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Amnesty International calls for including Libyan shores in rescue operations
Date: 2015-04-26 10:26:34 GMT - Libya - International - SN:17 - ID:2457645
Amnesty International called for having efforts to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean include the Libyan shores, pointing out that usually rescue operations take place around the Italian territorial waters and all boats sail from Libya do not ....
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70 killed, injured in Tibet earthquake
Date: 2015-04-26 09:51:11 GMT - China - International - SN:13 - ID:2457389
The Chinese authorities said 17 people were killed, 53 others injured and 12,000 have been evacuated in China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit neighboring Nepal on Saturday. The quake toppled 1,190 ....
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Iran nuclear team heads to New York
Date: 2015-04-26 08:43:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:2456701
Iran’s delegation of nuclear negotiators has set off for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York, where nuclear talks will also be held on the sidelines of the event, ....
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President Rouhani extends condolences to Nepal after quake
Date: 2015-04-26 08:37:39 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:2456641
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has offered condolences to the Nepali people for a devastating earthquake which has killed over 1,800 so far, Press TV reported. The Iranian president offered his “sympathy and condolences” to the people of Nepal ....
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28 militants killed in fresh security operations
Date: 2015-04-26 08:26:11 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:2456517
Some 28 militants have been killed in fresh security operations in different parts of the country, Khaama Press reported. A statement issued Sunday morning by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) states that the operations were carried out in Kandahar, ....
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Death toll of Nepal quake passes 1,000
Date: 2015-04-26 08:22:25 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:4 - ID:2456481
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Nepal's deadliest earthquake for more than 80 years, the BBC reported, quoting the police. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of ....
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S. Korea pledges US$1 mln for Nepal quake relief
Date: 2015-04-26 08:15:53 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:2456429
South Korea on Sunday pledged US$1 million in aid for earthquake-stricken Nepal and said it may consider sending an emergency rescue squad, Yonhap reported. The decision was reached after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on Saturday devastated Nepal, ....
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Bennett gives up on Foreign Ministry for Education portfolio
Date: 2015-04-26 08:07:56 GMT - Israel - International - SN:1 - ID:2456345
Bayit Yehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett asked to be Education Minister Saturday night, giving up his previous demand of the Foreign Ministry in order to ensure his party will have two more ministers, Jerusalem Post reported. Prime Minister Benjamin ....
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Death toll from Nepal quake jumps to 565
Date: 2015-04-25 12:59:59 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:28 - ID:2452801
The death toll from a massive earthquake which devastated large parts of Nepal on Saturday has risen to 565, according to the BBC. The quake measured 7.9 and struck an area between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, the US Geological ....
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Pakistani PM condemns killing of women's rights activist
Date: 2015-04-25 08:56:42 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:15 - ID:2451365
Police in Pakistan say gunmen have killed a prominent women’s rights activist in the hours after she held a forum about the country’s restive Baluchistan region, The Guardian reported. Senior police officer Zafar Iqbal says gunmen attacked Sabeen ....
