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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalSensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalCategory 5 cyclone Marcia rampaged through the Australian state of Queensland leaving at least 1,500 houses and 1,800 power lines severely damaged.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian leader of the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change has pulled out of a key meeting in Nairobi while pledging to cooperate with New Delhi police investigating allegations of sexual harassment. -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from International Business TimesGENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif met for two hours in Geneva on Sunday in another round of nuclear talks to try to narrow gaps as they pressed against a March 31 deadl...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
TOKYO (AP) — Yutaka Katayama, a former president of Nissan Motor Co.'s U.S. unit who built the Z sportscar into a powerful global brand in the 1970s, has died. He was 105. -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from International Business TimesA Turkish rescue mission to rescue 38 soldiers trapped for eight months by Islamic State militants at a historic Turkish tomb in Syria was "extremely successful," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday. One soldier was report...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaAustralia's security hotline had 18 calls about the gunman before his attack on a Sydney cafe, but none suggested an imminent attack, a report says.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaDutch honeymooner Mamitho Lendas becomes the first person to survive a fall from Sri Lanka's 4,000ft so-called World's End cliff.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from International Business TimesPERTH (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott foreshadowed tighter immigration controls on Sunday when he released the first report into a siege last December in Sydney’s Lindt cafe, in which two hostages and the gunman were ki...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificPrime Minister Narendra Modi went to open a railroad in Arunachal Pradesh, a state in eastern India that borders Tibet to the north. A large part of it is claimed by China.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
NAYPYITAW, Burma/Myanmar (AP) — Burma's government says allied minority rebel groups and former Chinese soldiers recruited as mercenaries are supporting ethnic Kokang rebels in fighting against government troops. -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Officials say attack on pro-Kiev rally marking anniversary of protesters' deaths was by assailants instructed by Moscow.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Palestinian president says coordination will end if Israel continues to withhold vast amount of tax revenue.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaPolice in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives arrest opposition leader and former President Mohamed Nasheed on terror charges.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe fate of Japanese-Latin Americans during World War Two
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaShikhar Dhawan hits 137 as India maintain their unbeaten start to the World Cup with a 130-run win over South Africa.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian newsVideo shows the moment Sri Lankan army rescued Mamitho Lendas, a Dutch honeymooner who fell off the top of the 4,000ft cliff face while taking a photograph of his new bride
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he has only the vaguest idea of how many are still being held, but that the number is likely far less than rumored.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)At least 48 people killed after vessel carrying about 140 passengers sinks after colliding with cargo ship.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from International Business TimesHONG KONG (Reuters) - Two Hong Kong delegates to China's parliament are pushing to implement mainland security laws months after pro-democracy protesters shut down major parts of the Chinese-controlled city, broadcaster RTHK said on Sund...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian newsThe ferry sank within minutes on the Padma river after colliding with a cargo vessel, killing 41 people including 11 children
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaAt least 16 people died after a passenger ferry capsized in Bangladesh, police said Sunday.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The DiplomatThe controversial general would have applauded the U.S. commitment to the Asia-Pacific.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)All 486 workers brought safely to surface after a fire struck gold mine outside of Johannesburg.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
NEW DELHI (AP) — New research estimates India's air pollution is cutting 660 million lives short by three years on average. -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaThe next phase in the underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaPresident Barack Obama may change the United States' plan to withdraw virtually all its troops from Afghanistan by 2016, his new defense secretary said Saturday during a visit to the central Asian nation -- an indication that the White H...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asia - Los Angeles TimesAt least 49 bodies, including those of 11 children, were pulled from a river in central Bangladesh on Sunday after a ferry carrying more than 200 passengers was struck by a cargo ship and capsized, officials said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaAbhinandan Pathak, a former teacher, is living the life of a prime minister, without the politics. CNN's Sumnima Udas reports.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from International Business TimesIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter a couple of times Sunday to announce his country had secured the release of the Rev. Alexis Prem Kumar, a Jesuit aid worker. An Indian citizen, the Roman Catholic priest had been taken...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed Turkish soldiers launched an overnight raid into neighboring Syria, evacuating dozens of besieged troops guarding an Ottoman tomb and moving the crypt yesterday back to Turkey after ceremonially planting the...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from China feedIn a departure from past extravagance in hosting major international events, Beijing has come up with a relatively small budget for its 2022 Winter Olympic Games bid - less than a tenth of the amount it spent on the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdPropelled by her lifelong wish to help the needy and thirst for field experience, Hong Na-yeon volunteered to head to Sierra Leone and look after Ebola patients as part of Korea’s first emergency response team in December. There, the vir...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdGerman luxury carmaker BMW is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Premium Selection collection. With the success of its premium used-car dealerships, the company has reinforced its checkup services and expanded its showrooms to satis...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » ChinaMacau Daily Times feed A nursing home worker in central China accused of killing three elderly residents with a brick and injuring 15 other people had argued with his boss over unpaid wages, according to a local government and state medi...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldA young girl suicide bomber blew herself up and killed five others Sunday in an attack on a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, witnesses and a hospital source said. Nineteen others who sustained various degrees of inju...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea should take advantage of cooperation between Russia and North Korea to smooth the way for regional economic integration and improve inter-Korean relations, an expert said in an interview with The Korea Herald last week.Accord...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: WorldA RIVER ferry carrying up to 140 passengers capsized in Bangladesh yesterday after being hit by a cargo vessel, killing at least 48 people, officials said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from China feedFinish line looms in bid for 2022 Olympics, but a handful of hurdles remain if China is to leave rival front runner, Kazakhstan, out in the cold.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Hong Kong feedYeung Kuen wedges a shoe between his knees, and proceeds to stitch a reinforcement binding the sole to the leather upper.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from World feedTwo US astronauts have begun rigging parking spots outside the International Space Station for commercial space taxis to dock there in the future.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: NationThe traditional Spring Festival scene of children clad in red, kneeling down, kowtowing to their elders, who hand them red envelopes containing “lucky money” is now a rarity.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Chosun IlboDamascus is calling a Turkish military operation in northern Syria to evacuate dozens of troops and relocate a historically significant tomb an act of "flagrant aggression." Ankara dispatched tanks, heavy weaponry, and hundreds of milita...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdMELBOURNE (AFP) - Teenage world No.1 Lydia Ko added the Australian Open to her growing list of achievements with a two-stroke win at Royal Melbourne on Sunday.The 17-year-old New Zealander became the youngest-ever world No.1 earlier this...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from rthk.hk - Instant NewsDavid Moyes's Real Sociedad struck twice in the final 10 minutes to come from behind and beat Sevilla 4-3 in a thrilling match on Sunday. The hosts had got off to an ideal start as Imanol Agirretxe slotted home the opener after 16 minute...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from rthk.hk - Instant NewsThe US homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously an apparent threat by Somali-based Islamist militants against prominent shopping sites in the West including the Mall of America in Minnesota and urged people there to be c...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed It may be as close as Rudy Giuliani will come to a retraction. The former New York City Mayor called into Bloomberg Politics’ With All Due Respect on Thursday to try and walk back comments he made a day earlier at...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » ChinaMacau Daily Times feed In the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong, just across the street from a popular department store, Ming Hing Arts has a newly opened shop selling chopsticks, bracelets, Buddha statues, and other carvings made from iv...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Hong Kong feedNew open spaces along the Kwun Tong promenade will be available for the public to enjoy in two months, as part of an initiative to beautify the waterfront in the old industrial district.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from rthk.hk - Instant NewsPro-Moscow rebels said they would start to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine on Sunday but the government in Kiev said armoured columns had crossed the border from Russia to reinforce the separatists. The Ukra...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Hong Kong feedLocal fashion designers look set to benefit from this year's budget, with the government expected to offer the sector at least HK$200 million in promotion and scholarships in the hope of nurturing young talent in Hong Kong.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdEarlier this year, I highlighted a troubling trend in many countries around the world ― the move toward illiberal government and away from human rights. Unfortunately, Japan is catching the bug.This might seem like a strange claim. Prime...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Chosun IlboPolice in Britain appealed Friday for information that might help them find three teenage schoolgirls who were believed to be traveling to Syria to join Islamic State militants. Scotland Yard said the three girls flew from London to Ista...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed A group of Palestinian hijackers who took over a Lufthansa jet in the skies over India two days ago has released the crew and surrendered at an airstrip in the Yemen. All the 172 passengers – including Joseph...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdTop executives of global mobile carriers gave kudos to Samsung Electronics’ upcoming Galaxy S6 and its variant Edge smartphones, wagering they could beat Apple’s hot-selling iPhone 6 at least in terms of design.According to industry sour...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdGENEVA (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry was set to arrive in Geneva Sunday for renewed talks with his Iranian counterpart on Tehran's nuclear program, after warning "significant gaps" remain ahead of a key deadline.World powers a...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldSaudi Arabia’s morality police detained a group of young men for dancing at a birthday party and referred them to prosecutors, according to a state-linked media report. The news website Ayn al-Youm reported Saturday that the Commis...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Hong Kong feedHong Kong is to be set an even tougher target to cut energy use over the next decade - beyond the existing plan for a 25 per cent reduction.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: WorldTurkish soldiers launched an overnight mission into neighboring Syria, evacuating dozens of besieged troops guarding an Ottoman tomb and moving the crypt yesterday back to Turkey after ceremonially planting
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: WorldFive people including a relief worker were wounded in an attack on a local aid organization’s vehicle in conflict-torn northeastern Myanmar, the group said yesterday, the second such attack within a w
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from rthk.hk - Instant NewsTottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane stoked controversy with a goal six minutes into added time to rescue a 2-2 home draw with West Ham United while Liverpool's top-four hopes were boosted by a 2-0 win at Southampton on Sunday. Kane's status a...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: WorldSensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant’s operator said yesterday, highlighting difficulties in decommissioning the
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdHollywood has long been criticized for portraying Asian characters as caricatures instead of complex human beings.However, the past few years have seen more and more Asian-Americans taking lead roles, playing charming, multidimensional c...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: WorldTwo people were killed and about eight others were injured in a bomb explosion yesterday at a march in Ukraine’s second-largest city that was commemorating the first anniversary of the ouster of president
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldThe U.S. homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously a threat made by Somali-based Islamist militants against shopping malls, including the Mall of America in Minnesota, and urged people going there to be careful. Homeland ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: NationEight people have been confirmed dead and one is still missing after a boat sank in the Zijiang River in central China’s Hunan Province on Saturday, authorities said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from China feedFor 20 years, Shanghai chef Zhang Haihua spent every Lunar New Year preparing restaurant banquets as others gathered for joyful family reunions.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: NationFive-star hotels in Spain are serving up white rice for breakfast as the country offers quicker visas and seeks more direct flights from China to tap into the surging wave of Chinese tourists.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from rthk.hk - Instant NewsSingapore's richest horse race made its debut on Sunday with hundreds of wealthy mainland Chinese in attendance, raising organisers' hopes that their growing interest in the sport would fuel a regional circuit. The S$3.05 million China E...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Hong Kong feedAnti-mainland sentiment eased as the flow of people across the border slowed during the Lunar New Year celebrations, but locals protested yesterday against a National People's Congress delegate's idea to allow more mainlanders to visit t...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdNorth Korea conducted military drills last week to “strike and occupy” South Korea’s northwestern border islands in an apparent show of force ahead of the Seoul-Washington annual defense exercise to begin early next month.According to th...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdYim Jong-ryong, the nominee for chairman of South Korea’s top financial regulator, is expected to face stiff criticism during his parliamentary confirmation hearing, as the Assembly is divided over his suitability.The opposition New Poli...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from China feedWhen Matt Stopera, from US online outlet BuzzFeed, wrote about the mysterious posts turning up on his photo stream he started what some said was the "most romantic story of the Lunar New Year".
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Korea HealdSEOUL (AFP) – Korean Air and European aerospace giant Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly bid for an $8-billion jet fighter project, an airline spokesman said Sunday, pitting them against a team comprised of Lockheed Martin and Ko...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from World feedA US court has sided with Bob Marley's family, which sued a company that sold shirts depicting the reggae legend, in a case that has potential ramifications for merchandise of other deceased stars.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from rthk.hk - Instant NewsMcLaren's Fernando Alonso was involved in a heavy crash on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona on Sunday but is "ok and conscious", officials said.↓ The Spaniard, twice world champion, hit the wall on the exit of Turn Three ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from World feedA bomb killed two people during a pro-government march in the east of Ukraine, as Kiev's army and rebels wrangled over a shaky truce requiring them to pull back heavy weapons.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed Two people were killed and about eight others injured in a bomb explosion at a march yesterday in Ukraine’s second-largest city that was commemorating the first anniversary of the ouster of president Viktor Yanukov...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from World feedAlmost 600 Turkish troops staged a daring incursion overnight yesterday deep into Syria, evacuating Turkish soldiers guarding a historic tomb who had been stranded in territory controlled by Islamic State (IS) jihadists.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalStating that the current times are "favourable" for RSS, its chief Mohan Bhagwat said the outfit should make it a priority to unite Hindus while at the same time stressed that every faith should be respected as unity in diversity was Ind...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaOn Sunday, Gujarat breached the 3,000-mark in swine flu cases, registering in just 53 days more cases than were recorded (2,884) in a four-year period spanning May 2009 to March 2013.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalBritain debated Sunday how to stop teenage girls joining the Islamic State group in Syria after three high-achieving youngsters became the latest to run away from home.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
Orders police probe after complaint that e-commerce sites may be violating law, seeks status report by March 21. -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaThe Bihar CM’s changed political posturing towards Modi is also seen as a tactical move to regain his image of ‘Vikas Purush’ .
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaA group of farmers who began marching from Palwal, Haryana on Friday will join Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday to demand withdrawal of amendments to the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaGiven the presence of declared anti-BJP forces at Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in ceremony as the state’s CM for the fourth time at Raj Bhavan on Sunday, the state BJP top brass was all fire and brimstone against him, maintaining the event wa...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe West Bengal Chief Minister clarifies "it is not related to me
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaCongress on Sunday showed complete solidarity with JD (U) by sending its top functionaries at the swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar as CM, but RJD president Lalu Prasad and his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi remained conspi...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalIf yoga comes into the life of every common people, it will help in bringing down incidents of rape in the country, veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said on Sunday.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalFather Alexis Prem Kumar was abducted from Herat in Afghanistan on June 2, 2014.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaThe Delhi assembly election results not only changed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s confrontationist attitude but also sent a message that personal likes or dislikes must take the backseat for the sake of development o...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalBJP on Sunday sought an apology from Congress for its "arbitrary" allocation of coal blocks and said the previous UPA dispensation headed by the party stood exposed following the positive response to the Narendra Modi government's move t...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalA bomb blast killed two at a march in east Ukraine on Sunday on the first anniversary of the ouster of the country's Russia-friendly president, a gruesome counterpoint to the hopes spawned by a cease-fire agreement more than a week ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaPolice commissioner B S Bassi has roped in officers of the economic offenses Wing (EOW) in special investigation team probing the ongoing corporate espionage case in which papers of crucial departments were leaked.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalFormer Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the land ordinance, saying the "Company Sarkar" has knocked out the basic principles of the original land acquisition law to bring 'acchhey din' fo...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalEgyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday called for a unified Arab force to confront regional challenges and threats of militancy.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalAway from political limelight, BJP veteran LK Advani was the cynosure of all eyes on Sunday as he turned a 'groom' once again, exchanging the traditional 'varmala' with his wife Kamla on their 50th wedding anniversary.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaWith political observers analyzing the pluses and minuses of the nine-month-long Jitan Ram Manjhi government, it is rather time to have a look at those headlines making months albeit for wrong reasons most of the time.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / WorldKUWAIT CITY - New US Defense Secretary Ash Carter is gathering top US military commanders and diplomats for talks in Kuwait on Monday about the battle against Islamic State, as America's military effort approaches major hurdles in bo...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldJOHANNESBURG, Feb 23, 2015: A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the United States, Canada, Britain and other Western countries. US authorities said th...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSSATIRE Always identify who is the mastermind and study his overall strategies.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
The top leadership of PAS is becoming more inclined towards working with Umno, claimed a veteran leader, raising concerns that the Islamist party is inching closer towards leaving its partners in Pakatan Rakyat. Former vice-president Ahm... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from World | Thanh Nien DailyNearly three months after police cleared away the last of Hong Kong's pro-democracy street protests, lingering anger is stoking a new front of radical activism that has turned shopping malls and university campuses into a fresh battleg...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationForeign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario will not be able to attend the Senate investigation on the Mamasapano clash which left over 60 people, including 44 PNP-Special Action Force commandos and 18 Moro Islamic Liberation Front figh...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
BAGA (Nigeria), Feb 23 — Nigeria’s military said yesterday that the offensive against Boko Haram was progressing, claiming soldiers had recovered stocks of arms abandoned by insurgents fleeing the recaptured town of Baga. &ld... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from NationMANILA - The 29th anniversary of the EDSA people power revolution that ousted the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 would be a regular working day for employees but there will be no classes in all levels, Malacanang clarified yester...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Malaysia TodayHaving its way is more important to the Islamist party than anything else. Scott Ng, FMT Pakatan Rakyat’s marriage of convenience has always been under some form of threat from... READ MORE
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Southeast AsiaBANGKOK : Sinking in heavy repayments to loan sharks, Non says payday is nothing more than a cruel reminder of his dire finances. Household debt has surged to alarming levels in Thailand; just one of a welter of issues dragging on the ec...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesTwo leading mobile phone distributors are aggressively moving into online channels as their traditional brick and mortar stores face strong challenges from the digital platform.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesThe amended ministerial regulation to pave the way for imposing tax on tutorial schools will soon go to Finance Minister Sommai Phasee for approval in a move expected to raise up to 2 billion baht in revenue.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Burma Times » Burma NewsBurma Times Correspondent: February 23, 2015 A popular national Facebook page ‘Myanmar Air Force’ is stirring controversy by claiming that Bangladesh should be part of a future ‘Myanmar’ empire. A post dated on February 20 shows Banglade...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Southeast AsiaSERDANG : Learning the Chinese language is becoming more popular among Malays and Indians in vernacular schools. The SRJK(C) Serdang Baru 2 is a shining example, with 279 non-Chinese pupils taking the language classes. Among them are Aly...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Southeast AsiaRANGOON - Five people including one journalist were injured Saturday during a second ambush on a Red Cross vehicle in less than a week in northeast Burma’s troubled Kokang region, according to state-run daily The Mirror. The attack near ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesAs the country moves closer to the promulgation of its 20th charter, national reconciliation has been the central theme of the drafting process, spurring reflection about the social and political motivations behind the two previous const...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
DAMASCUS, Feb 23 — Almost 600 Turkish troops pushed deep into Syria in an unprecedented incursion yesterday, relocating a historic tomb and evacuating the soldiers guarding the monument after it was surrounded by Islamic State (IS)... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSFREE YOURSAY 'A lawyer going on a roadshow to talk about a case he has 'won'?'
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesThree activists from the "Free People Thailand 58" group were taken into police custody on Sunday for staging a protest in front of a department store at Victory Monument.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSCOMMENT Professor at 35, his ground-breaking work was far ahead of its time.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
BANGKOK, Feb 23 — Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing today as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom’s controversial les... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Cries of “Ops Lalang II” following an apparent crackdown on dissent over Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s conviction are premature, said two former detainees who expressed alarm over the growing n... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — If there is one person who has not said anything about the loss of a loved one on flight MH370 which went missing on March 8 last year, it must be V.P.R. Nathan. His wife, Anne Daisy, was on the plane th... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
SUNGAI SIPUT, Feb 23 — Police have widened the investigation into the murder of a policeman’s son here early Saturday morning to include elements of gangsterism, gang-fighting and drugs. N. Suren, 28, died after he was shot s... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / WorldJOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Sunday all 486 miners who were trapped underground following a fire had been rescued.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23, 2015: Despite all the publicity in the print media and social media, Malaysians continue to fall for Internet scams, particularly those via social networking site Facebook. The latest victim was a hospital worker, w...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllLONDON: Liverpool survived three penalty appeals to boost their bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League with a contentious 2-0 win at Southampton on Sunday.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSThis would only cause a temperature rise of between one or two degrees Celcius.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider :: world
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif met for two hours in Geneva on Sunday in another round of nuclear talks to try to narrow gaps as they pressed against a March 31 deadline to reach a politi... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
GENEVA, Feb 23 — US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif met for two hours in Geneva yesterday in another round of nuclear talks to try to narrow gaps as they pressed against a March 31 dea... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllLOS ANGELES: Two small movies headed to a showdown for the biggest of all film prizes at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday, in an evening ceremony likely to honor veteran actors along with feats of filmmaking.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesNews that Thailand is becoming a Chinese client state is greatly exaggerated. True, Bangkok has moved ever closer to Beijing following the military coup in May 2014. But recent foreign policy manoeuvres suggest even Thailand's military r...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider :: world
At least 66 people died when a passenger ferry carrying more than 150 passengers and crew capsized after colliding with a trawler on a river in central Bangladesh on Sunday, police said. Rescuers managed to save at least 50 passengers an... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
KIEV, Feb 23 — The West sounded more forceful warnings over Ukraine’s battered truce yesterday as fighting raged around the port city of Mariupol and the warring sides wrangled over withdrawing heavy weapons. The volatility w... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSCOMMENT We should instead be focusing on challenges facing our nation.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSPolice sources say this is for not filing a report on Jude Pereira's claim.
- Rabiatul Kamit WHAT happens to offenders after they leave prison? It is a question many of us have quietly relegated to the back our minds, earnestly hoping that custodial sentences have effectively worked to rectify any criminal behavio...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllLONDON: Ellie Goulding topped the British music singles chart for the third week running on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said, with her track “Love Me Like You Do” breaking the all-time audio streaming record.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalKhon Kaen University's Department of Culture and the local Khon Kaen municipality will sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday to mark a new milestone in cultural relations between the two institutions.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsAmid cheers from other visitors and family members of local resident Nguyen Thi Huong, Swedish tourist Bjorn Emmerik could not help but feel embarrassed while trying to wrap a piece of Banh Tet, a Vietnamese cylindrical glutinous rice ca...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from philstar.com - NationCLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines – Former Tarlac governor Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco will not run for the province’s top post to avoid clashing wi
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from WorldBEIRUT - Syrian Kurdish forces advanced towards an Islamic State stronghold in northeastern Syria on Sunday in an offensive backed by U.S.-led air strikes, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said. The Kurdish YPG militia, which la...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » World
Santa Monica/Los Angeles, California— A day before it may soar at the Oscars, “Birdman” spread its wings at the 30th Independent Film Spirit Awards, winning best picture, best actor for Michael Keaton and best cinematography. The elegant... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » NationalSenator Grace Poe-Llamanzares yesterday urged embattled former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Alan Purisima to cooperate with the Senate and publicly disclose his text messages with President Aquino during and af...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThe U.S. homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously an apparent threat by Somali-based Islamist militants against prominent shopping sites in the West including the Mall of America in Minnesota and urged people there to be...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's mayor of Jerusalem and his security guard wrestled a Palestinian attacker to the ground near city hall on Sunday after an ultra-Orthodox Jew was stabbed with a knife at a busy intersection.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionIn a deft operation, which began on Saturday evening and continued till 6am yesterday, a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team busted a militant training camp in a dense hilly forest in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong. Five suspected milita...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from philstar.com - WorldVIENNA — Austria was enthusiastic when Saudi Arabia said it was ready to bankroll a center for religious and cultural understanding in Vienna — but two years
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from NationalUS Secretary of State John Kerry will soon visit Bangladesh to take forward the Dhaka-Washington ties to a newer height, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. On February 19, Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali had a meeting with K...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott foreshadowed tighter immigration controls on Sunday when he released the first report into a siege last December in Sydney’s Lindt cafe, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from WorldJOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Sunday about 280 employees were rescued with no injuries or deaths recorded after an underground fire at its Kusasalethu mine. "Kusasalethu update: 280 people brought safely to surface, ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from philstar.com - NationCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group arrested a
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsTUZLA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Rescuers recovered bodies of four men believed to be illegal miners 18 hours after a landslide at an opencast lignite coal mine at Dubrave in northeast Bosnia, police and officials said on Sunday.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsCAIRO (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sought to reassure Egyptians on Sunday that he is in control and steering the country on the right path in the face of Islamist militancy in neighbouring Libya and the Sinai and economic c...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from philstar.com - NationCAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – Security will be tightened around the Bulacan regional trial court today for the resumption of the trial of retired Arm
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from NationalA college student sustained injuries when pickets blasted crude bombs in the old part of Dhaka yesterday, the first day of BNP-led 20-party alliance's 72-hour nationwide hartal. Sharmin Akhter Sultana, 18, underwent a surgery on her back...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionAt least 43 people, including twelve children, died and more than 50 went missing as a launch, with over 300 passengers on board, capsized in the Padma River near Paturia launch terminal in Manikganj district yesterday when it was hit by...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » NationalElection watchdog group Citizens for Clean and Credible Elections (C3E) lauded over the weekend the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to open the review of the source code of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) and oth...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the BNP-Jamaat alliance is now planning to make grenade attacks on innocent people as their petrol bombs have failed to yield anything for them, reports UNB. “I recently heard one Jamaa...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from WorldCARACAS - Venezuela's president is panicking over falling popularity and has revealed his authoritarian face by arresting Caracas's mayor, the opposition politician's wife said. Antonio Ledezma, 59, was seized by intelligence agents in h...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionIn the latest propaganda video from Islamic State, hostages are paraded in cages through the packed streets of Iraq to cheers and jeers, reports Mail Online yesterday. But in a cruel twist, the orange jumpsuit-clad prisoners are intervie...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshPreliminary investigation finds their involvement in crimes against humanity during 1971
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from philstar.com - NationMANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is likely to conduct recall elections in Bulacan and Puerto Princesa within the next two months.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Khaama Press (KP) | Afghan Online Newspaper
According to reports the Taliban group leadership has approved preliminary peace talks with the government of Afghanistan in a bid to find a solution to the ongoing violence in the country. Sources privy of the development have said the ... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Inquirer News » Nation“This is the only Aquino who is afraid of people power... what is he afraid of?”
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Haveeru Online - HeadlinesOpposition leader and former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed’s legal team said Sunday night that they would appeal the warrant issued by Criminal Court for his arrest on ‘terror’ charges.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from WorldBENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya - Libya has resumed oil exports from the eastern port of Zueitina after an almost year-long suspension and is also testing a pipeline to restart exports from Hariga port, officials said on Sunday. The resumption w...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Inquirer News » NationThe Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Sunday rejected calls to surrender its fighters involved in the Jan. 25 clash in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao province, in which 44 elite police commandos were killed.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsVenezuela's president is panicking over falling popularity and has revealed his authoritarian face by arresting Caracas's mayor, the opposition politician's wife said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Sunday it had rescued all of the mine workers that were trapped underground following a fire.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Civil.Ge Daily NewsReal growth is expected to be 2-2.5%, instead of forecasted 5%, Economy Minister said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Civil.Ge Daily NewsMeraparishvili, who served on the post since late 2013, announced about resignation on February 22.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from КазинформABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - Green coffee has recently gained popularity for weight loss. However, its role in the same has been disputed. Those who have tried the beverage vouch for its usability. So should green coffee be your best friend if...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Civil.Ge Daily NewsThe visit demonstrates Georgia's support to Ukraine, Margvelashvili said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi are to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz in Geneva to discuss Tehran’s ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that Tehran spare no efforts to back Syrian government and nation under current circumstances,
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from КазинформLONDON. KAZINFORM - Van Persie, 31, also had a protective boot around his right ankle after suffering an injury in the final stages of his side's 2-1 defeat on Saturday.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a veiled swipe at the Obama administration Sunday, saying it’s “astonishing” that nuclear negotiations are continuing with Iran even after revelations last week that Iran continues to withho...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIran and the P5+1 group have held several rounds of negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program in recent years with limited results
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesThe group published photos of the bombings outside the Iranian embassy in central Tripoli earlier on Sunday on its Twitter account
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesCavusoglu said Turkey raised the flag in Ashmeh, and will come back to the tomb's location again when it is ready
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesA senior Iraqi legislator revealed that Israel's Golani Infantry Brigade has trained the commanders of the IS terrorist group in the Sinai for sabotage operations in Egypt
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesUS senator said that United States would continue to help Peshmerga forces in providing air support, training and with provision of arms
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Armenian Weekly » NewsSources close to the Turkish government have denied the Sunday’s Zaman report that claimed the Gallipoli commemoration events have been canceled, according to Daily Sabah. “Sources from both the Presidency and Prime Ministry have refuted...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Armenian Weekly » News
On Feb. 20, the Human Rights Association of Turkey issued a statement in response to a planned anti-Armenian demonstration on Feb. 22 in Istanbul, operating under the banner, “Demonstrations Condemning the Khojali Genocide and Armenian T... -
Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesTurkish president released a statement on Sunday after relocation of Tomb of Suleyman Shah to new location
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesHassan Rouhani has said that the new makeup of the Iranian nuclear negotiation team shows that the Islamic Republic is determined in its efforts to conduct relations with the world
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesGround Force of the Iranian Army ended its special mission in the country's western borders where it had adopted a special arrangement following the Islaamic State(IS) group entered Iraq.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from World Bulletin / CaucasusThe center will also include a facility to train in underwater combat and has been modelled on Jordans King Abdullah Special Operations center
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesAn explosion occurred in front of Iranian ambassador house in Libyan capital city of Tripoli
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIranian MPs have prepared a draft law for merging the Environmental Protection Organization with the country’s Agriculture Ministry
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from UzDaily.comUzbekistan U-20 will hold a training camp in Portugal, the press service of Uzbekistan Football Federation said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from ИА ASIA-PlusDUSHANBE, February 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDP) complaints about illegal acts of officers of the Interior Ministry and the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). A statement released by th...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesTurkish MP Sinan Ogan hopes that the parliament of Turkey will recognize the Khojaly genocide.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from ИА ASIA-PlusDUSHANBE, February 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Abdujabbor Shirinov, says Tajikistan is currently studying the possibility of using the Chinese national currency, the yuan (CNY), for trade set...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from ИА ASIA-PlusDUSHANBE, February 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has presented the document on accession to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, commonly known as Apostille Convention, to the...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from ИА ASIA-PlusDUSHANBE, February 22, 2015, Asia-Plus – President Emomali Rahmon has ordered to increase the supply of daily electrical power to residential customers in rural areas to 18 hours. Tajik national TC channels reported on February 21 that r...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from ИА ASIA-PlusDUSHANBE, February 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A Russian officer has been detained in Tajikistan on suspicions of assaulting a taxi driver and stealing his vehicle, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports. Police in Dushanbe told RFE/RL on Febr...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIran’s Foreign Minister said that Iran will not accept any “incomplete, vague” deal with the P5+1 over the country’s nuclear program
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 from Asbarez Armenian News
ANKARA–Quoting sources close to the Turkish government, the Daily Sabah on Sunday reported that the presidency and the prime ministry have refuted earlier reports, published by Sunday’s Zaman, about the cancellation of events...
