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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 ....
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At least 14 hurt after gas explosion at Churchill Hyatt Regency hotel in London
Date: 2014-11-22 11:12:56 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:28 - ID:1383561
A hotel in central London has been evacuated after an explosion in the basement caused part of the building to collapse, injuring 14 people. The Churchill Hyatt Regency hotel in Portman Square was evacuated following the suspected gas explosion ....
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Kenya bus attack near Somali border leaves 28 dead
Date: 2014-11-22 08:24:08 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:21 - ID:1382849
Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, the BBC quoted officials as saying. Gunmen took the bus off the road and separated out those they thought were ....
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UN chief: Ebola cases in Mali 'deep concern'
Date: 2014-11-22 07:55:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:20 - ID:1382641
The United Nations chief warned that Ebola may be easing in part of West Africa but is still hitting hard in other areas and outpacing the international response, the BBC reported. “If we continue to accelerate our response we can contain and end ....
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US warns citizens to stay away from Acapulco resort
Date: 2014-11-22 07:53:45 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:19 - ID:1382633
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a security message Friday warning U.S. citizens to avoid the Pacific resort of Acapulco because of violence and protests, Fox News reported. In yet another blow to a coastal city once favored by U.S. movie stars ....
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Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40, says WHO
Date: 2014-11-22 07:51:32 GMT - Madagascar - International - SN:17 - ID:1382597
An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the BBC quoted the World Health Organization as saying. The WHO warned of the danger of a "rapid spread" of the disease in the capital, Antananarivo. The ....
