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M8.5 quake strands people in central Tokyo, disrupts train services
Date: 2015-05-31 08:53:11 GMT - Japan - International - SN:7 - ID:2698729
The magnitude-8.5 earthquake that struck off the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific and shook the Japanese archipelago on Saturday evening stranded people in high rises in central Tokyo and disrupted train services in the metropolitan region. More ....
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China voices concern over possible THAAD deployment in S. Korea
Date: 2015-05-31 08:51:36 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:2698701
China expressed concern Sunday over the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. air defense system on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap quoted a South Korean official as saying. Adm. Sun Jianguo, China's deputy chief of the general staff department, ....
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Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau dies of brain cancer
Date: 2015-05-31 08:24:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2698457
Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden died Saturday of brain cancer less than two years after he was diagnosed. Beau Biden was 46. "It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our ....
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Kyiv obstructing settlement process in Donbas - Lavrov
Date: 2015-05-30 14:02:39 GMT - Russia - International - SN:31 - ID:2695253
Western countries monitoring the developments in Ukraine understand that it is precisely Kyiv that is obstructing the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "All principal Western powers monitoring ....
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Kerry, Zarif launch key nuclear talks in Geneva
Date: 2015-05-30 12:34:12 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:23 - ID:2694641
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry began key nuclear talks in Geneva on Saturday ahead of a June 30 deadline to reach a historic deal, according to Press TV. After an interim accord hammered out in ....
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Putin congratulates Blatter over Fifa victory, stresses cooperation - Kremlin spokesman
Date: 2015-05-30 12:26:26 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:2694589
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Fifa president Joseph Blatter over his reelection, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. "Putin expressed confidence in the experience, professionalism and high authority that will help ....
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150 illegal immigrants rescued in Mediterranean off Turkish coast
Date: 2015-05-30 08:56:11 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:13 - ID:2692901
Turkish coast guards in Antalya rescued 150 illegal immigrants, most of them Syrians, from drowning. The illegal immigrants were transferred to a place in central Antalya and the Turkish authorities started to quiz them. Efforts are underway ....
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Pakistan launches hunt for bus hijackers who killed 19
Date: 2015-05-30 08:54:28 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:12 - ID:2692897
Pakistani security forces launched a major operation before dawn Saturday to hunt down gunmen who hijacked two buses and killed at least 19 passengers in the country's southwest, officials said. In a statement, the country's paramilitary ....
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15 injured in twin explosions in S. Philippines
Date: 2015-05-30 08:50:37 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:10 - ID:2692865
At least 15 people were injured on Friday night in two blasts inside a police camp in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the police said on Saturday. Abraham Orbita, Sulu Police Provincial director, said the first blast occurred about ....
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Nine soldiers, 93 militants killed in Afghanistan military operations
Date: 2015-05-30 07:54:08 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:8 - ID:2692509
Nine Afghan soldiers and 93 militants were killed in military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday. General Zahir Azimi, the spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said in a tweet this morning that military ....
