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Pakistan: 2 dead in attack on NATO convoy
Date: 2014-05-05 11:53:42 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:59 - ID:703962
ISLAM ABAD, May 5 (MENA) - Gunmen attacked three container trucks carrying NATO supplies en route to Afghanistan in Pakistan’s troubled northwest on Monday, killing two people, Pakistan news quoting officials reported. The trucks came under fire ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry: Council of Europe ‘must urge Kiev to comply with Geneva accord’
Date: 2014-05-05 11:23:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:704209
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - The Council of Europe must urge the present de-facto authorities in Kiev to unconditionally comply with the Geneva accord on de-escalation of tensions and work on a new Constitution, Itar-tass news agency reported quoting a ....
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Fast-moving wildfire burns at least 20 homes in Oklahoma
Date: 2014-05-05 10:32:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:704013
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - A fast-moving wildfire destroyed at least 20 homes near Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Sunday -- one of several fires to break out amid unseasonably high temperatures and windy conditions in the state, the CNN quoted officials as ....
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50 Taliban militants killed, 36 others injured in Ghazni operations
Date: 2014-05-05 10:18:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:703736
KABUL, May 5 (MENA) - At least 50 Taliban militants were killed and 36 others were injured following military operations in eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, Khama newspaper reported. The interior ministry of Afghanistan following a ....
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At least 19 dead, 130 injured in India train accident
Date: 2014-05-05 10:00:56 GMT - India - World - SN:34 - ID:703955
NEW DELHI, May 5 (MENA) - A passenger train has derailed in western India, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 130 others, ABC reported Monday. The train's engine and four of its carriages jumped the tracks in Raigad district in ....
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Crew missing after vessel sinks off Hong Kong
Date: 2014-05-05 08:38:13 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:703642
BEIJING, May 5 (MENA) - At least 11 crew members have been reported missing after two ships collided off the coast of southern Hong Kong, a police official was quoted by the BBC News as saying. The incident, which involved a cargo ship and a ....
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Vietnam: China's oil rig movement into South China Sea is ‘illegal’
Date: 2014-05-05 08:18:07 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:18 - ID:703646
HANOI, May 5 (MENA) - Vietnam says China's plan to move its first deep-water drilling rig into the disputed South China Sea, one of Asia's most volatile hotspots, is illegal, and has called for the rig to be removed from what it says is Vietnam's ....
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Varela wins Panama presidency
Date: 2014-05-05 08:13:32 GMT - Panama - World - SN:17 - ID:703650
PANAMA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Conservative Juan Carlos Varela, the vice president who broke politically with President Ricardo Martinelli, was officially declared Panama's next president late Sunday. Varela, who was trailed by fellow conservative and ....
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Pakistan: Attack on NATO supply convoy kills 2
Date: 2014-05-05 08:08:20 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:703522
ISLAMABAD, May 5 (MENA) - A local Pakistani government official says militants have attacked a NATO supply convoy en route to Afghanistan, killing two drivers, ABC News reported Monday. Sher Khan says the attack took place in the Jamrud area of ....
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Death toll from South Korea ferry disaster climbs to 259
Date: 2014-05-05 08:06:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:703520
SEOUL, May 5 (MENA) - The death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster has jumped to 259, with 43 people still missing, CNN quoted the government as saying Monday. The higher death toll comes after bodies were retrieved from the fourth deck of ....
