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Death toll from attack in Afghanistan jumps to 15
Date: 2017-11-01 20:39:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:68 - ID:7070218
KABUL, Nov 1 (MENA) - Death toll from a sticky bomb attack in Afghanistan Wednesday rose to 15 people while about 27 others were injured. The attack took place when a bus caught fire after the bomb blew up a nearby fuel tanker, an official was ....
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UNICEF appeals to end war on children in Syria
Date: 2017-11-01 20:25:22 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:67 - ID:7070141
CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) - UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Geert Cappelaere has appealed for ending of war in Syria that kills children and destroys educational facilities in the war-torn country. In a statement fanned ....
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Black cab 'injures several people' in London after mounting pavement
Date: 2017-11-01 20:11:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:7070179
LONDON, Nov 1 (MENA) - Four people have been injured - one seriously - after a taxi crashed into pedestrians in central London, the Independent newspaper reported. Three of those were taken to hospital and a fourth person was treated at the scene ....
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Michael Fallon resigns as UK Defence Secretary
Date: 2017-11-01 19:55:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:7070208
LONDON, Nov 1 (MENA) - Sir Michael Fallon has resigned as UK Defence Secretary, Sky News cited a Downing Street spokesman as saying Wednesday. (MENA) M A A/M A F ....
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Japan to deploy 10,000 policemen to secure Trump visit
Date: 2017-11-01 19:45:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:64 - ID:7070167
TOKYO, Nov 1 (MENA) - More than 10,000 police officers will be mobilized during US President Donald Trump's visit to Japan on Sunday, the NHK reported on Wednesday This is the largest number ever deployed for a US presidential visit to Tokyo. It ....
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Bombing in Afghanistan sets fire to bus, killing 8
Date: 2017-11-01 19:26:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:63 - ID:7070154
KABUL, Nov 1 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed when a bus caught fire after a sticky bomb blew up a nearby fuel tanker, an official was quoted by ABC News as saying. Nooruddin, an aide to the provincial governor in the northern Parwan ....
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Russian president holds talks with Iranian, Azerbaijani counterparts
Date: 2017-11-01 18:58:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:7070113
MOSCOW, Nov 1 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks Wednesday with Iranian and Azerbaijani presidents Hassan Rouhani and Ilham Aliyev on trilateral talks in the Iranian capital, Sputnik news agency reported. Russia, Iran and ....
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Merkel clings to top spot in Forbes 100 most powerful women list
Date: 2017-11-01 18:35:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:7070093
LONDON, Nov 1 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has remained the most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes for the seventh year in a row, The Guardian reported. The British prime minister, Theresa May, is in second place, despite ....
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Russian strategic bombers hammer terrorists’ facilities in Syria
Date: 2017-11-01 15:09:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:7069740
MOSCOW, Nov 1 (MENA) - Six Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, which have taken off from the Russian territory, have delivered a massive air strike against terrorists’ facilities near the town of Abu Kamal in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, Russia’s ....
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US Embassy in Eritrea sends security message to Americans
Date: 2017-11-01 14:16:29 GMT - Eritrea - World - SN:41 - ID:7069488
ASMARA, Nov 1 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Eritrea advised U.S. citizens to avoid the downtown area where protests appear to be more prevalent, after receiving reports of gunfire at several locations in Asmara due to protests. In a statement by ....
