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  • Typhoon Nari pounds the Philippines, killing 13

    Date: 2013-10-13 10:39:18 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:41 - ID:336481

    Philippines/Cyclone Typhoon Nari pounds the Philippines, killing 13 MANILA, Oct 13 (MENA - A major clean-up operation was under way in the Philippines on Sunday after Typhoon Nari pounded the archipelago's north, leaving 13 dead, as ....

  • Rival militias drive Libya to brink of chaos

    Date: 2013-10-13 10:09:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:336352

    Britain/Libya Rival militias drive Libya to brink of chaos LONDON, Oct 13 (MENA) - The Sunday Times said in an article published on its website that two years after the fall of Colonel Muammar Gadaffi in a revolution that was supported by Nato ....

  • Religious bodies express dismay over marginalisation of Muslims in Nigerian army

    Date: 2013-10-13 10:07:24 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:36 - ID:336353

    Nigeria/Politics Religious bodies express dismay over marginalisation of Muslims in Nigerian army ABUJA, Oct 13 (MENA) - The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) and the Council of Imams and Ulama (CIU) Kaduna state chapters have ....

  • Toll from Vietnam firework factory blast reaches 24

    Date: 2013-10-13 09:56:35 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:35 - ID:336407

    Vietnam/Blast Toll from Vietnam firework factory blast reaches 24 HANOI, Oct 13 (MENA) - Vietnamese police raised the death toll from a blast at a fireworks factory to 24 blaming other explosives also stored at the site for the accident which ....

  • India's Cyclone Phailin pounds coast, 5 killed

    Date: 2013-10-13 08:18:07 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:336237

    India/Cyclone India's Cyclone Phailin pounds coast, 5 killed NEW DELHI, Oct 13 (MENA) - A huge cyclone has crossed the eastern coast of India, killing at least five people and forcing about 550,000 into overcrowded shelters as the storm ....

  • Iranian economy minister: Anti-Iran bans harm world’s fragile economy

    Date: 2013-10-13 08:13:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:336267

    US/Iran Iranian economy minister: Anti-Iran bans harm world’s fragile economy WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia says unilateral sanctions against Tehran's oil and financial sectors have ....

  • Ban voices sadness at death of UN-African Union military observer

    Date: 2013-10-13 06:11:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:336133

    UN/Darfur Ban voices sadness at death of UN-African Union military observer NEW YORK, Oct 13 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his sadness after a Zambian military observer of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping ....

  • Robinson condemns Congolese rebels for attack on peacekeeper helicopter

    Date: 2013-10-13 06:00:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:336127

    UN/Congo Robinson condemns Congolese rebels for attack on peacekeeper helicopter NEW YORK, Oct 13 (MENA) - UN special envoy to Africa's great lakes region, Mary Robinson, condemned an attack by Congolese rebels against a peacekeeper helicopter ....

  • 50 killed after truck plunges 300 metres off ravine in Peru

    Date: 2013-10-12 21:46:28 GMT - Peru - World - SN:129 - ID:336012

    Peru/Truck/Fatalities 50 killed after truck plunges 300 metres off ravine in Peru LIMA, Oct 12 (MENA) - At least 50 people, including 12 children, have been killed in Peru after a truck veered off a cliff and plunged into a ravine in the ....

  • Deadly explosions at Vietnamese fireworks factory

    Date: 2013-10-12 21:40:32 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:127 - ID:336006

    Vietnam/Factory Deadly explosions at Vietnamese fireworks factory HANOI, Oct 12 (MENA) - A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured, the BBC News reported ....

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