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800 people die in India heat wave
Date: 2015-05-26 12:49:02 GMT - India - International - SN:21 - ID:2668605
The number people who died in heat wave that swept India in the past hours hit 800, said the BBC. Hospitals were put on alert to treat victims of heatstroke and authorities advised people to stay indoors, with no end in sight to the searing ....
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Ban Ki-moon calls for ending Israeli occupation through negotiations
Date: 2015-05-26 12:35:31 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:18 - ID:2668473
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the UN International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East has served as an important opportunity to enhance dialogue and understanding between Israelis and Palestinians. This came in a ....
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Police detonate pressure cooker near Capitol
Date: 2015-05-26 06:18:20 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:2665109
Police detonated a pressure cooker left in a vehicle near the Capitol and arrested the car's owner on a charge of driving on a revoked license Israel Shimeles of Alexandria, Virginia, was charged with "operating after revocation" and was ....
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Boko Haram in deadly raid on Nigeria town
Date: 2015-05-25 15:25:22 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:40 - ID:2662609
Boko Haram fighters killed several people and destroyed dozens of homes in a raid on a town in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, local residents, a vigilante and the military said on Sunday. Scores of Islamist militants in trucks and on ....
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Afghan official says suicide truck bombing kills 1, wounds 40 in volatile southern province
Date: 2015-05-25 10:36:20 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:18 - ID:2658885
An Afghan official says a suicide truck bombing has killed one person and wounded more than 40 in the capital of the southern province of Zabul, Fox News reported. Mirwais Noorzai, Zabul's police chief, said Monday that the attack took place at ....
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China calls for setting up nuclear-free ME
Date: 2015-05-25 09:00:28 GMT - China - International - SN:15 - ID:2658821
China said it hopes all parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to promote dialogue and hold an international conference on establishing a region free of nuclear weapons in the Middle East as soon as possible. Responding to a question by ....
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EU citizens not eligible for referendum vote, says No 10
Date: 2015-05-25 08:40:29 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:12 - ID:2658661
Citizens from most EU countries living in the UK will not get a vote in the referendum on Europe, No 10 has said. The franchise will be broadly the same as for a general election, rather than local or European elections, according to the ....
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Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert given prison sentence
Date: 2015-05-25 08:34:56 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:2658597
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for fraud and breach of trust, Radio Israel reported. He was convicted at a retrial in March of taking more than $150,000 (£96,000) from a US businessman. His ....
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3 killed in Pakistan blast targeting president's son
Date: 2015-05-25 08:33:18 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2658589
At least three people were killed and 13 others injured today in a remote-controlled bomb blast that was apparently targeted at Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain's son who escaped the attack in the restive Balochistan province unhurt, The New ....
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S.Korea conditionally willing to discuss sanctions on N.Korea
Date: 2015-05-24 11:30:58 GMT - south korea - International - SN:13 - ID:2652497
South Korea said Sunday it is willing to discuss the issue of its sanctions on North Korea if Pyongyang agrees to resume long-stalled inter-Korean talks, Yonhap reported on Sunday. Seoul slapped a set of sanctions on North Korea on May 24, 2010, ....
