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Nigerian police arrest 320 Boko Haram suspects
Date: 2014-01-26 21:14:26 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:183 - ID:522189
ABUJA, Jan 26 (MENA) - There is tension in security circles in Nigerian Rivers State as the state police command Sunday arrested about 320 persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, local media reported. The suspects, men and women, ....
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All relatives of executed uncle of North Korean leader executed too: Agency
Date: 2014-01-26 21:08:59 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:181 - ID:522079
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (MENA) -- All relatives of the executed uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, including children and the country's ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia, have also been put to death at the leader's instruction, Yonhap quoted multiple ....
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Germany to witness difficult year in Africa, Afghanistan
Date: 2014-01-26 20:53:43 GMT - Germany - World - SN:179 - ID:522162
BERLIN, Jan 26 (MENA) - It will not be an easy year for new Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. The German military is facing a new mission in Africa while at the same time orchestrating a challenging withdrawal from war-torn Afghanistan, German ....
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3 Taliban militants killed, 23 others detained in Afghan operations
Date: 2014-01-26 20:18:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:177 - ID:522145
KABUL, Jan 26 (MENA) - At least three Taliban militants were killed during military operations by Afghan national security forces Sunday, Khaama Newspaper reported. The interior ministry confirmed that 23 others were arrested during the ....
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FCO Minister congratulates new president of Madagascar
Date: 2014-01-26 20:11:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:175 - ID:522143
LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) - British Foreign Office Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds congratulated on Sunday the new President of Madagascar and hoped that the country will soon make concrete progress towards a better future. In a statement on the ....
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Tourist boat sinks off India, 21 killed
Date: 2014-01-26 19:27:28 GMT - India - World - SN:165 - ID:522025
NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (MENA) - A boat carrying local tourists has capsized in India's Andaman Sea in the Bay of Bengal, killing 21 people, Sky News quoted officials as saying on Sunday. Thirteen were rescued, said top Administrator P. ....
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4 Afghans, including journalist, killed in Kabul suicide attack
Date: 2014-01-26 19:26:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:164 - ID:522033
KABUL, Jan 26 (MENA) - At least four people, including an Afghan journalist and two Afghan army personnel, were killed and 22 others were injured following a suicide attack that targeted an Afghan army bus in Kabul city, Khaama Newspaper reported ....
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Terrorism suspects free of tough controls in UK
Date: 2014-01-26 18:44:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:157 - ID:521972
LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) - A group of terror suspects, branded by officials as a genuine threat to British national security, are now free of tough controls designed to prevent them engaging in terrorist activity, Sky News reported. From today, seven ....
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Hitler died in Brazil, did not kill himself - Book
Date: 2014-01-26 18:44:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:156 - ID:522015
LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) - A new book titled 'Hitler in Brazil - His Life and His Death' claims Adolf Hitler actually escaped his hideout and died in 1984 in a small town near Brazil's border with Bolivia, The Daily Star reported Sunday. The Fuhrer ....
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UK warns British jihadists about going to Syria
Date: 2014-01-26 17:19:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:145 - ID:521319
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) – Britons traveling to Syria to help the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad could be arrested on their return, a senior police chief warned on Saturday, saying they may pose a security risk to the UK, The Christian ....