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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 ....
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Wall collapse in east China kills 10
Date: 2015-05-10 09:55:41 GMT - China - International - SN:6 - ID:2554173
Ten workers were killed and three others injured after a wall collapsed in east China on Saturday, local authorities said. The accident occurred at around 5 p.m. within a transportation company in Lanling County, Shandong Province, when parts of ....
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Macedonia police killed in clashes with 'terrorists'
Date: 2015-05-10 08:56:35 GMT - Macedonia - International - SN:11 - ID:2554409
At least five police officers have been killed and dozens injured in clashes in Macedonia with unidentified gunmen in a town near the Serbian-Kosovan border, the BBC reported. The Interior Ministry said the armed group came from a neighboring ....
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Several dead after shooting in Switzerland
Date: 2015-05-10 08:55:18 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:10 - ID:2554393
Several people have died following a shooting in the Swiss state of Aargau, Sky News quoted local police as saying. Officers were called to the northern town of Würenlingen after gunshots were heard shortly after 11pm on Saturday night. Upon ....
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US says N.Korea's alleged launch of submarine missile violates UN resolutions
Date: 2015-05-10 08:39:46 GMT - south korea - International - SN:7 - ID:2554241
The United States said Saturday it is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions for North Korea to launch ballistic missiles after the communist nation claimed it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, Yonhap ....
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S. Korean special envoy meets N.K.'s No. 2 man in Moscow
Date: 2015-05-10 08:30:04 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:2554137
A South Korean special envoy has met with a top North Korean official in Moscow during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, diplomatic sources here said Sunday. Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun of ....
