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Five more held in deadly Westgate mall attack in Kenya - Senior official says
Date: 2013-10-30 21:13:31 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:176 - ID:363225
NAIROBI, Oct 30 (MENA) - Five more people are being held in connection with the terrorist attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, a senior Kenyan government official said Wednesday. The five are in addition to as many as 11 people taken ....
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Turkish military 'trying to provoke an incident with Israelis in Mediterranean- paper
Date: 2013-10-30 21:09:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:175 - ID:363218
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - Turkey has been challenging Israel's military throughout the Mediterranean, the World Tribune reported Wednesday. Military sources said Turkey has used its Navy and Air Force to disrupt Israeli operations around the ....
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French FM denies paying amounts to free French hostages
Date: 2013-10-30 21:06:57 GMT - France - World - SN:174 - ID:363209
PARIS, Oct 30 (MENA) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius denied paying any amount to release the French nationals, who were kidnapped three years ago. No amounts were paid to release the four Frenchmen kidnapped in Niger after being ....
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US reiterates commitment to Iraq
Date: 2013-10-30 21:06:25 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:173 - ID:363211
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - Iraq's prime minister appears to be getting some assurances of US help to counter a surge in violence as he begins a series of meetings with top officials in Washington. Nouri al-Maliki met Wednesday with US Vice ....
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Pakistan: Drones killed 67 civilians in five years
Date: 2013-10-30 21:02:46 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:172 - ID:363195
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (MENA) – The Pakistani government said Wednesday that more than two thousand suspected terrorists have been killed in 317 drone strikes in the past five years while only 67 innocent civilians have died in these attacks, the Dawn ....
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DR Congo army seizes Bunagana base from M23 rebels
Date: 2013-10-30 20:19:10 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - World - SN:165 - ID:363136
KINSHASA, Oct 30 (MENA) - Government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have captured Bunagana town, the main base of the M23 rebel group, officials said. The troops entered the town on the Ugandan border in large numbers as the ....
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Paris launches judicial investigation into kidnapping of French nationals in Niger
Date: 2013-10-30 19:21:31 GMT - France - World - SN:157 - ID:363020
PARIS, Oct 30 (MENA) - A French court ordered Wednesday launching a judicial investigation into the kidnapping of now-safe-home four French nationals in Niger where they had been held for three years. In statements, a judicial source said that ....
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UN chief appoints new deputy Somalia envoy
Date: 2013-10-30 18:55:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:152 - ID:362992
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon appointed Wednesday Fatiha Serour of Algeria as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, a UN spokesperson said. Serour succeeds Peter De Clercq of the Netherlands in the post, ....
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Factory fire kills 7 in north China
Date: 2013-10-30 18:38:23 GMT - China - World - SN:150 - ID:362876
BEIJING, Oct 30 (MENA) - Local authorities said Wednesday that seven people were killed in a factory fire in north China's Hebei Province Wednesday afternoon, Xinhua reported. The fire broke out at a factory belonging to Zhengqiao Mining Company ....
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1 Killed, 8 Wounded in Russia's Caucasus
Date: 2013-10-30 18:29:36 GMT - Dagestan - World - SN:146 - ID:362915
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (MENA) - A man was killed and at least eight others were wounded Wednesday in explosions targeting stores in Russia's restive southern province, officials said. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that ....
