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Shooter kills one, wounds 7 at Tennessee church
Date: 2017-09-24 18:51:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:7007347
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (MENA) - One person was killed and six others were wounded Sunday in a shooting at a church in Antioch, Tennessee, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's Twitter account. An eighth victim was "pistol ....
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Mexico quake death toll rises to 319
Date: 2017-09-24 17:45:59 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:59 - ID:7007190
MEXICO CITY, Sept 24 (MENA) - Mexican authorities said the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake is continuing to grow. It now stands at 319, with more than half of those in the capital, ABC News reported. Civil Defense chief Luis ....
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Merkel wins fourth term, exit polls say
Date: 2017-09-24 16:37:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:7007159
BERLIN, Sept 24 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest, according to BBC. Her conservative CDU/CSU alliance has won 32.5% of the vote, remaining the largest party in ....
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US forces assist Syrian opposition force in crossing Daesh positions
Date: 2017-09-24 11:36:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:7006471
MOSCOW, Sept 24 (MENA) - Units of the US special forces provide smooth movement of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) units across positions of Daesh (Daesh, outlawed in Russia), the Russian Defense Ministry wrote on Facebook on Sunday. "Without ....
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Explosion heard in Kabul city
Date: 2017-09-24 07:46:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7006000
KABUL, Sept 24 (MENA) - An explosion was heard in Kabul city few minutes earlier on Sunday, Afghan Khaama Press news agency reported. The incident has reportedly taken place in the vicinity of the fifth police district of the city. There are ....
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Voting starts at Germany's federal elections, Merkel seeks fourth term in office
Date: 2017-09-24 07:06:50 GMT - Germany - World - SN:6 - ID:7005971
BERLIN, Sept 24 (MENA) - Voting has opened in Germany's federal elections, with Chancellor Angela Merkel tipped to retain power, the BBC reported. She is seeking a fourth term in office and to keep her Christian Democrat party's (CDU) status as ....
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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 ....
