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Death toll of India stampede rises to 89
Date: 2013-10-14 06:45:18 GMT - India - International - SN:2 - ID:337640
At least 89 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede after a bridge collapsed near a remote Hindu temple in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh, Fox News reported quoting a senior police official. A large number of devotees ....
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Israeli defense minister blames Hamas for 'border tunnel'
Date: 2013-10-13 17:31:52 GMT - Israel - International - SN:55 - ID:337319
Israel has blamed Hamas movement for a tunnel it discovered on its border with the Gaza Strip, The Jerusalem Post reported. "The discovery of the tunnel ... prevented attempts to harm Israeli civilians who live close to the border and military ....
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Typhoon Nari pounds the Philippines, killing 13
Date: 2013-10-13 10:49:36 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:33 - ID:336628
A major clean-up operation was under way in the Philippines on Sunday after Typhoon Nari pounded the archipelago's north, leaving 13 dead, as authorities issued a storm warning for the east of the country, France 24 reported. The military, along ....
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Iran not after making nuclear weapons: Indian FM
Date: 2013-10-13 09:14:23 GMT - India - International - SN:26 - ID:336404
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid has rejected the baseless allegation that there may be a military dimension to Iran’s nuclear energy program, Press TV reported. “I was convinced in all my interaction with Iran that Iran was not determined ....
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Afghanistan to probe alleged training of Syria rebels: Karzai
Date: 2013-10-13 09:08:38 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:25 - ID:336392
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said that the government of Afghanistan will investigate regarding alleged trainings of the Syria militants in Afghanistan, Afghan newspaper Khaama said Sunday. While speaking during a press conference ....
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Iranian economy minister: Anti-Iran bans harm world’s fragile economy
Date: 2013-10-13 09:00:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:21 - ID:336367
Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia says unilateral sanctions against Tehran's oil and financial sectors have posed a serious challenge to world's fragile economy, Press TV reported. "Unilateral economic sanctions ....
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Deadly explosions at Vietnamese fireworks factory
Date: 2013-10-13 08:48:14 GMT - Vietnam - International - SN:18 - ID:336344
A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured, the BBC News reported Saturday. Witnesses said the explosions continued for several hours, sending a large cloud of ....
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Netanyahu tells French, UK leaders: Sanctions are working with Iran
Date: 2013-10-13 08:42:42 GMT - Israel - International - SN:17 - ID:336337
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Saturday the leaders of Britain and France to urge them not to ease sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, ahead of talks between Iran and world powers, Haaretz reported. Israeli officials ....
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No good reason anyone should keep suffering through shutdown -- Obama
Date: 2013-10-13 08:39:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:336330
US President Barrack Obama said on Saturday that there is no good reason anyone should keep suffering through this shutdown, CBS News reported. In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama added "It wouldn't be wise, as some suggest, to just kick the ....
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Robinson condemns Congolese rebels for attack on peacekeeper helicopter
Date: 2013-10-13 06:32:13 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:336158
UN special envoy to Africa's great lakes region, Mary Robinson, condemned an attack by Congolese rebels against a peacekeeper helicopter as "unacceptable". "I learned with deep concern that a MONUSCO helicopter came under direct fire from ....
