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Storms, high winds kill four in Italy
Date: 2018-10-29 19:42:08 GMT - Italy - World - SN:108 - ID:7645254
ROME, Oct 29 (MENA) - Four people have been killed in three separate accidents in central and southern Italy on Monday as gale-force winds brought trees crashing down onto roads, rescue services were quoted by Euronews as saying. The national ....
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Pentagon to deploy 5,000 active-duty troops to Mexico border
Date: 2018-10-29 19:06:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:104 - ID:7645194
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) – The Pentagon will deploy up to 5,000 active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border in an effort to prevent members of a migrant caravan from illegally entering the country, USA Today quoted a US official as saying ....
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More than 1.8 billion children breathe toxic air everyday
Date: 2018-10-29 15:54:26 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:91 - ID:7644644
GENEVA, Oct 29 (MENA) - Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on ....
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Merkel announces to step down as chancellor
Date: 2018-10-29 15:24:31 GMT - Germany - World - SN:86 - ID:7644795
BERLIN, Oct 29 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday announced she will be stepping down as chancellor in 2021, Euronews reported. The politician added she would not seek re-election as CDU party chairwoman in December. "The ....
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Permanent members of UNSC refuse to sign treaty on prohibition of nuclear weapons
Date: 2018-10-29 15:13:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:7644597
NEW YORK, Oct 29 (MENA) - Moscow, London, Beijing, Washington and Paris won’t sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), a joint statement made at the First Committee of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly was quoted by ....
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Merkel not to seek re-election in 2021
Date: 2018-10-29 13:00:06 GMT - Germany - World - SN:64 - ID:7644260
BERLIN, Oct 29 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told members of her Christian Democrats party (CDU) that she won’t seek another term as chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021, ending a more than decade-long era in which she has dominated ....
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Clinton leaves door open for 2020 run
Date: 2018-10-29 12:57:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:7644179
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) - Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during an event over the weekend at the New York City's 92nd Street Y told the audience: “I’d like to be president.” The comments come amid speculation whether the ....
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Parliamentarian: Sisi saved the poor from economic reform negative effects
Date: 2018-10-29 12:44:04 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:61 - ID:7644390
CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - Chairman of the House of Representatives Arab Affairs Committee Ahmed Raslan said Monday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has exerted great efforts to combat poverty and diseases and succeeded enormously as witnessed by major ....
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Indonesia's Lion Air plane had technical problem in previous flight: CEO
Date: 2018-10-29 09:59:22 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:31 - ID:7643898
JAKARTA, Oct 29 (MENA) - An Indonesian Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Monday had a technical problem on a previous flight, but it had been resolved according to procedure, Jakarata Post reported ....
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Boeing says ready to provide technical assistance after Indonesia plane crash
Date: 2018-10-29 09:34:07 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:25 - ID:7643833
JAKARTA, Oct 29 (MENA) - Boeing company said Monday it is ready to provide technical assistance to the accident of the Indonesian Lion Air plane crash investigation, NBC reported. Boeing said it had received confirmation that the Indonesian ....
