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Over 100 opposition activists detained in Armenia protests
Date: 2018-04-21 16:24:08 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:39 - ID:7362390
YEREVAN, April 21 (MENA) - Police in Yerevan, Armenia, detained 102 people Saturday as protesters moved their demonstration to residential districts, blocking the streets, RIA cited the national police press service as saying. The mass protests ....
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11 dead, 6 missing as two boats capsize in China
Date: 2018-04-21 15:47:21 GMT - China - World - SN:36 - ID:7362354
NANNING, April 21 (MENA) - Eleven people have died and six others remain missing after two dragon boats overturned on Saturday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities were quoted by Xinhua as saying. The accident ....
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Deadly infighting among militants in Afghan Kapisa province
Date: 2018-04-21 14:07:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7362141
KABUL, April 21 (MENA) - At least six militants were killed in an infighting in northeastern Kapisa province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted Afghan defense authorities as saying Saturday. The incident took place in the vicinity of Alasai ....
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6 Taliban militants killed in clashes with Afghan forces
Date: 2018-04-21 08:57:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7361468
KABUL, April 21 (MENA) - At least six Taliban insurgents including local leader Qari Amrullah were killed during a clash with the Afghan forces in Faryab province in north of Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported Saturday. The 209th ....
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12 Daesh militants, 3 local policemen killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-04-21 07:22:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7361380
KABUL, April 21 (MENA) - A dozen of Daesh terrorist group and three Afghan local policemen were killed in clashes in Darz Ab district of northern Jawzjan province, police has said. Jawzjan police chief Brig Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said that ....
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Lithuania wants more NATO anti-aircraft missiles to deter Russia
Date: 2018-04-20 18:04:18 GMT - Lithuania - World - SN:59 - ID:7361065
VILNIUS, April 20 (MENA) - Lithuania wants the United States to bring more defense systems such as long-range Patriot and short-range Avenger missiles to the Baltics where some fear Russia is more powerful in the air, Euronews reported. The ....
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UNHCR: First Darfur refugee returns from Chad
Date: 2018-04-20 16:02:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:7360520
GENEVA, April 20 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, earlier this week and together with the Governments of Chad and Sudan, facilitated the first in what is hoped will be a new series of voluntary returns of Sudanese refugees living in Chad, ....
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14 killed, injured in Nangarhar IED explosion
Date: 2018-04-20 12:23:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:7360368
KABUL, April 20 (MENA) - At least five civilians, including a child, were killed and nine others injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan Friday morning. The incident took place in the ....
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President Trump won't attend Barbara Bush funeral, to 'avoid disruptions'
Date: 2018-04-20 12:21:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:7360510
WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump will not attend Saturday's funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush, the White House said in a statement Thursday, citing the desire to "avoid disruptions" and out of respect for her ....
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US adviser, Russian amb. discuss bilateral relations
Date: 2018-04-20 09:22:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:7360125
WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - The White House has said that new national security adviser John Bolton met with Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov. "Bolton reiterated that it is in the interest of both the United States and Russia to ....
