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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 ....
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At least 10 Afghan police officers killed in Taliban assault
Date: 2015-05-24 08:12:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:2651841
Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 officers in the ongoing assault, ABC News quoted authorities as saying. Mohammad Ismail Hotaki, the director of Helmand province's Joint ....
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France condemns suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Arabia
Date: 2015-05-23 13:55:00 GMT - France - International - SN:33 - ID:2648865
Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius condemned the suicide attack againsy a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia which claimed the lives of 21 persons. In a statement on Saturday, Fabius has strongly condemned the attack at Imam Ali mosque in the ....
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Roadside bomb kills 2, including Afghan district chief
Date: 2015-05-23 07:53:38 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2645793
An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed two people, including a district administrative chief, in the country's south, according to ABC News. Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the provincial governor of Uruzgan province, said Saturday ....
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Obama signs Congress review of Iran nuclear deal bill into law
Date: 2015-05-23 07:29:23 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2645601
US President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation giving lawmakers a chance to review any nuclear deal the White House seeks to hammer out with Iran, CNBC reported. The US and five other world powers have crafted a delicate framework with ....
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US defends strategy against Daesh
Date: 2015-05-23 07:26:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2645585
The US State Department defended its strategy in fighting Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria despite the fall of Iraq's Ramadi city into the control of the terrorist group. In a press briefing, State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf ....
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British army works to defuse bomb near Wembley Stadium
Date: 2015-05-22 10:30:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:2641153
Homes have been evacuated as the Army works to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb discovered near Wembley Stadium, according to ITV News. The 50kg explosive, which is believed to have been dropped over London during Nazi bombing raids in the ....
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Soldier 'shot dead by police' in Burundi protest clashes
Date: 2015-05-20 13:49:53 GMT - Burundi - International - SN:45 - ID:2629521
A Burundian soldier has been killed after being shot in the heart by a police officer, says another trooper amid tensions between the two forces, according to Press TV. The killing took place on Wednesday during clashes with demonstrators on the ....
