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Cholera kills five in Nigeria's Sokoto, says health official
Date: 2013-10-22 13:20:42 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:349229
Five people died of suspected cholera at a Nigerian village in Sokoto State, a health official said. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted Deputy Director of Health of Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State Bala Oroji as saying all the ....
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Turkish police fire tear gas at students in Ankara
Date: 2013-10-22 12:48:22 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:25 - ID:349166
Police in Turkey have fired tear gas at students protesting against a municipal project to build a road across part of their university campus in the capital, Ankara, local media reported. On Saturday, the students rallied at the entrance of ....
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N. Korea accuses US of fueling military threat
Date: 2013-10-22 12:31:01 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:22 - ID:349111
North Korea on Tuesday claimed that the United States is openly threatening the communist country with military force and warned it could respond to such provocations with war. In a commentary carried by the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling ....
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اUS gives armored vehicles to UN to help destroying Syria's chemical weapons
Date: 2013-10-22 12:10:58 GMT - USA - International - SN:19 - ID:349074
The United States has given 10 armored vehicles to the United Nations to help support efforts to verify and destroy Syria's chemical weapons, the US State Department announced Monday. America spent $1.55 million from the US State Department's ....
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US student kills teacher, injures two boys, shoot himself
Date: 2013-10-22 07:59:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:348434
A teacher has been killed and two boys injured after a pupil opened fire at a school in Nevada, Sky News reported. The student who opened fire at Sparks Middle School was also dead after the early morning attack, according to police. Chanda ....
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Ex-Shin Bet chief: No chance of peace in current Israeli political climate
Date: 2013-10-21 18:53:19 GMT - Israel - International - SN:60 - ID:348010
Former Israeli Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin said on Monday that he does not see a realistic chance for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to sign a peace agreement in the current Israeli climate, The Jerusalem Post reported. "It's obvious ....
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26 people killed, injured in bus bombing in central Russia
Date: 2013-10-21 16:55:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:51 - ID:347850
An unknown explosive device has detonated in a bus in Volgograd, 1,000km to the south-east of Moscow, killing at least five people and injuring 20, Russia Today reported. A terrorist attack is now viewed as the cause of the blast. A terrorist ....
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Bomb kills civilian in Afghan capital
Date: 2013-10-21 10:53:58 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:35 - ID:347118
Afghan police said a bomb stuck onto a car killed a civilian in downtown Kabul, but that authorities are unclear as to the motives for the attack, the ABC news reported. Deputy Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Dunish said Monday's explosion was ....
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8 Filipino troops killed in land mine attacks
Date: 2013-10-21 10:43:36 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:32 - ID:347087
Communist rebels attacked Philippine troops twice with land mines and gunfire Monday, killing at least eight soldiers and militiamen and wounding four others in the country's south, ABC News reported quoting officials as having said. About 50 New ....
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France summons US ambassador over 'spying'
Date: 2013-10-21 10:41:38 GMT - France - International - SN:31 - ID:347083
France has called in the US ambassador to protest at allegations in Le Monde newspaper about large-scale spying on French citizens by the US National Security Agency, Al-Jazeera channel said Monday quoting French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. ....