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More than 25 million people dying in agony without morphine every year
Date: 2017-10-13 12:01:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:7037359
LONDON, Oct 13 (MENA) - More than 25 million people, including 2.5 million children, die in agony every year around the world, for want of morphine or other palliative care, The Guardian reported on Friday. Poor people cannot get pain relief in ....
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Police: Officer fatally shot by Gorkha protesters in India
Date: 2017-10-13 10:49:16 GMT - India - World - SN:25 - ID:7037189
NEW DELHI, Oct 13 (MENA) - One police officer was killed and other four were injured after being shot by members of a Gorkha organization demanding a new state be carved in the region of West Bengal state where they live, police said Friday. A top ....
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Too early to speak about future of EU sanctions: Russian official
Date: 2017-10-13 09:37:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:7037117
MOSCOW, Oct 13 (MENA) - It is too early to make predictions on whether the European Union (EU) will expand its economic sanctions against Russia, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov said on Thursday night. In an ....
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Death toll from worst Vietnam floods in years rises to 54
Date: 2017-10-13 09:18:11 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:17 - ID:7037113
HANOI, Oct 13 (MENA) - At least 54 people died and 39 went missing as destructive floods battered northern and central Vietnam this week, Vietnamese officials said on Friday. In a statement, the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said the ....
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Death toll rises to 31 in California wildfires, hundreds missing
Date: 2017-10-13 07:35:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7036932
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - The toll from Northern California’s wildfires continued to grow as the US officials said the wildfires have killed at least 31 people and left hundreds missing in the chaos of mass evacuations in the heart of the state’s ....
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Trump to announce Iran strategy Friday: White House
Date: 2017-10-12 20:08:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:7036777
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will Friday unveil the US position with regard to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the White House said. "At 12:45 tomorrow, the president will deliver remarks announcing the strategy to the ....
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America's shadow war in Africa lacks Trump administration's interest -- report
Date: 2017-10-12 19:12:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:7036715
VIRGINIA, Oct 12 (MENA) - America’s little-known war on terrorists in Africa is becoming more perilous as the US deploys growing numbers of troops to the continent’s most lawless regions, including the part of Niger where four special operations ....
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US military to ground CH-53 helicopters after accident in Okinawa
Date: 2017-10-12 18:53:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:80 - ID:7036708
TOKYO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The US forces in Japan will ground all CH-53E helicopters to confirm their safety after the same type of aircraft crash-landed near a USmilitary training area in Okinawa on Wednesday, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera ....
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4th round of UNESCO election held
Date: 2017-10-12 17:38:17 GMT - France - World - SN:76 - ID:7036585
PARIS, Oct 12 (MENA) - The fourth round of UNESCO election to select its new director general was held on Thursday evening with candidates from Egypt, France and Qatar competing. Both Chinese and Lebanese candidates withdrew from the ....
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Lebanese candidate withdraws from UNESCO elections
Date: 2017-10-12 16:23:47 GMT - France - World - SN:71 - ID:7036454
PARIS, Oct 12 (MENA) - UNESCO sources said Thursday that Lebanon's candidate to UNESCO director general post Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe withdrew from the election before the start of the fourth round of vote. Lacoeuilhe's withdrawal comes after ....
