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Minister insists UK will leave EU 'as one nation', spurning suggestion Northern Ireland could stay in single market
Date: 2017-10-02 10:26:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:7019433
LONDON, Oct 2 (MENA) - Northern Ireland will leave the EU’s single market and customs union with the rest of UK, its Secretary of State has insisted, in a slapdown to Brussels, the Independent reported. James Brokenshire ruled out any U-turn by ....
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US weighs fate of Taliban political office
Date: 2017-10-02 10:01:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:7019362
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (MENA) - The Trump administration is considering a plan that would aim to close the Taliban political office in Qatar, a move that triggered an unusual internal protest by State Department officials who said it would undermine U.S. ....
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FSB protects Moscow from terrorists again
Date: 2017-10-02 09:49:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:7019351
MOSCOW, Oct 2 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained in Moscow members of the so-called sleeper cell of the Daesh international terror group outlawed in Russia, who planned to carry out terrorist attacks in some crowded ....
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New US Ambassador Huntsman arrives in Moscow, to present credentials on October 3
Date: 2017-10-02 08:45:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:7019207
MOSCOW, Oct 2 (MENA) - The new US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman will present his credentials to President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Russia Today quoted presidential aide Yury Ushakov as saying. “The ambassador has arrived and will present ....
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2 killed in Las Vegas mass shooting; 1 suspect down
Date: 2017-10-02 07:18:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:7019101
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (MENA) - At least two people are dead and multiple gunshot victims are being transported to hospitals after a mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday, Fox news reported. University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said the ....
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Police confirm reports of active shooter in Las Vegas
Date: 2017-10-02 07:13:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7019092
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (MENA) - Authorities have shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip after receiving reports of an active shooter, CNN reported. Las Vegas Metro Police issued the warning in a post on Twitter early Monday. Multiple people with ....
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Russian colonel dies in Moscow from wounds received in Syria
Date: 2017-10-01 22:53:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:7018923
MOSCOW, Oct 1 (MENA) - Russian Colonel Valery Fedyanin has died in a Moscow hospital of wounds received in Syria, TASS quoted the Russian defense ministry as saying Sunday. "On September 22, Colonel Valery Fedyanin arranged delivery of ....
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Catalan referendum: 'Hundreds hurt' as police try to stop voters
Date: 2017-10-01 22:44:59 GMT - Spain - World - SN:90 - ID:7018922
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - Catalan emergency officials say 761 people have been injured as police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia's independence referendum, the BBC said. Speaking soon after the polls closed at 20:00 local time (18:00 ....
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Dengue death toll reaches 40 in Pakistan
Date: 2017-10-01 22:27:50 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:88 - ID:7018767
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1 (MENA) - The death toll from the dengue outbreak in Pakistan's Peshawar reached 40, the local GEO News reported. On Saturday, 1114 people from different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had their blood tested. Out of them, 249 ....
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Turkey no longer needs EU membership but won't quit talks - Erdogan
Date: 2017-10-01 22:16:23 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:86 - ID:7018834
ANKARA, Oct 1 (MENA) - Turkey no longer needs to join the European Union but will not unilaterally abandon the stalled EU accession talks, President Tayyip Erdogan told parliament on Sunday. "We will not be the side which gives up. To tell the ....
