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Turkey issues warrants for 23 judges and prosecutors
Date: 2017-05-06 19:35:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:63 - ID:6799801
ANKARA, May 6 (MENA) - Turkey's state-run news agency says detention warrants have been issued for 23 judges and prosecutors who have been dismissed from their posts, according to Fox News. Anadolu news agency said Saturday the warrants were ....
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Spanish naval ship saves 651 migrants in Mediterranean
Date: 2017-05-06 19:34:52 GMT - Spain - World - SN:62 - ID:6799763
MADRID, May 6 (MENA) - Spain's defense ministry said a Spanish navy ship has rescued 651 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe. The frigate Canarias, participating in a joint EU mission, made the rescue early ....
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Taliban seizes Afghanistan's Qala-e-Zal - local media
Date: 2017-05-06 18:23:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:57 - ID:6799761
KABUL, May 6 (MENA) - Taliban managed to take control of Qala-e-Zal district in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Local Khaama press agency reported Saturday. Local officials said Taliban seized the district following heavy clashes ....
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US has all information on Syria de-escalation memorandum - Russian deputy FM
Date: 2017-05-06 13:50:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:6799428
MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) - Russia and other countries-guarantors of memorandum on the de-escalation zones in Syria have provided the United States with all the information on the document, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. On ....
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50,000 face evacuation in Hannover over World War Two bombs
Date: 2017-05-06 13:01:47 GMT - Germany - World - SN:39 - ID:6799333
BERLIN, May 6 (MENA) - Around 50,000 people in Hannover will be evacuated from their homes on Sunday while experts defuse five World War Two bombs. The operation is the second largest of its kind carried out in Germany, and will affect around a ....
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2 Afghans killed, injured in rocket attack
Date: 2017-05-06 11:07:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:6799056
KABUL, May 6 (MENA) - Two Afghan civilians were killed and wounded in rocket attack from the other side of Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported on Saturday. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah ....
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31 people injured in Moscow high-rise fire
Date: 2017-05-06 10:10:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:6798950
MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) - More than 30 people have been injured in a fire in a 40-story apartment house in southwestern Moscow, Russian news agencies reported quoting sources in the local ambulance service. Eleven people were taken to ....
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German police arrest suspected Daesh member near Leipzig
Date: 2017-05-06 08:35:40 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:6798816
BERLIN, May 6 (MENA) - German officials have detained a 29-year-old Syrian national who allegedly pledged allegiance to Daesh terrorist organization in 2013, according to Sky News. The suspect fought in Syria for several years. The arrest was ....
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Pakistan lodges protest with Afghanistan over firing in Chaman area
Date: 2017-05-06 08:16:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:6798809
ISLAMABAD, May 6 (MENA) - Afghan Charge d’ Affairs Abdul Nasir Yousafi was summoned at the Foreign Office to lodge Pakistan’s strong protest over the firing by the Afghan forces in Chaman area. The Afghan Charge d’ Affairs was conveyed that ....
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Hugo Chávez statue torn down amid protests in Venezuela
Date: 2017-05-06 08:06:58 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:7 - ID:6798749
CARACAS, May 6 (MENA) - A handful of young men destroyed a statue of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez in oil-producing Zulia state as protests mount in the South American country. Footage shows the statue, which depicts Chávez saluting and ....
