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Earthquake hits off western Indonesia; no immediate reports of casualties
Date: 2014-05-18 07:04:55 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:10 - ID:727645
A strong, shallow undersea earthquake has hit parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing panic but there are no immediate reports of casualties, Fox News reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says Sunday's 6.2-magnitude quake at a depth of 9 ....
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Rioting Brazilian prisoners take more than 120 hostages
Date: 2014-05-18 07:01:00 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:8 - ID:727639
Inmates in a prison in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe took 122 hostages on Saturday - nearly all of them visiting inmate relatives, reported the Voice of Russia on Sunday. Prison spokeswoman Sandra Melo said that there were four ....
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African Union strongly condemns terrorist attack in Nairobi
Date: 2014-05-18 06:57:27 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:7 - ID:727631
The African Union strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Nairobi two days ago, describing it as a "heinous and cowardly act against innocent civilians". The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, ....
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US, Israel begin joint training exercise for anti-missile defenses
Date: 2014-05-18 06:53:57 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:727627
Israel and the United States are to begin a joint training exercise for anti-missile defenses Sunday. Active anti-missile systems will be tested in the context of the exercise, dubbed Juniper Cobra, a traditional biennial drill for the two ....
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Thousands flee, 25 die in record Balkan floods
Date: 2014-05-18 06:44:18 GMT - Serbia - International - SN:5 - ID:727611
Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century, CBS news reported. Rapidly rising rivers surged into homes, ....
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Russia insists on immediate ending of combat actions in southeastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-17 16:48:21 GMT - Russia - International - SN:58 - ID:727121
Russia insists on an immediate ending of Kiev-led combat actions in southeastern Ukraine, Itar-tass news agency reported quoting the Russian Foreign Ministry statement released on Saturday. Moscow hopes that the West will exert energetic impact ....
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Boko Haram kill one Chinese, 10 missing in Cameroon
Date: 2014-05-17 15:26:03 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:48 - ID:726985
A Chinese national was killed and 10 others were feared kidnapped after an overnight attack in northern Cameroon believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria, a police said on Saturday. " Boko Haram Islamists attacked a ....
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Livni expresses Israel's disapproval on Palestinian unity Gov't
Date: 2014-05-17 15:01:10 GMT - Israel - International - SN:45 - ID:726949
Chief Israeli negotiator and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni expressed Israel's disapproval on Abbas decision to form a unity government with Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. Livni made the remarks during a meeting with ....
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Villagers kill 70 Boko Haram terrorists
Date: 2014-05-17 11:08:06 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:16 - ID:725948
Members of a vigilance group in Madagali, a town in Adamawa State, northern Nigeria, have reportedly killed more than 70 Boko Haram members and handed over seven others to the police. The vigilance group acted after they were tipped off by a ....
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Obama phones Gül, extends condolences for Soma
Date: 2014-05-17 07:34:45 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:17 - ID:725954
US President Barack Obama Saturday telephoned his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and extended his condolences over the victims of the coal mine explosion in Soma. Wednesday's explosion killed 302 miners, according to Turkish official ....
