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Over 50 injured after strong quake hits central Japan
Date: 2014-11-23 10:04:16 GMT - Japan - International - SN:12 - ID:1390221
Some 57 people were injured and about 10 houses collapsed after a strong quake hit Nagano Prefecture in central Japan late Saturday, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying on Sunday. Injuries were reported in Nagano City and Hakuba village, ....
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Philippines marks 2009 Maguindanao massacre anniversary
Date: 2014-11-23 09:20:04 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:11 - ID:1389869
The Philippines is marking the fifth anniversary of the country's worst political massacre, which left 58 people dead, the BBC reported on Sunday. The victims, including reporters, were killed after their convoy was attacked in southern ....
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Kenyan president adviser: Al-Shabab 'wants religious war'
Date: 2014-11-23 08:16:17 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:7 - ID:1389385
The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is a bid to start a religious war, a senior adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the BBC. Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of "all faiths and creeds" to stand together against the "heinous ....
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Strong quake in West China kills 4; 54 hurt
Date: 2014-11-23 08:02:29 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:1389281
A strong earthquake that hit a sparsely populated, mountainous area of western China killed at least four people and injured 54 others, including schoolchildren in a stampede, ABC News quoted officials as saying on Sunday. The US Geological ....
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3 Malaysians arrested over Daesh links
Date: 2014-11-23 07:59:50 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:1389257
A man and two women were picked up by police last night for allegedly being involved in terrorism, Kuala Lumpur Post quoted Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar as saying on Sunday. The inspector-general of police said the arrests were made in Kuala Lumpur ....
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Japan's coast guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers
Date: 2014-11-23 07:58:36 GMT - Japan - International - SN:3 - ID:1389241
The Japan Coast Guard began a large-scale crackdown on Chinese poachers in Japanese territorial waters in the Pacific early Friday, sending in additional ships and aircraft to aid in the arrest of the crews of fishing boats illegally collecting ....
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Colombia kidnap: Farc to release Gen Alzate 'next week'
Date: 2014-11-23 07:56:26 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:1 - ID:1389225
Colombia's Farc rebels will release five captives, including Gen Ruben Dario Alzate, next week, the BBC quoted president Juan Manuel Santos as saying on Sunday. Santos said information about their release had been received, but he did not specify ....
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Biden, in Turkey, calls concentration of powers 'corrosive'
Date: 2014-11-22 18:15:40 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:54 - ID:1387481
US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday warned that a concentration of powers under a head of state was "corrosive", before a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first time since his critical remarks over Turkey’s policies in ....
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Iranian spokeswoman rejects reports on Zarif's travel to Tehran for consultations
Date: 2014-11-22 14:30:17 GMT - Iran - International - SN:48 - ID:1386061
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said serious negotiations are underway between Tehran and the six major world powers in Vienna, but meantime stressed that no new proposal has thus far been raised by the sextet which would need ....
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1 killed, 2 injured in car bomb in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-11-22 13:19:07 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:43 - ID:1385461
At least one civilian was killed and two others injured in eastern Nangarhar province after a car bomb went off in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, the ABC News cited police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal as saying Saturday. Insurgent ....
