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India denies Pakistan's allegations on state-terrorism practices
Date: 2017-09-23 21:06:04 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:76 - ID:7005766
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj rejected allegations by Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in which he accused India of state-sponsored terrorism and violating human rights, Pakistan's GEO television ....
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Thousands evacuated as Puerto Rican dam starts to fail
Date: 2017-09-23 20:37:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:7005764
PUERTO RICO, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Puerto Rican National Weather Service said failure of the Guajataca Dam in northwest Puerto Rico is "imminent" and could cause "life-threatening flash flooding" downstream on the the Guajataca River, ABC news ....
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Spain saves 64 migrants from 2 boats crossing Mediterranean
Date: 2017-09-23 20:00:34 GMT - Spain - World - SN:70 - ID:7005720
MADRID, Sept 23 (MENA) - Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 64 migrants from two small boats trying to make a perilous sea crossing from Africa to Europe, Fox News reported Saturday. The rescue service says one of its boats ....
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North Korea earthquake not result of nuclear test: CENC
Date: 2017-09-23 18:53:49 GMT - China - World - SN:66 - ID:7005646
BEIJING, Sept 23 (MENA) - The zero-depth earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale that occurred Saturday in North Korea is not the result of a nuclear test, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said, Xinhua news agency reported Friday. ....
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Major cyber-attack will happen soon, warns UK's security boss
Date: 2017-09-23 16:00:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:7005463
LONDON, Sept 23 (MENA) – A director of the UK National Cybersecurity Centre has warned that a “category one” cyber-attack, the most serious tier possible, will happen “sometime in the next few years”, The Guardian reported. According to the ....
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New Zealand election ends in stalemate
Date: 2017-09-23 15:42:44 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:49 - ID:7005447
WELLINGTON, Sept 23 (MENA) - New Zealand's ruling National Party has won Saturday's parliamentary elections but fell just short of a majority, the BBC News reported on Saturday. With all the votes counted, Prime Minister Bill English's party ....
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Pakistan Navy demonstrates anti-ship missile firing from helicopter in Arabian Sea
Date: 2017-09-23 15:36:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:48 - ID:7005202
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Pakistan Navy successfully held demonstration of live firing anti-ship missiles from a helicopter at North Arabia Sea. In an impressive display of fire power, the navy carried out live weapon firing, in which the ....
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Macron to receive his Lebanese counterpart on Monday
Date: 2017-09-23 12:07:08 GMT - France - World - SN:30 - ID:7004967
PARIS, Sept 23 (MENA)- French President Emmanuel Macron will receive on Monday his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun, who is due to embark on a three-day visit to France. The Lebanese President will discuss boosting bilateral cooperation in ....
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Burma: Landmines deadly for fleeing Rohingya
Date: 2017-09-23 11:58:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:7005018
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Burmese security forces have laid landmines during attacks on villages and along the Bangladesh border, posing a grave risk to Rohingya Muslims fleeing atrocities, Human Rights Watch said. The Burmese government should ....
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Lavrov: Russia, China continue to pursue road map on Korean problem
Date: 2017-09-23 10:34:56 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:23 - ID:7004826
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Russia and China will continue to pursue a sensible, rather than an emotional approach to solving the problem around the North Korea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Russia has no new proposals for resolving ....