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UNESCO's new director-general to be named before October 13
Date: 2017-09-30 21:31:07 GMT - France - World - SN:78 - ID:7017224
PARIS, Sept 30 (MENA) - The 58 members of the Executive Board of UNESCO will hold the 202nd session of the organization on October 4-18. Director-general of the UNESCO will be nominated during the session. The candidate will be chosen by a ....
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Four injured after unknown shooting in Catalonia
Date: 2017-09-30 19:33:45 GMT - Spain - World - SN:72 - ID:7017185
BARCELONA, Sept 30 (MENA) - Four individuals, including an elderly woman, have sustained minor injuries after an unknown assailant shot at them with an air gun, The Olive Press website reported Saturday. The group were holding a sit-in in the ....
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Austrian officials warn of consequences of veil ban on tourism
Date: 2017-09-30 19:32:55 GMT - Austria - World - SN:71 - ID:7017184
VIENNA, Sept 30 (MENA) - Officials in the Austrian Tourism Ministry warned Saturday of the consequences of implementing the veil and Burqa ban law throughout the country, which is expected to take effect on Sunday. The officials were quoted by ....
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Spain's Superior Court orders Catalans occupying polling stations to leave
Date: 2017-09-30 19:31:03 GMT - Spain - World - SN:70 - ID:7017140
BARCELONA, Sept 30 (MENA) - The Catalonian police has been instructed by Spain's Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña (TSJC) to prevent Sunday's referendum from taking place, the Olive Press reported Saturday. The prosecutor demanded that both ....
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Swedish police arrest dozens at Neo-Nazi rally
Date: 2017-09-30 18:40:46 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:66 - ID:7017118
STOCKHOLM, Sept 30 (MENA) - A rally of neo-Nazis in Sweden has ended in clashes with both anti-fascist counter-demonstrators and police, the BBC News reported. The Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) group had planned a march through the city of ....
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Pentagon approves dlrs 12.6 million for Afghan forces
Date: 2017-09-30 14:07:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:46 - ID:7016741
KABUL, Sept 30 (MENA) - The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) has approved a new contract worth around 12.6 million dollars for the mobile strike force vehicle to the Afghan national defense and security Forces. In a statement, the Pentagon ....
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20 militants killed in military operations in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-09-30 10:51:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:7016358
KABUL, Sept 30 (MENA) - At least 20 insurgents were killed in military operations and an airstrike carried out on Saturday by Afghan army in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. There were seven Pakistani militants and others affiliated to ....
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S. Korea, US conduct 1st joint short-range air defense exercise
Date: 2017-09-30 09:55:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:7016204
SEOUL, Sept 30 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States have conducted a joint short-range air defense drill to counter growing military threats from North Korea. In a statement on Saturday, the US Pacific Command said that the drill was ....
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Pakistan: Soldier, two civilians killed in Indian firing across LoC
Date: 2017-09-30 08:58:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7016154
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30 (MENA) - Indian forces once again violated the ceasefire agreement resorting to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) late Friday, the Pakistani military said according to Geo News. The move resulted in killing a ....
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HHS Secretary resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense
Date: 2017-09-30 08:38:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:7016049
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (MENA) - US Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid sharp criticism of his extensive use of taxpayer-funded charter flights for multiple government business trips in stead of available commercial airplanes, ....
