches down on far side of moon
Date: 2019-01-03 07:31:27 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:7740905
BEIJING, Jan 3 (MENA) - In an historic first, China has successfully landed a rover on the far side of the moon, Chinese state media announced Thursday, a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space ....
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Death toll of Magnitogorsk blast in Russia rises to 26
Date: 2019-01-02 19:47:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7740723
MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - The death toll in a New Year's Eve apartment-building collapse rose to 26 as rescuers working in frigid temperatures pulled bodies from the rubble in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, news media reported on Wednesday. About ....
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Several killed in Denmark after train accident, according to local police
Date: 2019-01-02 09:32:43 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:15 - ID:7739775
COPENHAGEN, Jan 2 (MENA) - Several people were killed in a train accident on Danish Bridge on Wednesday morning, police on the Island of Fyn said. The accident shut the bridge linking Fyn to the island of Zealand, Euro news reported. Fyn ....
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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods climbs to 85
Date: 2019-01-02 07:56:25 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:10 - ID:7739653
MANILA, Jan 2 (MENA) - The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off ....
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Five army soldiers killed in Kandahar attack
Date: 2019-01-02 07:47:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:7739643
KABUL, Jan 2 (MENA) - At least five army soldiers were killed in a militants attack in Maiwand district in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday night, security sources said. Six other soldiers were wounded in the attack, reported Tolo News ....
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Marine shot and killed on duty at Marine Barracks in Washington
Date: 2019-01-02 07:04:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:7739574
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (MENA) - A US Marine was shot and killed while on duty at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, early Tuesday morning, CNN quoted the Marine Corps as saying in a news release. The fatal injury was not self-inflicted, Marine ....
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Total of 11 bodies recovered from collapsed building in Magnitogorsk - Ministry
Date: 2019-01-02 06:24:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:3 - ID:7739555
MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - The body of 11th victim was recovered from the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, the press service for the regional office of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik on ....
