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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, ....
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Qatar refuses to let Nepalese workers return to attend funerals after quake
Date: 2015-05-24 10:41:54 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:17 - ID:2653205
Nepalese workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been denied leave to attend funerals or visit relatives following the earthquakes in the Himalayan country that have killed more than 8,000 people, its government has ....
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Netanyahu thanks Kerry for US blocking of anti-Israel nuclear resolution
Date: 2015-05-24 09:25:09 GMT - Israel - International - SN:12 - ID:2652445
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US Secretary of State John Kerry for blocking an Egyptian-led drive on a possible Middle East nuclear arms ban at a United Nations conference, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post quoted an Israeli ....
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Parliamentary elections starts in Ethiopia
Date: 2015-05-24 08:38:53 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:10 - ID:2652045
Polling stations across Ethiopia opened for Sunday's polls which 58 political parties compete for regional councils and federal parliament, ENA reported. Electorates have started to queue outside polling stations starting from 4:00AM, 2 hours ....
