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5.0-magnitude quake strikes near Tokyo
Date: 2013-11-03 07:54:50 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:367725
TOKYO, Nov 3 (MENA) - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Tokyo on Sunday, CNN quoted the US Geological Survey as saying. The quake, which was about 66 kilometers deep, occurred about 48 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, the agency said. There ....
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Iran, Russia to boost electricity production cooperation
Date: 2013-11-03 07:38:51 GMT - Iran - World - SN:14 - ID:367724
TEHRAN, Nov 3 (MENA) - Iranian Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian said Tehran and Moscow have agreed to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of energy and electricity production, Iran's Press TV reported Sunday. Describing his talks with the ....
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25 feared dead in stampede in Nigeria
Date: 2013-11-02 22:38:46 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:131 - ID:367575
ABUJA, Nov 2 (MENA) – More than 25 persons, who attended the weekly crusade at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State, lost their lives during a stampede at the end of the ceremony in the ....
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Train runs over and kills 8 in southern India
Date: 2013-11-02 21:02:52 GMT - India - World - SN:123 - ID:367536
NEW DELHI, Nov 2 (MENA) - An Indian official said Saturday a train struck and killed eight people in southern India on Saturday, ABC News reported. The victims were crossing the tracks on foot when they were hit by the train, said M. Kiran Kumar, ....
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Western Burma most dangerous in world for Muslims -- report … 3 last Washington
Date: 2013-11-02 20:29:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:367394
In the past few years, Burma has made remarkable progress on political reform. But in his final report last month as the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana called attention to the "profound crisis" in Rakhine state ....
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Western Burma most dangerous in world for Muslims -- report … 2 Washington
Date: 2013-11-02 20:28:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:117 - ID:367389
The anti-Rohingya violence has since affected other Muslims in Burma. In September, a Buddhist mob rampaged through a Muslim neighborhood of Kamein ethnicity in Thandwe, a town in Rakhine state. Among those killed was a 94-year-old grandmother. ....
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Western Burma most dangerous in world for Muslims -- report
Date: 2013-11-02 20:25:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:116 - ID:367336
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) - Rakhine state, on the western coast of Burma, is among the most dangerous places in the world to be a Muslim, The Washington Post said on Saturday. "Just over a year ago, simmering tensions and small-scale clashes erupted ....
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Iran determined to expand energy ties with Russia
Date: 2013-11-02 19:57:09 GMT - Iran - World - SN:110 - ID:367460
TEHRAN, Nov 2 (MENA)- Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian underlined Saturday that Tehran is resolved to develop cooperation with Moscow in the energy and power sectors, Fars News Agency reported. The Iranian minister said Tehran is fully ....
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Georgia's Billionaire Prime Minister Nominates Successor
Date: 2013-11-02 19:09:41 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:109 - ID:367357
TBILISI, Nov 2 (MENA) – Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has nominated the country's interior minister to replace him when the billionaire politician steps down later this month, RIA Novosti reported. Ivanishvili announced 31-year-old ....
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Sweden collaborated with European spy agencies on Internet and phone surveillance
Date: 2013-11-02 19:06:10 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:107 - ID:367444
STOCKHOLM, Nov 2 (MENA) - Swedish intelligence agencies have collaborated with other European powers on massive covert surveillance of Internet and telephone traffic, Swedish Radio News reported. According to the documents, British intelligence ....
