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Brazilian state decrees emergency over yellow fever outbreak
Date: 2018-01-20 19:15:21 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:62 - ID:7201676
BRASILIA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The government of Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais has decreed a state of emergency for its public health system due to an outbreak of yellow fever in 94 of its 853 cities, ABC news reported Saturday. Since ....
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Trump, aides seek to resolve shutdown with congressional leaders
Date: 2018-01-20 18:01:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:7201632
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump spoke with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Saturday to discuss measures to end the government shutdown. They spoke in the morning, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley was ....
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Fire at plastic factory outside Indian capital kills 9
Date: 2018-01-20 17:14:31 GMT - India - World - SN:52 - ID:7201532
NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (MENA) - A fire official said a blaze at a plastic factory on the northern outskirts of the Indian capital has killed nine people, ABC news reported. The official K.C. Gupta said a dozen fire engines are fighting the fire in the ....
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Pakistan says 2 civilians killed, 5 injured in Indian shelling
Date: 2018-01-20 16:55:11 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:50 - ID:7201418
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (MENA) - Pakistan said on Saturday that two civilians were killed and five others were wounded in an Indian shelling across the border of the disputed kashmir region. The casualties came as "Indian artillery and mortar guns ....
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2 Indonesian hostages released by militants in Philippines
Date: 2018-01-20 15:34:51 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:48 - ID:7201415
JAKARTA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Two Indonesian hostages have been released after being held for more than a year in the southern Philippines by their Abu Sayyaf captors, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said. The two fishermen, identified as La Utu bin ....
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Rohingya crisis growing, more support needed, World Bank says
Date: 2018-01-20 12:41:09 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:33 - ID:7200997
DHAKA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace and there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the influx and to help the refugees who are extremely vulnerable, Relief ....
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Trump, May to meet in Switzerland: The Guardian
Date: 2018-01-20 10:00:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:7200621
LONDON, Jan 20 (MENA) - Theresa May will meet Donald Trump when they both attend the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, the Guardian reported. Downing Street and the White House confirmed that the pair would hold a bilateral session, which ....
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23 militants killed, wounded in military operations in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-01-20 09:06:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7200481
KABUL, Jan 20 (MENA) - At least 18 militants were killed and five others wounded in military operations led by the Afghan armed forces in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. In a statement, ....
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5 senior Al-Qaeda leaders killed in Afghan forces raid in Nangarhar
Date: 2018-01-19 16:54:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7199896
KABUL, Jan 19 (MENA) - At least five senior leaders of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network were killed in an operation of the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The provincial government media ....
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Jamaica imposes curfew in Montego Bay amid rise in crime
Date: 2018-01-19 15:31:08 GMT - Jamaica - World - SN:47 - ID:7199792
KINGSTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - Authorities in Jamaica have declared a state of emergency in areas including the popular tourist town of Montego Bay amid a rise in violent crime, ABC News reported. Police said Friday they will take a zero tolerance ....
