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China welcomes humanitarian truce in Yemen
Date: 2015-05-11 11:02:04 GMT - China - International - SN:28 - ID:2562885
China has welcomed a five-day humanitarian ceasefire agreed between the different Yemeni factions to allow aid into the war-torn country. Hopefully the truce would help alleviate the humanitarian problem in Yemen, said Chinese Foreign Ministry ....
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British PM completes cabinet reshuffle
Date: 2015-05-11 10:55:21 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:27 - ID:2562809
Women PMs were promoted by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he completed the make up of his Cabinet, the BBC reported. Amber Rudd was made Energy Secretary, replacing Ed Davey who was among the 49 Liberal Democrat MPs to lose their seats ....
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German authorities launch campaign at asylum seekers house
Date: 2015-05-11 10:33:48 GMT - Germany - International - SN:23 - ID:2562617
German police launched a campaign at asylum seekers house in Württemberg-Baden in Worte over drug trafficking suspicions. Police spokesman told Deutsche Welle that 300 policemen men carried out the raid and arrested a number of suspects. The ....
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Bus crash in Indian Kashmir kills 23
Date: 2015-05-11 10:19:46 GMT - India - International - SN:18 - ID:2562425
An overloaded bus swerved off a highway and plunged down a gorge in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, killing 23 people on board, Naharnet quoted police as saying. The accident happened when the driver lost control near the mountainous ....
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Bomb kills people in Pakistan
Date: 2015-05-11 08:41:20 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:12 - ID:2561445
A bomb explosion on Monday killed at least six people including a pro-government tribal elder in a restive Pakistani region near the Afghan border, ABC news reported. The attack took place in the village of Barkamar, part of the Bajaur tribal ....
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Taliban attack gov't buildings in northwest Afghanistan
Date: 2015-05-10 14:27:45 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:48 - ID:2557725
Scores of Taliban fighters attacked local government buildings in a district of northwestern Afghanistan on Sunday and may have reportedly controlled the whole area, Afghan officials said. The attack is part of a wider offensive launched by the ....
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South Sudan: Tens of thousands flee fighting, face critical food shortages
Date: 2015-05-10 12:18:46 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:41 - ID:2556533
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned for the wellbeing of tens of thousands of people who have reportedly fled fierce clashes in South Sudan's Unity State in recent days. The situation is all the more worrying ....
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Former Turkish president and coup leader Kenan Evren dies
Date: 2015-05-10 11:47:20 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:23 - ID:2556201
Former Turkish President Kenan Evren died on Saturday at the age of 97, the BBC reported. On 12 September 1980 General Evren launched a coup that overthrew the government. He went on to serve as president until 1989. He was put on trial in his ....
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Thai king leaves Bangkok hospital, returns to seaside palace
Date: 2015-05-10 11:31:27 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:22 - ID:2556077
Thailand's 87-year-old king, the world's longest-reigning monarch, left a Bangkok hospital he checked into last year and returned Sunday to his seaside palace south of the capital. King Bhumibol Adulyadej had been in a Bangkok hospital since last ....
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Blair tells Labor: return to the centre ground to win again
Date: 2015-05-10 10:49:11 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:20 - ID:2555661
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Labor can recover from its disastrous general election defeat only if it reoccupies the center ground of British politics, proudly championing a pro-business agenda and bold new ideas to reform ....
