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The Rohingya refugee crisis is the worst in decades
Date: 2017-09-23 21:51:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:7005810
LONDON, Sept 23 (MENA) - The weekly outflow from Myanmar is the highest since the Rwandan genocide, The Economist reported Saturday. More than 420,000 terrified Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh. The UN’s International ....
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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 ....