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Iran warns US against designating Guards a terrorist group
Date: 2017-10-08 11:57:29 GMT - Iran - World - SN:24 - ID:7028892
TEHRAN, Oct 8 (MENA) - Iran will consider the US army equivalent to the Islamic State militant group if Washington designates its Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist group, the Guards’ commander Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted Euronews as saying ....
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WHO to vaccinate Rohingya refugees against cholera
Date: 2017-10-07 20:27:14 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:68 - ID:7028339
DHAKA, Oct 7 (MENA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) reports 900,000 doses of oral cholera vaccine are expected to arrive in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Saturday. A mass vaccination campaign for Rohingya refugees is set to begin Tuesday, October ....
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London crash 'not terror-related', police say
Date: 2017-10-07 19:23:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:7028235
LONDON, Oct 7 (MENA) - A crash outside a London museum that injured 11 people was not terror-related, the BBC reported Saturday. A car mounted the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, at 14:20 ....
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Three US fighter jets make emergency landings
Date: 2017-10-07 19:00:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:60 - ID:7028233
TOKYO, Oct 7 (MENA) – Three US Air Force F-16 fighter jets made emergency landings at an airport in central Japan on Saturday, NHK News reported. The three jet fighters are stationed at the US Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. ....
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Trump approves emergency declaration for a large area of Louisiana
Date: 2017-10-07 16:11:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:7028044
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration for a large area of Louisiana and ordered federal assistance for the state as Hurricane Nate approaches the central Gulf of Mexico. A White House statement ....
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'Multiple' people injured after car 'ploughs into pedestrians outside London's Natural History Museum'
Date: 2017-10-07 15:31:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:7028025
LONDON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Multiple people have been injured after a car allegedly ploughed into pedestrians outside London's famous Natural History Museum. Shocked eyewitnesses described how the vehicle "drove into people" near the museum, with ....
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Death toll of Pakistan shrine attack rises to 24
Date: 2017-10-07 09:32:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7027307
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (MENA) - The death toll of a suicide attack that hit a shrine in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Thursday has risen to 24 after four others have succumbed to their injuries. District police chief Mohammad ....
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Hurricane Nate to strengthen as it threatens US Gulf Coast
Date: 2017-10-07 08:49:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:7027197
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Tropical storm Nate has strengthened into a category one hurricane and is speeding towards the United States after killing at least 22 people in Central America, the US National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The ....
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Deputy PM of Kyrgyzstan dies in car crash
Date: 2017-10-07 08:07:09 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:10 - ID:7027179
BISHKEK, Oct 7 (MENA) - Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Temir Jumakadyrov has died on Saturday in a car crash near Bishkek. His driver and his assistant were killed in the collision as well, Russia Today channel reported, quoting a statement by the ....
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7 dead, 1 injured in military helicopter crash in Mexico
Date: 2017-10-07 06:51:35 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:6 - ID:7027109
MEXICO CITY, Oct 7 (MENA) - Seven army personnel are presumed dead after a helicopter crashed in the north of the town of el Salto in the mountainous state of Durango during a training flight, Mexico’s Defense Department said. In a statement, the ....