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Man believed to be the world's oldest dies in Chile
Date: 2018-04-19 16:18:05 GMT - Chile - World - SN:68 - ID:7359383
SANTIAGO, April 19 (MENA) - A Chilean man believed to be the world’s oldest person has died in hospital at the age of 121. Celino Villanueva Jaramillo, whom the Guardian met and interviewed last year, died on Wednesday in the southern Chilean ....
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Western coalition aimed to give terrorists break by striking Syria Moscow
Date: 2018-04-19 16:16:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:7359179
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the real aim of the recent missile launches by the US, the UK and France was to give terrorists a break, Sputnik News reported. "We've found confirmations that the real aim ....
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India interested in building water dams in Kabul and Kapisa
Date: 2018-04-19 16:15:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:66 - ID:7359381
KABUL, April 19 (MENA) - Officials in the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) said that the government of India is interested in helping Afghanistan in building two new water dams in Kapisa and Kabul provinces. The Director of the Public ....
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Shallow Indonesia quake kills 3, damages hundreds of homes
Date: 2018-04-19 16:14:14 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:65 - ID:7359377
JAKARTA, April 19 (MENA) - A shallow earthquake in central Indonesia has killed three people and damaged more than 300 homes, disaster officials said Thursday as they declared a two-week emergency for the affected areas. Indonesia’s Meteorology ....
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Putin discusses Syria with his security council
Date: 2018-04-19 16:04:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:7359189
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the Russian National Security Council members the situation in Syria after strike of Western states. A spokesman for the Kremlin said that Putin informed members of the ....
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Miguel Diaz-Canel elected president of Cuba
Date: 2018-04-19 15:57:48 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:60 - ID:7359221
HAVANA, April 19 (MENA) - Cuba has confirmed that Miguel Diaz-Canel, a Communist Party loyalist, is to replace Raul Castro as president . Politicians in the country’s National Assembly announced the vice president had been selected to replace the ....
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Cameron: No regrets on Brexit referendum
Date: 2018-04-19 10:09:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:7358328
LONDON, April 19 (MENA) - Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said he doesn't regret calling a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, but he wished the result had gone the other way. "I made a promise to the British ....
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As Daesh fades in Syria, another militant group takes root - report
Date: 2018-04-18 22:53:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:7358000
WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - A new and dangerous extremist group spawned from al Qaeda is consolidating power in northwestern Syria, while the US has focused on fighting remnants of Daesh elsewhere in the country and striking the Syrian regime's ....
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China moots India-Nepal-China economic corridor through Himalayas
Date: 2018-04-18 22:44:58 GMT - India - World - SN:109 - ID:7357957
BEIJING, April 18 (MENA) - China on Wednesday proposed construction of India-Nepal-China economic corridor with multi-dimensional connectivity through the Himalayas as it seeks to expand its influence over the new Nepalese government headed by Prime ....
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New refugees in Greece can move freely, says court
Date: 2018-04-18 22:34:36 GMT - Greece - World - SN:107 - ID:7357958
ATHENS, April 18 (MENA) - New refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece will soon be able to move around the country freely without being restricted to the islands of the eastern Aegean where they arrive from neighboring Turkey, according to a Council ....