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UN reports one million children die on first day of life from mostly preventable causes
Date: 2014-09-17 12:53:19 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:69 - ID:957821
CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - While child survival rates increased dramatically since 1990, one million babies each year do not see their second day of life, many succumbing to complications during labour and delivery that could be easily prevented with ....
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Japan to donate over $10 million to Iraqi, Syrian refugees
Date: 2014-09-17 10:11:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:955921
TOKYO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Japan plans to donate more than $10 million through international organizations to Iraqi and Syrian refugees displaced by the radical so-called Islamic State militant group, sources close to Japan-U.S. relations said Tuesday ....
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Taliban kill six Afghan policemen in ambush
Date: 2014-09-17 09:37:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:33 - ID:956041
KABUL, Sept 17 (MENA) - A provincial security official says that Taliban fighters killed six Afghan policemen in an ambush in western Afghanistan, ABC news reported. Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Herat province, said ....
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Bangladesh top court commutes death sentence of a senior Islamist
Date: 2014-09-17 07:34:01 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:15 - ID:954593
DHAKA, Sept 17 (MENA) - Bangladesh's Supreme Court has commuted a death sentence of an Islamist political leader whose conviction last year for war crimes during the nation's 1971 war for independence sparked deadly protests, ABC News reported ....
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Canada imposes new sanctions on Russia World
Date: 2014-09-17 05:40:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:3 - ID:954205
MOSCOW, Sept 17 (MENA) - Canada has imposed a new package of sanctions against Russia, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development told an Itar-Tass correspondent on Tuesday. Earlier, Foreign Minister John Baird said in the ....
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UK, France FMs meet in Paris to discuss Daesh combat
Date: 2014-09-16 21:09:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:135 - ID:953661
LONDON, Sept 16 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met Tuesday with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius, in Paris. During this first bilateral meeting, the two ministers discussed, among other issues, the common fight against Daesh ....
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1 in 3 say 'Cameron should resign if Scotland votes Yes'
Date: 2014-09-16 19:18:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:124 - ID:953089
LONDON, Sept 16 (MENA) - Just one in three Brits think David Cameron should resign as Prime Minister if Scotland becomes independent, the latest ComRes/ITV News Index poll shows. Of those surveyed, 31% agreed Cameron should resign if Scotland ....
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Spanish minister warns independent Scotland would get euro not pound
Date: 2014-09-16 18:21:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:121 - ID:952997
LONDON, Sept 16 (MENA) - Spain's European Affairs Minister contradicted Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond by stating a separate Scotland would need to wait at least five years for EU membership and sign up to the single currency, the Telegraph ....
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Operations against Daesh best described as mission rather than war - Australia PM
Date: 2014-09-16 18:04:33 GMT - Australia - World - SN:118 - ID:952877
CANBERRA, Sept 16 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Tuesday of minimizing the risk of operations against Daesh in Iraq. "I don't want to minimize the difficulties and the dangers here because there are difficulties and there ....
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UN brokers agreement to start Gaza rebuild
Date: 2014-09-16 17:35:34 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:111 - ID:952681
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (MENA) - The United Nations has brokered an agreement to enable the reconstruction the Gaza Strip, giving a lead role to the Palestinian Authority while involving the private sector, the Abc News quoted U.N.'s top Mideast envoy as ....
