Australia, NZ mark 100 years since first troops left for WWI

Australia and New Zealand on Saturday marked 100 years since their first convoy of troops left for the battlefields of World War I, with thousands attending events to commemorate the "heavy day in history".



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Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town

Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Friday to bolster defenders in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State group jihadists.



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Third victim of US school shooting dies

A 14-year-old US girl has died after being critically injured when a fellow high school student went on a shooting rampage last week, hospital officials said Friday.



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US judge says nurse can leave home in Ebola row

A US judge has ruled that a nurse quarantined by her home state after treating Ebola patients could leave home and frequent public places, saying she was not infectious.



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Boko Haram says kidnapped schoolgirls `married off`

Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off, according to a new video obtained by AFP on Friday.



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Lt Colonel Isaac Zida assumes power in Burkina Faso; President flees

The second in command of Burkina Faso's presidential guard, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, said on Saturday he had taken power after deposed President Blaise Compaore reportedly fled the capital.



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Malaysia Airlines sees first lawsuit on missing Flight MH370

Two children of a passenger on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have sued the company and the Malaysian government for damages, the first lawsuit to be filed over the aircraft which disappeared in March.



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Greek Orthodox Church bans religious rites at cremations

The Greek Orthodox Church has said it would not provide religious rites for those who choose cremation, saying it disrespects the human body.



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1.26 mn uprooted Iraqis need shelter: UN

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that some 1.26 million internally displaced people (IDPs) throughout Iraq need shelter and basic supplies, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Friday.



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UN warns of worsening food crisis in Somalia

A UN food agency Friday warned that poor rains in Somalia may worsen the country's food crisis, a spokesperson said.



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At least 14 killed in Honduras bus crash

At least 14 people were killed and scores injured when a bus carrying them plunged into a ravine in western Honduras, media reports said Friday.



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US urges peaceful transition of power in Burkina Faso

The US Friday called for a "peaceful" transition of power in Burkina Faso, but refused to label the military's take-over as a coup.



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4,000 killed in Ukraine conflict, claims UN

More than 4,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine between the army and pro-Russian separatists, the UN has said as the Ukrainian president took steps to "unite" the country after elections.



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Italy to end sea rescue mission that saved 100,000 migrants

Italy said on Friday it would close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one rights group warned could lead to a "surge of deaths" in the Mediterranean.



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Boko Haram calls ceasefire, talks claims 'lies'

Boko Haram has denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video, describing the Nigerian government claims as a lie and apparently ruling out future talks.



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Recovery hampered as Colombia mine flood kills 12

It could take three days to recover the bodies of 12 miners trapped in a Colombian coal shaft, authorities said Friday after ruling out any hope the men survived.



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US blacklists Myanmar official ahead of Obama visit

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a prominent lawmaker and businessman in Myanmar for undermining economic and political reforms in the country, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama`s planned visit next month.



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Syria rebels, Qaeda fight in restive northwest

Damascus: Moderate rebels clashed with Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front in Idlib province of northwest Syria on Friday, a monitoring group said.



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EU calls for `democratic` Burkina Faso elections

The European Union called for "democratic, inclusive and transparent" elections in Burkina Faso as Brussels said it had "taken note" of the resignation of long-standing president Blaise Compaore on Friday.



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Canada halts visas for residents of Ebola-hit nations

Canada has announced it was suspending visa applications for residents of Ebola-hit nations in a bid to prevent the deadly virus from crossing its borders.



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Liberia opens one of largest Ebola treatment centres

Remembering those who have died in the world's deadliest Ebola outbreak, Liberia's president has opened one of the country's largest Ebola treatment centres in Monrovia amid hopes that the disease is finally on the decline in this West African country.



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Peshmerga fighters enter Syrian border

Iraqi peshmerga fighters began entering the Syrian border town of Kobani where they were expected to join the battle against Islamist militants besieging the town, activists have said.



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Two killed in Ukraine clashes

Fighting in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people and wounded five over the past 24 hours, authorities said Friday.



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Three Iraqis arrested on terror charges in Switzerland

Swiss authorities Friday said they arrested three Iraqi nationals suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Europe.



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NATO reports more Russian flights, intercepts

NATO reported more Russian military flights and intercepts today over the Baltics, North Sea and Atlantic, just days after it picked up "an unusual level" of activity over European airspace.



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Israel cartoon highlights troubled ties with US

An Israeli political cartoon depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu piloting an airplane heading for New York's Twin Towers has set off a firestorm of criticism and focused new attention on the troubled relationship between Israel and the United States.



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New human remains found at MH17 crash site: Dutch PM

The Dutch mission in Ukraine has recovered new human remains of victims of the MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in press conference here Friday.



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Two bodies found after UK fireworks warehouse blaze

British police have found the bodies of two men after a blaze at a fireworks warehouse that sent plumes of black smoke and explosions into the sky.



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Kerry, Zarif to hold nuclear talks in Oman: Report

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's foreign minister will hold nuclear talks in Oman on around November 10, the Austria Press Agency reported today.



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Yemen rebels set 10-day deadline for new government

A Shiite rebel leader in Yemen warned President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Friday to form a new government within 10 days or a "national salvation council" would take its place.



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Natural gas will flow after Ukraine pays: Russia

Russia will resume shipping natural gas to Ukraine after Kiev pays off its first debt installment for past supplies of gas next week, officials said on Friday.



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Remains recovered from Ukraine plane disaster site

The Dutch prime minister says investigators have recovered an unspecified number of human remains from the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down.



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Clashes in West Bank after Muslim prayers

Clashes erupted in the West Bank on Friday after weekly Muslim prayers while security forces deployed heavily around Jerusalem's flash point Al-Aqsa mosque which reopened following the killing of a Palestinian by police.



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IS militant group issues guidelines on how to be 'ultimate wives of jihad'

Woman should never undertake combat roles and can contribute to jihad through "feminine manual labour" such as cooking for and nursing fighters, according to guidelines issued by the dreaded IS militant group on how to be "ultimate wives of jihad".



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International meeting on Afghanistan pledges programmes: China

China on Friday hailed an international conference on Afghanistan that it said agreed to launch dozens of programmes to boost development and help the country maintain peace as foreign forces draw down.



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Zimbabwe's main opposition calls for fresh polls again

Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-T party said Friday economic challenges confronting the country could only be resolved if the country holds free and fair polls.



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Burkina Faso's president quits, army chief takes power

Burkina Faso's army chief Gen Nabere Honore Traore assumed power Friday after President Blaise Compaore announced his resignation following violent protests against his attempt to extend his 27-year rule.



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Fukushima operator TEPCO posts solid mid-term profit

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant posted a solid mid-term pre-tax profit on Friday, despite not restarting idle nuclear reactors or hiking electricity rates.



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Malaysian state orders headscarves for women workers in market

All Muslim women employees in supermarkets, food outlets and other business centres in a Malaysian state have been ordered to wear headscarves or face a fine, triggering yet another controversy in this multi- ethnic Muslim majority country.



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Malaysian woman charged for supporting IS militant group

A 25-year-old Malaysian Muslim woman was on Friday charged by a court here for giving support to the Islamic State (IS) militant group.



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Fire breaks out at iconic French radio building

A fire broke out on Friday on the seventh floor of the "Maison de la radio" (Radio house), a vast circular building in Paris housing several media operations.



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Man slashes 3 schoolchildren in China: Official

Chinese authorities say a first-grader in the southeastern province of Jiangxi was slashed to death and two others severely injured in the latest violent attack on children in the country.



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Cosmopolitan new Afghan first lady backs French veil ban

Afghanistan's cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France's controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to "blinders" as she prepares to campaign for more respect for women in her conservative adopted homeland.



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Switzerland: IS suspects arrested over attack plan

Prosecutors say three people suspected of supporting the Islamic State group and thought to have been planning an attack in Europe were arrested in Switzerland earlier this year.



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China to send elite army unit to help fight Ebola in Liberia

China will dispatch an elite unit from the People`s Liberation Army to help Ebola-hit Liberia, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, responding to UN calls for a greater global effort to fight the deadly virus in West Africa.



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Kurds' battle for Kobane unites a people divided by borders

Cloaked in Kurdish flags, thousands of people lined the roads to cheer on a military convoy headed for what was -- until recently -- an obscure Syrian border town, now the focus of a global war against the militants of Islamic State.



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Jerusalem Palestinian youths ready for new intifada

Fourteen-year-old Hisham, who was born around the start of the second Palestinian intifada, dreams of a new uprising so he can play his part in "defending" Jerusalem`s Al-Aqsa mosque.



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Ukraine rebel vote drives further wedge between Russia and West

Pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of east Ukraine are set to hold leadership polls on Sunday that Moscow has backed despite condemnation from Kiev and the West.



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EU lifts decade-long economic sanctions on Zimbabwe

The European Union (EU) has lifted its decade-long economic sanctions on Zimbabwe in a move that will see the trading bloc extending 234 million Euros (about 300 million dollars) to support programmess in the country.



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UN chief seeks help against female genital mutilation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the media Thursday to speak out and help put an end "within this generation" to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a practice suffered by 130 million girls and women around the world.



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Clashes erupt as Israeli police kill Palestinian suspected of shooting Jewish far-rightist

Israeli police on Thursday shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian man suspected of having tried hours earlier to kill a far-right Jewish activist, leading to fierce clashes in East Jerusalem and fears of a new Palestinian uprising.



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Norway to send 120 soldiers to Iraq to help train army

The Norwegian government said Thursday it would send about 120 troops to Iraq to help train its armed forces in the fight against the Islamic State jihadists.



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Afghanistan's Ghani drops Pashtun name from official documents

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has removed his tribal Pashtun surname "Ahmadzai" from all official documents, a spokesman said today.



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Bodies of 48 Sunni tribal fighters found in Iraq

Iraqi authorities today found the bodies of 48 Sunni tribesmen killed by the Islamic State group in the restive western province of Anbar, an official said.



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Amman accuses Israel of 'state terrorism' in Jerusalem

Jordan on Thursday accused Israel of "state terrorism" after it closed Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam.



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Next weeks to show if Iran can make tough atomic choices: US

The world will know in the coming weeks if Iran can make the "tough decisions" needed for a nuclear deal, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.



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North Korea orders Ebola quarantine on all foreigners

North Korea has announced it intends to quarantine all foreigners entering the country for 21 days, no matter what their country of origin, as a measure against the spread of the Ebola virus.



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Seven Indian sailors released by Somali pirates

Seven Indian sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates more than four years were freed on Thursday, officials said.



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World Bank gives $100 million for Ebola health workers

The World Bank said on Thursday it was immediately providing USD 100 million to support the deployment of more health workers to Ebola-stricken West Africa.



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Canada arrests Pakistani gun owner, alleges security threat: Report

Police arrested and charged a Pakistani gun collector living in Ontario this week, alleging he is a terrorist threat to Canada, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Thursday, quoting his attorney.



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Insults against Israel PM `disgraceful, damaging`: John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry hit out Thursday at reported insults by an American official against the Israeli prime minister, saying it was "disgraceful, unacceptable and damaging."



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North Korea orders Ebola quarantine on all foreigners

North Korea has announced it intends to quarantine all foreigners entering the country for 21 days, no matter what their country of origin, as a measure against the spread of the Ebola virus.



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French village bans clowns for Halloween after terror wave

A French village has banned teenagers from dressing up as clowns for Halloween after people kitted out as the colourful pranksters have sown terror and violence in several parts of the country.



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Libya's armed factions may have committed war crimes: Amnesty

Human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday it had satellite pictures indicating that rival factions in Libya had committed war crimes by shelling densely populated residential areas in the west of the oil-producing country.



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US `deeply concerned` by Burkina Faso crisis

The United States warned Thursday that it was "deeply concerned" about the crisis unfolding in Burkina Faso and criticized a bid by the West African country`s president to alter the constitution.



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Sweden's move to recognise Palestinian state miserable: Israel

Israel today denounced Sweden's announcement to recognise Palestinian state as a "miserable decision", saying it would only "harm" international efforts to resolve the vexed conflict.



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Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders.



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Maine nurse defies state Ebola quarantine, leaves home

A nurse in Maine vowing not to be bullied by politicians and threatening to sue the state over an Ebola quarantine she calls unscientifically sound, defied the order and left her home for a bike ride on Thursday, according to television images.



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Syria slams Turkey for allowing Kurdish fighters, Syrian rebels into Kobane

Syria Thursday accused Turkey of violating its borders by allowing Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Syrian rebels to enter the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobane on the Syrian-Turkish border, Syria`s national television rreported.



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US Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden to reveal his identity

A former member of the US`s elite Navy SEALs who killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will reveal his identity in a documentary to be shown next month on the Fox News channel, the company has announced.



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Group says militants killed 600 Iraqi prisoners

An international rights group says Islamic State militants carried out a mass killing of hundreds of Iraqi prison inmates when they seized the country's second-largest city of Mosul in June.



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Spain government should block Catalonia vote in court: State Council

Spain`s Council of State on Thursday unanimously backed a move for the government to try to block a planned "consultation of citizens" on independence in the region of Catalonia on Nov. 9, a spokeswoman for the consultative body said.



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NATO `vigilant` over Russian warplane activity in Europe airspace

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the transatlantic alliance remained vigilant over increased Russian military activity in European airspace.



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Polanski freed after Poles question him on US sex case

Film director Roman Polanski was questioned by Polish prosecutors Thursday on a US arrest warrant for sex offences, but allowed to walk free.



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Hundreds of Iraqi tribesmen opposed to Islamic State found in mass graves

The bodies of 150 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe which fought Islamic State have been found in a mass grave, security officials said on Thursday.



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UN watchdog slams Israel abuses, demands Gaza war probe

A UN human rights watchdog on Thursday urged Israel to respect the rights of Palestinians, and demanded the country probe violations committed during repeated assaults on Gaza.



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Clashes erupt as Israeli police kill Palestinian suspected of shooting Jewish far-rightist

Israeli police on Thursday shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian man suspected of having tried hours earlier to kill a far-right Jewish activist, leading to fierce clashes in East Jerusalem and fears of a new Palestinian uprising.



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Bullet holes, tear gas are aftermath of deadly Jerusalem raid

Four neat bullet holes pock-mark the wall on the roof of Muataz Hijazi`s family home in east Jerusalem, where Israeli police shot the 32-year-old dead at dawn Friday.



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What happened to Amelia Earheart's plane? Fresh 'clue' found to 77-year-old mystery

If an aircraft recovery group is to be believed, they could be closer to demystifying a decades old enigma of what happened to American aviatrix Amelia Earheart while she set out on her second attempt to circumnavigate the globe.



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Sweden recognises Palestinian state

Sweden`s centre-left government will officially recognise the state of Palestine on Thursday, becoming the first major European country to do so, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said.



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France investigates mystery drone activity over nuclear plants

France has launched an investigation into unidentified drones that have been spotted over nuclear plants operated by state-owned utility EDF, its interior minister said on Thursday.



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Chinese Communist leadership `fundamental` to rule of law: Party

Communist power is a "fundamental requirement" to ensure the rule of law in China, a party official said Thursday, days after a meeting of the organisation`s top leaders in Beijing.



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China `vulnerable` to Ebola outbreak: Expert

China is "vulnerable" to the deadly Ebola outbreak due to the soaring number of Chinese working in Africa and poor infection control at home, a co-discoverer of the virus warned Thursday.



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Mexican president meets with kin of 43 missing students

President Enrique Pena Nieto met for the first time Wednesday with families of 43 students who went missing over a month ago in violence involving police and drug gang hitmen.



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`Hope waning` for trapped Turkish miners

Hope is waning of saving 18 Turkish miners trapped by a flood in a mine in the south of the country, the energy minister acknowledged Thursday, as rescue efforts entered a third day.



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Clue to decades-old mystery of Amelia Earheart plane disappearance confirmed?

If an aircraft recovery group is to be believed, they could be closer to demystifying a decades old enigma of what happened to American aviatrix Amelia Earheart while she set out on her second attempt to circumnavigate the globe.



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Sweden to officially recognise Palestinian state on Thursday

Sweden`s centre-left government will officially recognise the state of Palestine on Thursday, becoming the first major European country to do so, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said.



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Israel police kill Palestinian suspect in attack on right-winger

Jerusalem police on Thursday killed a Palestinian man suspected of a shooting attack on an Israeli hardliner which left him badly wounded, a spokesman said.



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Israeli police kill Palestinian suspected of shooting far-right Jew

Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday after he fired at them resisting arrest in East Jerusalem hours after the attempted assassination of a far-right Israeli activist, police said.



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Barack Obama lauds US health workers; cautions against restrictions

Lauding the heroism of US health workers battling Ebola, President Barack Obama has cautioned against discouraging them with restrictive measures upon their return from the West African region.



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China probes Uighur mayor of restive Xinjiang city for graft

The ethnic Uighur mayor of a major city in China`s unruly far-western region of Xinjiang is being investigated for corruption, state media said on Thursday, one of the few minority officials to be caught up in the government`s war on graft.



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United States praises China's growing role in Afghanistan

The United States welcomed China`s growing role in trying to ensure Afghanistan`s stability on Thursday, saying a Beijing conference of foreign ministers on Afghan reconstruction this week shows its commitment to the region as Western troops pull out.



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US Supreme Court late night rulings on death row fates

In an eleventh-hour reprieve, the US Supreme Court put a murderer`s execution on hold this week, a rare moment when a defense was able to slow, if only temporarily, the inexorable wheels of justice.



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'US-led international coalition will destroy Islamic State'

The US-led international coalition of more than 60 countries against the Islamic State will degrade and ultimately destroy the terror group, a top Obama Administration official has said.



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Africans in New York complain of Ebola stigma

Members of the west African community in New York have complained that their children were being bullied at school and businesses were losing money because of hysteria over Ebola.



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Philippines urges citizens to leave Ebola-hit Africa

The Philippines on Thursday urged hundreds of its citizens to leave Ebola-hit west African nations, as it announced anyone who returned would be placed under a 21-day quarantine.



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Australia outlaws travel to terror hotspots

Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.



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China buries war dead returned by South Korea

China held a grand funeral for more than 400 Chinese soldiers killed fighting in the Korean War more than six decades ago, state media reported, as ties between the former ideological foes steadily improve.



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Putin spokesman tells press to `shut trap` on cancer rumours

President Vladimir Putin`s spokesman on Wednesday ridiculed US media reports that the Russian strongman may be suffering from cancer, saying he was fine and that journalists should "shut their trap".



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Russia charges air traffic trainee over Total boss plane crash

Russian prosecutors on Wednesday charged a rookie air traffic controller over the Moscow plane crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total.



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China shuts down 375 polluting factories

China has shut down 375 polluting factories this year as a part of clean air action plan ahead of APEC summit that would be attended by US President Barack Obama among others.



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China-Afghanistan decide to crackdown on Xinjiang militants

China and Afghanistan have agreed to step up crackdown on the training camps of Uighur militants active in China's restive Xinjiang province even as it eyed major investments in the war-torn country's rich minerals and oil sectors.



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Italian sex abuse priest hangs himself in sacristy

An Italian priest who admitted to sexually abusing a young teenage girl hanged himself in the sacristy -- the cleric`s changing room in his church -- the diocese of Santa Croce in northern Italy said Wednesday.



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Singapore upholds law that criminalises gay sex

Singapore`s highest court ruled on Wednesday that a law that criminalises sex between men is in line with the city-state`s constitution, rejecting two separate appeals by three men that the measure infringed their human rights.



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Erdogan unveils Turkey`s controversial new presidential palace

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday unveiled a new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara, denounced by ecologists as an environmental blight and by the opposition as evidence of his autocratic tendencies.



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Hundreds of migrants storm Morocco-Spain border

Some 350 African migrants tried to storm a fence from Morocco into Spanish territory on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest in a wave of desperate arrivals at Europe`s southern border.



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Australia seeking to confirm death of top IS member: FM Julie Bishop

Canberra is seeking to confirm reports the most senior Australian Islamic State recruit has been killed, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said today, as the Senate passed tough new foreign fighter laws.



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UK charities group launches appeal for Ebola, first for a disease

Britain`s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) launched an appeal to raise funds for the Ebola outbreak in west Africa on Wednesday, the first time the charities group has sought to raise money in response to a disease.



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Texas executes 10th death row inmate this year

A man convicted of three murders was put to death in Texas, in the state's tenth execution this year, after the US Supreme Court rejected a final appeal, authorities have said.



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Kim Jong Un executes North Korea officials for watching South Korean TV soaps?

In another bizarre report from the Hermit Kingdom, members of North Korea's Workers' Party were executed for secretly watching South Korean television broadcasts.



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North Korea ruling party members executed for watching South Korean TV soaps?

In another bizarre report from the Hermit Kingdom, members of North Korea's Workers' Party were executed for secretly watching South Korean television broadcasts.



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Japan group members urge shrine to ditch war-criminal names

Some members of an influential group that represents families of Japanese war dead are urging managers of a controversial Tokyo shrine to remove the names of 14 convicted war criminals, an official said Wednesday.



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New Zealanders to vote on changing Union Jack-style flag

New Zealand will hold a binding referendum in 2016 on changing the national flag, with Prime Minister John Key hoping to drop the current design featuring Britain`s Union Jack in favour of a silver fern.



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Schools in China`s Xinjiang to discourage religion at home

Schools in China`s mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, where a series of attacks has left hundreds dead in recent months, said they would actively discourage religious practice at home, state-run media reported Wednesday.



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Indonesia President Joko Widodo rapped over hardline defence minister

Indonesia`s reformist new president Joko Widodo has come under fire for appointing a hardline ex-general as defence minister, with activists saying Wednesday it marks a step backwards for human rights.



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Zambian President Michael Sata dead: Media reports

Zambian President Michael Sata, 77, has died in London where he was receiving medical treatment, local media reported Wednesday.



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China to merge two top state-owned train makers

China will soon merge its two biggest train makers to create a multi-billion-dollar firm as it seeks export markets for its high-speed railway technologies, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing sources in the firms.



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Costly US nuclear arms revamp, tight cash call for tough choices

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel grabbed a ladder extending through the sleek black hull of the USS Tennessee at a Navy submarine base here and disappeared down the hatch for a close look at one of the Pentagon`s most daunting budget issues.



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China set to punish Hong Kong lawmaker for criticising leader

A senior pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong faces being sacked from an influential Chinese government body after taking the unusual step of criticising the city`s embattled leader, his brother said Wednesday.



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`Free` Tunisia polls offer Arab Spring ray of hope

Foreign observers praised Tunisia`s "free" elections ahead of the release of results Wednesday, after the Islamists conceded defeat in a vote that raised hopes of a peaceful transition in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.



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Thousands of asylum-seekers wait years in British backlog

There are 11,000 asylum-seekers in Britain who have waited at least seven years to hear whether they can stay, a group of lawmakers said on Wednesday.



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First Iraqi Kurdish fighters bound for Kobane arrive in Turkey

The first Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters bound for the battleground Syrian town of Kobane arrived in neighbouring Turkey early Wednesday, a Turkish official told AFP.



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US concerned at Burkina Faso plans to extend leader`s rule

Washington Tuesday voiced concern over plans to amend the constitution of Burkina Faso to allow its veteran president to seek reelection, a move that triggered protests in the west African nation.



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Erdogan to unveil Turkey`s controversial new presidential palace

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on Wednesday set to unveil his new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara, denounced by ecologists as an environmental blight and by the opposition as new evidence of his autocratic tendencies.



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North Korea researching sea-based missiles: US think-tank

North Korea has built a test facility that may be intended to develop a marine-based ballistic missile launch capability, using submarines or surface vessels, a US think-tank said Tuesday.



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UN Security Council to meet on Israeli settlements

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss Israeli plans to build more Jewish settlements in Arab east Jerusalem, diplomats said.



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Propaganda video shows `depravity` of IS group: US

An Islamic State propaganda video featuring a British hostage playing the role of a field reporter in a disputed Syrian town shows the "depravity" of the jihadists, the Pentagon said Tuesday.



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US airdrops aid for Sunnis in western Iraq: Pentagon

US cargo planes have parachuted aid to a beleaguered Sunni tribe in western Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday, in a sign Iraqi government forces remain in a tenuous position against Islamic State jihadists in Anbar province.



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British coalition collapses EU referendum bill

A bid to set in law a proposed British referendum on EU membership failed on Tuesday, with both parties in the coalition government blaming the other.



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Mexican cops scour garbage dump for missing students

Mexican authorities scoured a massive garbage dump Tuesday, searching for the remains of 43 students who have been missing for more than a month.



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Israeli cult leader gets 30 years for rape, incest

An Israeli court sentenced a polygamist cult leader to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for multiple sexual offences including rape, indecent assault and incest, media reports said.



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First Iraqi Kurdish fighters bound for Kobane arrive in Turkey

The first Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters bound for the battleground Syrian town of Kobane arrived in neighbouring Turkey early Wednesday, a Turkish official told AFP.



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UN votes to lift US embargo on Cuba, for 23rd time

For the 23rd straight year, the United Nations voted Tuesday in favor of lifting the US embargo on Cuba, with Iran saying the ban was undeserved given Havana`s help in fighting Ebola.



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Bangladesh braces for Islamist chief war crimes verdict

Security was tightened across Bangladesh Wednesday ahead of the long-awaited verdict in the war crimes trial of the leader of the largest Islamist party, amid fears that it will spark a new round of bloodshed.



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Flood traps 18 in Turkey coal mine

Emergency workers were battling on Tuesday to save 18 Turkish miners trapped deep underground after a coal mine collapsed, letting in a deluge of water.



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Rebels let besieged Ukraine troops retreat from checkpoint

More than 100 besieged Ukrainian soldiers, surrounded for nearly a fortnight at their checkpoint near Lugansk, were allowed to retreat after an agreement with pro-Russian insurgents, a rebel leader said Tuesday.



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`Terror threat`: US boosts government security

The United States said Tuesday it will boost security at government buildings after threats from Islamist groups and following two attacks last week in Canada that killed two soldiers.



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Kuwait emir in Saudi amid oil row

Kuwait`s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with King Abdullah during a visit overshadowed by a row between the two Gulf neighbours over a shared offshore oilfield.



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Jerusalem mayor`s Al-Aqsa visit sparks anger

Jerusalem`s Israeli mayor visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound Tuesday, angering Islamic authorities, but police said the day passed in "relative calm" after weeks of tension at the flashpoint shrine.



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UN explores new rights initiative with North Korea

A UN rights investigator said Tuesday that an invitation from North Korea opens up possibilities to engage with Pyongyang on improving their dismal rights record.



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Iran denies claim nuclear deal is `finalised`

Iran`s government was forced to deny Tuesday it had already struck a nuclear deal with the West, after a lawmaker accused its negotiators of secretly selling the country short.



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Scores feared dead in DR Congo flood disaster

Scores of people were feared dead Tuesday in terrible floods that hit the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.



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US agrees deal to buy 43 more F-35 fighters: Pentagon

The Pentagon will buy another 43 F-35 fighter jets worth roughly $4 billion from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, officials said Tuesday, four months after it was briefly grounded following an engine fire.



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French mayor says British migrant fences `laughable`

The mayor of Calais told lawmakers in London on Tuesday that fencing donated by Britain to keep illegal migrants from the French exit port was "laughable" and said the border controls should be in Britain.



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Ukraine separatists` upcoming election unlawful: Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday that an election planned by separatists in eastern Ukraine would be unlawful, and that Moscow`s recognition of the results violates international agreements.



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US `concerned` by Bahrain ban on main opposition

The United States voiced concern on Tuesday after a court in key Gulf ally Bahrain banned the country`s main opposition movement just weeks before a parliamentary election.



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Thai court throws out defamation case against British rights activist

A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed on a technicality a defamation case brought against a British human rights activist by a Thai fruit company.



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Molten lava from Hawaii volcano crosses onto residential property

A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its way towards a village on Hawaii`s Big Island crossed onto a residential property on Tuesday and threatened to consume its first home, officials said.



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UN sees signs of North Korea softening in human rights dialogue

North Korea is showing signs of a willingness to discuss the human rights situation in the country, possibly as a result of pressure created by a U.N. inquiry that accused Pyongyang of crimes against humanity, a U.N. investigator said on Tuesday.



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Lava from Hawaii volcano crosses onto residential property

A menacing stream of lava that has been burning grass and overrunning a cemetery on its path toward a village on Hawaii`s Big Island has crossed onto a residential property where it threatened to consume its first home, officials said on Tuesday.



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Obama to make statement on US fight against Ebola in Africa

US President Barack Obama wll make remarks at the White House today on US efforts to aid in the fight against Ebola in West Africa.



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Ebola vaccine trials to start in Switzerland this week

Ebola vaccine trials are set to start in Switzerland this week after receiving the green light from the country's authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.



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Australia bans travel from Ebola-hit countries; US isolates troops

Australia became the first developed country on Tuesday to shut its borders to citizens of the countries worst-hit by the West African Ebola outbreak, a move those states said stigmatised healthy people and would make it harder to fight the disease.



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Hanged Iranian woman opens her heart to mother in letter, asks to donate her organs

A human rights group has unfolded an emotional letter written by the 26-year-old Iranian woman, Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was hanged a few days back on charges of killing a man who tried to rape her.



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10 killed in bus-truck crash in Brazil

At least 10 people, including six teenagers, were killed and 16 others injured when a school bus collided with a tanker truck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, the highway patrol said.



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10 killed in bus-truck crash in Brazil

At least 10 people, including six teenagers, were killed and 16 others injured when a school bus collided with a tanker truck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, the highway patrol said.



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At least 18 miners trapped in Turkey

At least 18 miners were trapped inside a coal mine in central Turkey's Karaman province following a landslide triggered by an accumulation of water, authorities said Tuesday.



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Indian origin man kills wife, two daughters, self in Bradford

An Indian origin?father is believed to have murdered his wife and two teenage daughters before killing himself in Bradford, police said on Tuesday.



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US nurse with Ebola to be released from hospital

A second US nurse diagnosed with Ebola while caring for a patient from Liberia is now free of the disease and will leave Emory University Hospital in Atlanta soon, hospital authorities said Tuesday.



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US nurse with Ebola to be released from hospital

A second US nurse diagnosed with Ebola while caring for a patient from Liberia is now free of the disease and will leave Emory University Hospital in Atlanta soon, hospital authorities said Tuesday.



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Thailand on alert as Khalistan terrorist on loose

Security officials guarding the border checkpoint in Thailand's Narathiwat province have been put on alert following reports that a Khalistani terrorist has fled for this country and may sneak across the southern border into Malaysia.



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Hanged Iranian women opens her heart to mother in letter, asks to donate her organs

A human rights group has unfolded an emotional letter written by the 26-year-old Iranian woman, Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was hanged a few days back on charges of killing a man who tried to rape her.



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Russians, Ukrainians should keep brotherly friendship: Putin

President Vladimir Putin Tuesday said Russian and Ukrainian people should preserve the traditions of brotherly friendship.



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Netanyahu rejects criticism, vows to build in east Jerusalem

Dismissing US and EU criticism over Israel's plans to build new housing units in east Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue with the construction work in all parts of the city.



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NATO chief wants strong defence as basis for ties with Russia

NATO wants a constructive relationship with Russia but for that to happen it must engage Moscow from a position of strength, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.



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Iran wants all sanctions lifted for n-deal

Iran's nuclear talks with the world powers should lead to the removal of sanctions against the Islamic republic all at once, Iranian nuclear negotiator Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi said Tuesday.



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High ranking Chinese military officer confesses to taking bribes

Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, has confessed to taking bribes, military prosecutors said here Tuesday.



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Another body recovered from sunken South Korean ferry

South Korean rescue teams Tuesday recovered one of the 10 bodies still missing from the Sewol ferry which sunk off the country's southwest coast April 16 this year leaving 304 people dead, most of them high school students.



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Iraqi Kurdish force moves to help fight IS militants in Kobane

A group of Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as Peshmerga, headed Tuesday to the Syrian border town of Kobane via Turkey to help local Kurdish people who have been struggling to fend off attacks by the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in the besieged town, an official Kurdish website reported.



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Malaysia urges Muslim world to give education top priority

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said here Tuesday that education should be given top priority in the Muslim world.



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14 killed in Yemen clashes

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured in clashes Tuesday when the Shia Houthi group advanced to Yemen's southern province of Ibb, tribal sources said.



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Ten dead, 20 injured in Brazil student bus crash

Ten people were killed and at least 20 injured when a bus carrying students on a hiking trip crashed in Brazil, police said on Tuesday.



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Kurdish guerrillas steal 400 kg chemicals to make explosives: Turkey

The Turkish government on Tuesday said that insurgents belonging to Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) are likely to make explosives out of the chemicals they have stolen.



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Kurdish guerrillas steal 400 kg chemicals to make explosives: Turkey

The Turkish government on Tuesday said that insurgents belonging to Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) are likely to make explosives out of the chemicals they have stolen.



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Indian-origin sex predator doc wanted in US found in NZ: Report

American authorities are looking for a 45-year-old Indian-origin radiologist who fled to New Zealand after being accused of grooming a deaf teenager for sex in an online chatroom, a media report said today.



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British arms sale to Hong Kong sparks controversy

Suspicion that tear gas imported from Britain was used to suppress pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong has unveiled the widespread sale of weapons for "internal repression" by the country that ruled the city until 1997, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.



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Islamic State huge threat, luring more German recruits: Spy Agency

Islamic State militants will be able to mount operations in Iraq "for the foreseeable future" despite US-led air strikes and efforts by Iraqi security forces to regain territory, Germany`s BND foreign intelligence agency said.



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Clashes in Burkina over move to extend leader's rule

Youths clashed with security forces in Burkina Faso on Tuesday at the start of a week of protests over a move to let the country's long-serving president extend his rule beyond 30 years.



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Indian-American sentenced to life for killing ex-wife in US

A 63-year-old Indian-American has been sentenced to life in the US for murdering his ex-wife.



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Ukraine elections: PM's party maintains lead

The People`s Front party, founded by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was still leading in the vote count in the parliamentary elections this week, election officials said Tuesday.



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US Army troops on Ebola mission isolated after Africa tour

An Army two-star general and 11 of his staff are being isolated at the base in Italy upon returning from serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight.



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South Korea spy agency says Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery

South Korea`s spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who recently dropped out of public view for nearly six weeks, had surgery to remove a cyst from his ankle, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.



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German spy agency sees Islamic State remaining big threat, luring more German recruits

Islamic State militants will be able to mount operations in Iraq "for the foreseeable future" despite US-led air strikes and efforts by Iraqi security forces to regain territory, Germany`s BND foreign intelligence agency said.



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Poland says to beef up military on its eastern border

Poland said on Tuesday it is drawing up a long-term plan to shift some of its military strength towards its eastern border, closer to Ukraine and Russia, in response to Russia`s intervention in Ukraine.



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Russia`s rebel vote support `undermines` peace: Ukraine

Russia`s announcement that it will recognize separatist elections in eastern Ukraine "undermines" attempts to end a six-month war there, a senior Ukrainian foreign ministry official said Tuesday.



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Ethiopia torturing `opposition` ethnic group: Amnesty

Ethiopia has "ruthlessly targeted" and tortured its largest ethnic group for perceived opposition to the government, Amnesty International said in a damning report Tuesday.



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Hong Kong activists mark one month of "Umbrella Movement"

Hong Kong democracy activists today marked one month of mass protests, calling on supporters to gather for an evening rally wearing the masks they have used to ward off police tear gas and pepper spray.



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Australia issues blanket visa ban on Ebola-hit countries

Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, making it the first rich nation to shut its doors to the region.



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Japan nuclear plant gets approval to restart, over three years after Fukushima

A town in southwest Japan became the first to approve the restart of a nuclear power station on Tuesday, a step forward in Japan`s fraught process of reviving an industry left idled by the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011.



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Anwar defiant as Malaysia top court hears sodomy appeal

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim vowed Tuesday to go down "fighting a corrupt government" as Malaysia`s top court began hearing his appeal against a sodomy conviction that would send him back to jail and out of active politics.



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Battle for Kobani nearly over, ISIS 'mopping up streets': John Cantlie in new video

Continuing its practice to release propaganda videos in order to discourage Western countries from fighting against the Islamic State, the extremist group has released a fresh video featuring British captive John Cantlie who is seen highlighting how the IS controls huge swathes in the embattled border town of Kobani in Syria.



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Clashes in Burkina over move to extend leader`s rule

Youths clashed with security forces in Burkina Faso early Tuesday at the start of a week of protests over a move to let the country`s long-serving president extend his rule beyond 30 years.



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US recruited Nazis as secret spies against Soviet in Cold War era

A week after a report informed how the dozens of suspected Nazis continued receiving millions in Social Security payments after being expelled from the United States, a fresh revelation has come to light claiming that the CIA and other American intelligence agencies recruited at least a thousand Nazis as secret spies against the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II.



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UK PM David Cameron laughs off jogger encounter, takes a dig at John Prescott

After a jogger ran into the British PM in an accidental security breach, David Cameron appeared taking the incident in good humour, laughing off the encounter which sent his security team into a tizzy for a while.



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In new video, British hostage John Cantlie exaggerates ISIS gains in Syria's Kobane

Continuing its practice to release propaganda videos in order to discourage Western countries from fighting against the Islamic State, the extremist group has released a fresh video featuring British captive John Cantlie who is seen highlighting how the IS controls huge swathes in the embattled border town of Kobani in Syria.



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In new video, British hostage John Cantlie exaggerates ISIS gains in Syria's Kobani

Continuing its practise to release propaganda videos in order to discourage Western countries from fighting against the Islamic State, the extremist group has released a fresh video featuring British captive John Cantlie who is seen highlighting how the IS controls huge swathes in the embattled border town of Kobani in Syria.



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Re-elected by Brazil, Dilma Rousseff vows to become a 'much better President'

Re-elected President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff appeared upbeat after her election victory, oozing with hope and enthusiasm, promising her countrymen all the much needed changes and reforms and vowed to become a “much better President” than she has been until now.



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British PM David Cameron makes light of jogger encounter

After a jogger ran into the British PM in an accidental security breach, David Cameron appeared taking the incident in good humour, laughing off the encounter which sent his security team into a tizzy for a while.



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Obama congratulates Ukrainians for 'successful' elections

US President Barack Obama congratulated the people of Ukraine on holding "successful" parliamentary elections, the White House said Monday.



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Israel PM orders harsher penalties for stone-pelters

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday met law enforcement officials and legal experts over the escalating violence in Arab east Jerusalem, ordering the judiciary to expedite legislation which dramatically stiffens penalties against stone-pelting Palestinians.



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David Cameron 'shoved' by man in security breach

In a security breach, a man ran up to British Prime Minister David Cameron and appeared to shove him as he left a press conference in Leeds.



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British cancer boy Ashya resumes treatment in Spain

Five-year-old British brain tumour patient Ashya King is back in Spain from Prague after undergoing proton therapy which is unavailable in Britain, the family's lawyer said on Monday.



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Teenager kills teacher in Estonia school shooting: Police

A female teacher was shot dead on Monday by a teenage male pupil in a high school rampage in Estonia, police said.



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15 killed in Iraq suicide bombing

At least 15 Iraqi soldiers and Shia militiamen were killed and 30 others were wounded in a suicide bombing near Jurf Al Sakhar in Iraq's Babil province, south of Baghdad.



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Jogger runs into British PM in security breach

In a major security breach, a 28-year-old jogger ran into British Prime Minister David Cameron after the premier had concluded a meeting in northern England on Monday.



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Ukraine leader wins pro-West mandate but wary of Russia

Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine`s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and steer the country further out of Russia`s orbit into Europe`s mainstream.



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Cuban sent to fight Ebola in Guinea dies of malaria

A Cuban man working in Guinea to help battle the killer Ebola virus has died of cerebral malaria, officials said.



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Islamist party says trails secular rival after Tunisia vote

Tunisia`s Islamist Ennahda party said Monday it had finished behind its secular rival in a general election seen as critical for democracy in the cradle of the Arab Spring.



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New Jersey discharges nurse quarantined for Ebola

A US nurse, whose enforced quarantine in New Jersey sparked a furious backlash after she returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa, was to be discharged on Monday, officials said.



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Thai police on the look out for Beant's killer

Thailand's popular island resort of Pukhet was on high alert today after it was announced that former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's killer, who is on the run might be trying to enter the country, a media report said.



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Barack Obama congratulates Dilma Rousseff on re-election

President Barack Obama today pledged to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the US and Brazil as he congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff on her re-election.



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China to scrap death penalty for nine crimes

Under fire from rights groups for carrying out world's highest number of executions, China is all set to scrap death penalty for nine crimes, including smuggling weapons and nuclear materials while reinforcing punishments for terrorism related crimes.



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Ukraine Parliamentary election fair: Western observers

Ukraine`s snap parliamentary election was mostly fair, the leading group of Western observers said Monday.



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Hungarian consulate in new Istanbul powder alert

The Hungarian consulate in Istanbul today became the sixth diplomatic mission in Turkey's largest city to report receiving a suspicious powder through the post, the governor's office said.



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Insecurity and opium blight Afghan province as British leave

Despite high praise from politicians, British troops ending their combat mission in Afghanistan`s Helmand are leaving behind a province still blighted by insurgency and a huge opium harvest.



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Belgium stops deportations to Ebola-hit African countries

Belgium has stopped deporting migrants back to Ebola-hit African countries -- to make sure the police officers who escort them are not exposed to the deadly disease, officials said Monday.



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British doctor `unlawfully killed` in Syrian jail

Abbas Khan, the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail last year, was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury in London ruled on Monday.



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Czech secret service sees "extremely high" number of Russian spies

Russia deployed an "extremely high" number of intelligence officers at its Czech embassy last year, the NATO member country`s secret service said in an annual report released on Monday.



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Palestinians warn of `explosion` over Jerusalem settler homes

JerusalemAn Israeli plan to build more than 1,000 new homes for settlers in annexed east Jerusalem is likely to cause an "explosion" of violence, a senior Palestinian official warned Monday.



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Egypt orders activist Abdel Fattah back to jail: Family

An Egyptian court ordered prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah back to jail Monday after he was previously freed on bail during a trial for taking part in an illegal protest, a relative said.



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South Korea ferry disaster: 'Captain showed no remorse, must be handed death sentence'

Lashing out at the South Korean ferry Sewol's captain for abandoning his duty aboard the ship that sank in April killing hundreds of students, the prosecutors on Monday demanded that he be handed death sentence.



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South Korea ferry disaster: 'Captain made excuses, lied, showed no repentance'

Lashing out at the South Korean ferry Sewol's captain for abandoning his duty aboard the ship that sank in April killing hundreds of students, the prosecutors on Monday demanded that he be handed death sentence.



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Top Chinese diplomat visits Vietnam to repair ties

China's top diplomat has pledged to work with Vietnam to repair ties ruptured by disputes over the South China Sea.



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Dubai, Malaysia ink pacts to create global halal trade network

Dubai and Malaysia have inked a number of MoUs and agreements to create a global halal trade network aimed at generating investment opportunities and strengthening multilateral trade among halal-based industries.



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Iran appoints acid attacks probe chief

Iran's judiciary chief has tasked his deputy to lead an investigation into several acid attacks on women that have sown fear across the Islamic republic and provoked rare protests in cities.



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Iran appoints acid attacks probe chief

Iran's judiciary chief has tasked his deputy to lead an investigation into several acid attacks on women that have sown fear across the Islamic republic and provoked rare protests in cities.



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Ebola quarantine rules relaxed in new York after White House warning

As Ebola menace continues to threaten people across the globe, including the US, American states are rushing to stitch up a set of screening procedures to be at their cautionary best. However, after the White House interfered, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was forced to slacken the procedures a bit, sparing quarantine for those who show no signs and had no contact with Ebola patients.



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Zuma `outraged` at South Africa football captain`s death

South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday said he was saddened, shocked and outraged at the shooting death of the national football team`s talismanic captain Senzo Meyiwa.



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Over 300 letters of support to SS Chatwal submitted to US court

Weeks before the sentencing of NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal on charges of conspiring to make illegal campaign contributions in the US, over 300 letters of support from his friends have been submitted to a court here detailing his humanitarian work to seek leniency.



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Israel greenlights plans for 1,000 Jerusalem settler homes

The Israeli government has given the green light for the planning of more than 1,000 new Jewish settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, an official told AFP on Monday.



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White House prompts New York Governor to ease Ebola quarantine rules

As Ebola menace continues to threaten people across the globe, including the US, American states are rushing to stitch up a set of screening procedures to be at their cautionary best. However, after the White House interfered, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was forced to slacken the procedures a bit, sparing quarantine for those who show no signs and had no contact with Ebola patients.



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Kuwait plays down row with Saudi over shared oilfield

Kuwait has played down a row with Saudi Arabia over its decision to halt production at an offshore oilfield jointly operated by the two Gulf neighbours.



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Top Canada officials to face Parliament questioning after attacks

Top Canadian security officials are due to testify on Monday before a parliamentary committee about threats facing the nation in the same building where a man described as an homegrown militant opened fire last week as Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with lawmakers.



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Jordan warns settlements may "imperil" treaty with Israel

Jordan warned Israel on Sunday their peace treaty would be threatened by continued Jewish settlement building on occupied land sought by the Palestinians and any change to the religious status of a key Muslim shrine in Jerusalem.



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Singaporean activists charged over protest march

Two Singaporean activists questioning the government`s management of more than $200 billion in pension funds were charged Monday with staging an illegal march at a venue designated for protests.



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Teen wounded in US school shooting dies

One of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising the number of fatalities from when a student opened fire in a cafeteria to three.



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Governor outlines New York policy for Ebola quarantine

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has fleshed out guidelines for the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa that he and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered two days earlier, bringing the state closer in line with federal protocols.



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Girl shot in Washington state school rampage dies; death toll now 3

A girl shot during a rampage at a high school in Washington state that left another student dead along with the gunman has died from her injuries, Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett said on Sunday.



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Palestinian car ramming claims second death in Jerusalem

A woman who was in a crowd that was rammed by a Palestinian`s car in Jerusalem on Wednesday died of her injuries on Sunday, raising the death toll to two from what the police called a terrorist attack.



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More heavy fighting in Libya's Benghazi, death toll rises to 130

Heavy fighting flared on Sunday between Libya`s army and Islamist militias apparently trying to retake one of their largest camps in the eastern city of Benghazi, military officials said.



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Japan, China officials hold informal talks on preventing conflict

Chinese defence officials are meeting a Japanese delegation in Beijing this week for informal talks on preventing simmering territorial disputes from erupting into armed conflict, the talks` host said Monday.



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In wake of Canada attacks, Toronto police drill for disaster

About 100 police, firefighters and other emergency workers held a disaster-response drill in downtown Toronto`s deserted financial district on Sunday following a week that saw two soldiers killed on Canadian soil.



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Kidnapped women `used by Boko Haram on front line`: Rights group

Boko Haram has used kidnapped young women and girls on the front lines of its insurgency, according to a new report published on Monday, after a fresh abduction in Nigeria`s far northeast.



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Canada Parliament shooter made video, driven by ideology: Police

The man who killed a Canadian soldier and attacked the country`s Parliament building last week made a video of himself before hand, evidence he was driven by ideological and political motives, police said on Sunday.



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Angry US envoy hits out at global response to Ebola

The US ambassador to the United Nations has criticised the level of international support for nations hit by Ebola as she begins a tour of west African nations at the epicentre of the deadly outbreak.



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At least 17 killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 17 people and abducted dozens in a series of attacks in the central region of Nigeria`s northeast Borno State, the head of a local administration said on Sunday.



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White House questions Ebola quarantines; nurse plans lawsuit

The White House has told states that have imposed mandatory quarantines for some travelers from Ebola-hit West Africa that the policy could impede the fight against the disease, while the first health worker isolated under the rules planned to sue.



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Sierra Leoneans in Britain answer Ebola `call of duty`

Watching with horror as the Ebola crisis ravages their country, Sierra Leoneans in London are mobilising to help their compatriots fight the deadly virus back home.



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Sudan condemns extended US sanctions on the country

Sudan Sunday condemned US President Barack Obama`s decision to extend America`s economic sanctions on the African nation for another year.



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Fresh US-led airstrikes hit IS targets in Syria,Iraq: Pentagon

The Pentagon confirmed today a fresh round of air strikes by the US military and coalition partners against Islamic State group targets in Syria and Iraq.



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Modi greets Hillary Clinton on birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight greeted former US First Lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her birthday.



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Pak MQM chief claims support for new province

MQM chief Altaf Hussain today claimed that the people of Sindh have spoken out in favour of new provinces in Pakistan by observing a 'black day' against a rival PPP leader's remarks about 'Muhajirs'.



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Hungarian protesters urge PM Orban to scrap Internet tax

More than 10,000 people marched in Budapest on Sunday to demand the scrapping of a proposed tax on Internet usage that critics of Prime Minister Viktor Orban call his latest anti-democratic measure.



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US envoy visiting Ebola-hit Africa condemns world response

The US ambassador to the United Nations criticised the level of international support for nations hit by Ebola as she began a tour Sunday of west African nations at the epicentre of the deadly outbreak.



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Bilawal Bhutto attacked with eggs, tomatoes during 'Million March' in London

Pakistan's efforts to stage a march against Indian human rights violations, with a million people on the streets of London proved to be a monumental failure. Far from a seven figure, the march's attendance did not even reach five figures.



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Iraq PM seeks more Jordan help to battle IS

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called for greater cooperation with Jordan in the battle against the Islamic State jihadist group, as he held talks on Sunday in Amman, state media reported.



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Israel president admits wrongs to Arabs at massacre memorial

President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday acknowledged past and present wrongdoings to Israel's Arabs, while calling for calm in the wake of growing unrest in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.



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'Million March' comes a cropper in London

Pakistan's efforts to stage a march against Indian human rights violations, with a million people on the streets of London proved to be a monumental failure. Far from a seven figure, the march's attendance did not even reach five figures.



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Iraqi troops retake control of Sunni town

Iraqi soldiers backed by Shiite militiamen retook control on Sunday of a Sunni town seized previously by Islamic militants, said an Iraqi official and state-run TV, a rare victory for Iraqi security forces that have been battling to regain areas lost to the militants.



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Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane

Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane thwarted a new attempt by fighters from the Islamic State group today to cut off the border with Turkey before Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements can deploy.



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Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane

Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane thwarted a new attempt by fighters from the Islamic State group on Sunday to cut off the border with Turkey before Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements can deploy.



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Iraqi troops retake control of Sunni town

Iraqi soldiers backed by Shiite militiamen retook control today of a Sunni town seized previously by Islamic militants, said an Iraqi official and state-run TV, a rare victory for Iraqi security forces that have been battling to regain areas lost to the militants.



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Syria activists say Kobani death toll passes 800

A Syrian activist group said on Sunday that the death toll in 40 days of fighting in and around the northern Syrian border town of Kobani has reached 815, as Kurdish fighters battled Muslim militants for a hill west of the town.



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Rousseff narrow favourite as Brazilians turn out to vote

Brazilians voted on Sunday for the next leader of the world's seventh-largest economy, with opinion polls narrowly favouring President Dilma Rousseff after a topsy-turvy and bitter campaign.



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US to recognise same-sex marriage in 6 more states

The federal government is recognising gay marriage in six more states and extending federal benefits to those couples, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced.



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No laughing matter: Clown terror spreads in France

A wave of panic sparked by evil clowns stalking French towns has spread to the south of France where police arrested 14 teenagers dressed as the pranksters, carrying pistols, knives and baseball bats.



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US envoy visiting Ebola-hit Africa condemns world response

The US envoy to the United Nations criticised the level of international support for nations hit by Ebola as she began a tour today of west African nations struggling with the disease.



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Kobane ground fighting toll tops 800: Monitor

More than 800 people have been killed in ground fighting for Kobane since Islamic State group militants attacked the Syrian Kurdish enclave on September 16, a monitoring group said on Sunday.



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Egypt sentences 23 pro-democracy protesters to 3 years

An Egyptian court sentenced 23 pro-democracy activists today to three years in prison each for holding an unlicenced protest, after international calls to free the defendants.



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Cameroon army kills 39 Boko Haram fighters: Defense ministry

Cameroonian troops killed 39 Boko Haram fighters in clashes with the Islamists, who were carrying out three raids on Cameroon's territory, the defense ministry said on Sunday.



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Hawaii officials warn of possible lava evacuation

Hawaii authorities has told several dozen residents near an active lava flow to prepare for a possible evacuation in the next three to five days as molten rock oozed across a country road and edged closer to homes.



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Sudan president says country's regional isolation ending

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has vowed to end the sanctions-hit country's isolation, saying recent visits to regional powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia proved that ties were improving.



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Five hurt in Canada industrial explosion

Five people were injured -- one seriously -- when an explosion ripped through an industrial plant in Canada, police said.



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Divided Brazil votes for next president

After a dramatic, hard-fought race, Brazilians elect their next president on Sunday, weighing 12 years of social progress against a yearning for economic revival, and for change.



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Egypt's Morsi asks people to continue revolution

In a new letter, former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has congratulated the people of his country for continuing the revolution against leaders who want to subjogate the nation.



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