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Spanish police seize ballot boxes as voters cast votes
Date: 2017-10-01 10:42:41 GMT - Spain - World - SN:26 - ID:7017579
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - Spanish national police have seized ballot boxes and voting papers from several polling stations in Catalonia as some voters in the region began casting ballots in a banned independence referendum, the Interior Ministry said ....
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Air raids target areas in Deir ez Zor countryside
Date: 2017-10-01 10:17:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:7017633
LONDON, Oct 1 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Syrian military planes raided a number of axes in al Bukamal city in Deir ez Zor countryside, killing four civilians and severely injuring two others. Clashes ....
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Cops fire rubber bullets as violence erupts during Catalan referendum
Date: 2017-10-01 09:08:47 GMT - Spain - World - SN:16 - ID:7017598
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - Riot police clashed with voters as people smashed their way into a polling station as the referendum went underway in the Spanish region, Sky news reported. Scuffles broke out between officers in helmets and chanting crowds ....
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Clashes between voters, police amid controversial independence vote
Date: 2017-10-01 09:00:20 GMT - Spain - World - SN:14 - ID:7017578
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - As the polls opened across Catalonia Sunday morning, clashes erupted between voters and Spanish police in several locations when the latter started to confiscate voting slips and ballot boxes, Sky news reported. Thousands of ....
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Spain's Catalonia independence vote begins
Date: 2017-10-01 08:17:58 GMT - Spain - World - SN:11 - ID:7017409
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - Riot police have pushed back voters at some polling stations in Catalonia as an illegal independence referendum got under way in the Spanish region, Sky News reported on Sunday. Officers in helmets faced off against ....
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Death toll rises to 360 in Mexico earthquake
Date: 2017-10-01 05:57:50 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:3 - ID:7017341
MEXICO CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) - The death toll from Mexico’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake has risen by two and now stands at 360, ABC news reported. It includes 219 deaths in Mexico City, where 38 buildings collapsed during the temblor. The rest of ....
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US adds Iran, Venezuela, 4 African nations to trafficking list
Date: 2017-10-01 05:56:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:7017340
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) - The White House said on Saturday it had ordered that Iran, Venezuela and four African nations be added to a U.S. list of countries accused of failing to crack down on human trafficking, Voice of America reported. The ....
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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 ....