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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 ....
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Eight Taliban militants killed in Afghan army operation
Date: 2017-09-23 10:14:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7004601
KABUL, Sept 23 (MENA) - At least eight Taliban militants were killed in a military operation carried out by the Afghan army to liberate a village in Faryab province in northwestern Afghanistan, an Afghan army official said on Saturday. Army ....
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China imposes limit on oil supply to N. Korea
Date: 2017-09-23 07:04:24 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:7004461
BEIJING, Sept 23 (MENA) - China announced that it will restrict oil exports to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and suspend textile imports from DPRK under UN sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile development, Xinhua news ....
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits off northern California: USGS
Date: 2017-09-22 21:59:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:7004395
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck on Friday off the coast of Northern California in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of damage or injury. It was quickly followed by a ....
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Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 133,640 in 2017: IOM
Date: 2017-09-22 18:15:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:59 - ID:7004225
GENEVA, Sept 22 (MENA) - International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report that 133,640 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 20 September, with over 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between ....
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Three killed, 27 injured as bus mounts pavement in Hong Kong
Date: 2017-09-22 16:28:46 GMT - China - World - SN:53 - ID:7004140
BEIJING, Sept 22 (MENA) - Three people were killed and 27 others injured when a bus mounted a pavement here on Friday evening, the South China Morning Post reported. The police said the accident occurred at around 6.30pm at the junction of Yen ....
