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Bangladesh opposition begins three-day general strike
Date: 2013-10-27 08:59:44 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:25 - ID:356365
DHAKA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Bangladeshi opposition parties have begun a three-day strike to try to force the government to quit, the BBC reported Sunday. At least one protester has already been killed after police opened fire on crowds in central ....
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Medvedev Says ‘Fast-Growing’ China Poses No Danger to Russia
Date: 2013-10-27 08:44:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:356433
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russia has nothing to fear from the fast-growing China, but could benefit from this cooperation, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a televised interview Saturday. In an interview with Vesti on Russia 1 TV ....
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Georgia votes in elections as Saakashvili's rule ends
Date: 2013-10-27 07:46:41 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:15 - ID:356319
TBILISI, Oct 27 (MENA) - Georgia is voting in presidential elections that will bring to an end a decade in power for pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili, the BBC reported. The frontrunner among the 23 candidates is a close ally of Prime ....
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Floods kill dozens in India
Date: 2013-10-26 22:28:57 GMT - India - World - SN:123 - ID:356214
NEW DELHI, Oct 26 (MENA) - Flash floods swept Saturday through the eastern Indian states of Odisha, where at least 19 people were killed, and Andhra Pradesh, where another 21 were killed, CNN-IBN reported. "The flood water entered our village ....
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ECOWAS leaders stress importance of customs union
Date: 2013-10-26 22:15:04 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:121 - ID:356199
ABUJA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have underscored the importance of a customs union as "a decisive and irreversible phase" in the process of consolidating the Region's ....
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Iran protests to Pakistan over 'terrorist movements on border'
Date: 2013-10-26 22:07:29 GMT - Iran - World - SN:120 - ID:356184
TEHRAN, Oct 26 (MENA) - Iran on Saturday protested to the Pakistani government over "negligence of terrorist movements" the border between the two countries, the state news agency IRNA reported. Director General of the West Asia Department at the ....
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2 last Beijing ... Chinese researchers develop H7N9 flu vaccine
Date: 2013-10-26 20:37:39 GMT - China - World - SN:112 - ID:356135
The team applied plasmid reverse genetics and genetic reassortment, which was widely adopted by the world, to develop the vaccine seeds, which were later proved to be safe with the embryonated chicken eggs, she said. Currently, the vaccine has ....
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Chinese researchers develop H7N9 flu vaccine
Date: 2013-10-26 20:35:26 GMT - China - World - SN:111 - ID:356120
BEIJING, Oct 26 (MENA) - Chinese researchers announced Saturday they had successfully developed the vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus, after the flu strain had left more than 130 people infected, with 45 fatalities reported, Xinhua news agency ....
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2 last Sofia ... Students permanently occupy Bulgarian university
Date: 2013-10-26 20:28:06 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:109 - ID:356128
The occupy movement at Sofia University flared Wednesday, when students interrupted a regular lecture of Dimitar Tokushev, chair of Bulgaria's Constitutional Court and professor at the university. Students demanded explanation from Tokushev ....
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Students permanently occupy Bulgarian university
Date: 2013-10-26 20:26:36 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:108 - ID:356112
SOFIA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Protesting students at Bulgaria's Sofia University have decided to permanently occupy the entire central building of the school until the resignation of PM Plamen Oresharski, Sofia News Agency reported. Saturday the entrances ....
