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Japanese PM to visit Russia in early 2019
Date: 2018-11-16 15:28:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:43 - ID:7673009
TOKYO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia early next year for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the conclusion of a bilateral peace treaty that has been hampered by a long-standing territorial dispute. ....
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Number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition across the Sahel reaches 10-year high
Date: 2018-11-16 15:28:20 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:7673043
GENEVA, Nov 16 (MENA) - More than 1.3 million children under five years of age in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition across six Africa’s Sahel countries are expected to receive care in 2018, UNICEF posted on its website. The relief ....
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Russia accuses US of catastrophic humanitarian situation in Syria's Rukban refugee camp
Date: 2018-11-16 13:03:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:7672830
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) - The United States is responsible for the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Rukban refugee camp in Syria, as it has illegally occupied this territory, said Yury Tarasov, the representative of the Russian Defense ....
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Police in Myanmar arrest more than 100 Rohingya people on boat
Date: 2018-11-16 13:03:11 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:31 - ID:7672807
NAYPYIDAW, Nov 16 (MENA) - More than 100 people on a boat, thought to be Rohingya Muslims, have been arrested in Myanmar, officials have said. The arrests in Yangon, the country's largest city, have sparked fears of a fresh wave of dangerous ....
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N. Korea to deport US citizen detained for illegal entry
Date: 2018-11-16 08:39:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:7672476
SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - North Korea has decided to deport a US citizen detained for illegally entering the country, its state media reported on Friday. The US citizen, identified as Bruce Byron Lowrance, has been detained in North Korea since he ....
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Imelda Marcos posts bail for graft conviction in Philippine
Date: 2018-11-16 08:23:20 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:12 - ID:7672406
MANILA, Nov 16 (MENA) - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos on Friday posted a $7,400 bail for provisional liberty after she was found guilty of graft and ordered imprisoned, ABC News reported. Marcos, 89, was convicted last week of ....
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S. Korea's top nuclear envoy to visit US next week
Date: 2018-11-16 07:58:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7672403
SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - Senior South Korean and US diplomats will have talks next week on joint efforts to denuclearize North Korea, including the planned launch of a bilateral "working group," Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. Lee Do-hoon, ....
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N. Korean leader inspects site for testing strategic weapon
Date: 2018-11-16 07:28:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:7672382
SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - North Korea's state media announced on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site for testing a "newly developed cutting-edge strategic weapon", Yonhap news service reported. North Korea's Korea Central Broadcasting ....
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Argentina arrests two people suspected to have links with Hezbollah
Date: 2018-11-16 06:31:04 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:4 - ID:7672327
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 16 (MENA) - Two Argentinian citizens were arrested on suspicion of having links to the Lebanese Hezbollah group ahead of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires that will be held later this month, the Argentine security ministry said in a ....
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California wildfire death toll hits 65
Date: 2018-11-16 06:24:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7672315
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (MENA) - The death toll from wildfire in Northern California has hit 63 people and a list of people unaccounted for included 631 names, according to statistics released by local authorities. Seven sets of remains were ....
