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Women in Nigeria protest against forced marriage to deities
Date: 2013-12-18 09:23:02 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:19 - ID:448036
Groups of women in southern Nigeria have been protesting in front of government offices in Enugu State against the killing of women through "fetish activities" and forced marriages to traditional gods, according to press reports. The protests ....
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New bird flu strain linked to death of Chinese woman
Date: 2013-12-18 09:21:42 GMT - China - International - SN:18 - ID:448034
Chinese authorities have said a 73-year-old woman has died after being infected with a bird flu strain not previously found in people, a development that the World Health Organisation called "worrisome", Yonhap reported. China's Centre for ....
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UN: Burma opium production rises again
Date: 2013-12-18 09:07:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:447998
Opium production has risen significantly in Burma this year, the UN said, because farmers lack alternative ways to make a living. The UN estimated that Burma - also known as Myanmar - will end up producing 870 tonnes of opium in 2013, the BBC ....
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UN mission in South Sudan has full powers to defend civilians
Date: 2013-12-18 08:47:33 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:13 - ID:447949
The UN Security Council said the UN mission in South Sudan has full powers to defend civilians, Sky news reported. Under the Seventh Chapter of the UN Charter, the mission has the right to use force to defend peaceful residents. The council ....
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Thai protesters say they will rally to hound PM from office
Date: 2013-12-18 08:45:09 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:12 - ID:447942
Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand said they will step up their protests in an attempt to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office and push through electoral reforms before a general election is held, Euronews reported. The ....
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S. Korea, U.S. discuss 'all possible scenarios' on N. Korea
Date: 2013-12-18 08:43:38 GMT - south korea - International - SN:11 - ID:447940
South Korea and the United States agreed Tuesday to step up joint efforts to prepare for "all possible scenarios" associated with North Korea, Yonhap reported quoting senior South Korean official. In high-level strategic talks here, the allies ....
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Afghanistan aircraft crash kills six US soldiers – Isaf
Date: 2013-12-18 08:00:20 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:447849
The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said Tuesday that as many as six American soldiers have died in a crash involving an aircraft in southern Afghanistan, the BBC News reported. The cause of the crash in Zabul is unknown and an ....
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London holds Syrian gov't responsible for killing of British doctor
Date: 2013-12-18 07:39:27 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:447812
Britain's Foreign Office has held the Syrian government responsible for the killing of a British doctor who died in a Syria jail, the BBC has reported. Earlier, a British surgeon imprisoned in war-torn Syria for over a year after volunteering to ....
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US closes embassy in south Sudan, orders non-emergency personnel out
Date: 2013-12-18 07:17:00 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:447780
The United States is closing its embassy in South Sudan and has ordered all non-emergency personnel to leave as fighting rages there, the ABC News reported Tuesday. The State Department announced the move in a travel warning that advises all ....
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Troops from other European countries to help in Central African Republic, says France
Date: 2013-12-17 18:20:40 GMT - France - International - SN:47 - ID:447410
Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, announced on Tuesday that other European countries would deploy ground troops to the violence-hit Central African Republic, without identifying them, the France 24 reported. "We will soon have troops ....
