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Train crash in Indonesia kills 2
Date: 2013-12-09 08:50:27 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:15 - ID:430223
A commuter train collided with a truck hauling liquefied gas in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, sending a fireball of orange flames shooting skyward and killing at least two, CBC news reported quoting an official from the train company. The ....
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Cheb Khaled denies giving up Algerian nationality
Date: 2013-12-09 08:49:20 GMT - Algeria - Culture - SN:14 - ID:430221
Algerian rai singer Cheb Khaled has denied rumors that he gave up his Algerian nationality. In statements to local Shorouk newspaper, Khaled said that he will live and die as an Algerian. He told the newspaper, out Monday, that recent rumors ....
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Ethiopian PM says Mandela devotes his life for better future of African continent
Date: 2013-12-09 08:43:22 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:13 - ID:430196
African Union leaders gathered to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, honouring the former anti-apartheid leader's fight for pan-Africanism and liberation on the continent, France 24 reported. "Madiba's life was the mirror image of the continent ....
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8 students injured when their school bus overturned on ring road
Date: 2013-12-09 08:41:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:430192
Eight students were injured on Monday when their school bus overturned on Maadi ring road near Cairo's district of Basateen. In statements to MENA, Assistant Interior Minister General Medhat Qeritam said Cairo Traffic operation room received a ....
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Ghali urges Egyptians to vote "yes" to new constitution
Date: 2013-12-09 08:39:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:430168
Honorary President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Botrous Botrous Ghali, former UN Secretary General, urged on Monday all Egyptians to participate in the referendum on the new constitution, affirming that it meets demands of all ....
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Terrorist plot foiled in Yemen
Date: 2013-12-09 08:37:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:430182
A new terrorist plot has been foiled in Yemen after huge amounts of explosives were defused inside a building under construction. A military source told MENA correspondent in Sanaa that experts dismantled the bombs yesterday, noting that land ....
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Thai PM to dissolve parliament and call elections
Date: 2013-12-09 08:34:53 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:10 - ID:430176
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Monday she would dissolve parliament and call an election, after sustained protests in Bangkok. The move followed the resignation of all opposition MPs from parliament on Sunday, and a planned march on ....
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Philippines reaches power-sharing deal with rebel group
Date: 2013-12-09 08:14:05 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:8 - ID:430149
The Philippine government signed a power-sharing agreement on Sunday with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), one of the country’s main rebel groups, paving the way for a final peace accord, FRANCE 24 reported. The deal, which was signed in ....
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Lenin statue toppled by protesters In Ukraine
Date: 2013-12-09 08:07:12 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:7 - ID:430136
Protesters in Ukraine have toppled a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Kiev and smashed it with hammers as hundreds of thousands flooded the capital, the BBC News reported. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Ukrainian ....
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Colombia's Farc announces unilateral ceasefire
Date: 2013-12-09 08:02:54 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:6 - ID:430118
Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, has announced a 30-day-long ceasefire starting on 15 December, the BBC reported on Sunday. The announcement came a day after five soldiers, one police officer and three civilians were killed by a Farc car ....
