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33 die in second avalanche in eastern Turkey
NE NEWS SERVICE ANKARA, FEB 6 At least 33 people were killed in eastern Turkey on Wednesday by a second...
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A passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke into pieces in Turkey; 52 injured
NE NEWS SERVICE ISTANBUL, FEB 6 A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday as it tried to land in Istanbul,...
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7 climbers missing in Himalayan avalanche
NE NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU, JAN 19 Four South Koreans and three Nepali nationals are missing and about 200 people have...
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Careful with your words: Trump warns Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
NE NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, JAN 19 President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be...
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UK to celebrate Brexit, but warns biz may suffer
NE NEWS SERVICE LONDON, JAN 19 The British government has announced plans for special events on January 31st night, when...
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Eight killed, 7 injured at Czech old age home fire mishap
NE NEWS SERVICE PRAGUE, JAN 19 At least eight people died and seven others were injured in a fire that...
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Virus casts shadow over Chinese holiday
NE NEWS SERVICE BEIJING/CHENNAI, JAN 19 China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new...
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Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week: Etihad targets zero net carbon emissions by 2050, to halve its 2019 net emission levels by 2035
NE ENVIRONMENT BUREAU AHMEDABAD, JAN 18 United Arab Emirates national carrier Etihad Airways on Saturday committed to a minimum target...
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European Union mulls 5-yr ban for facial recognition tech in public
NE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUREAU The plan by the EU’s executive – set out in an 18-page white paper –...
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Dutch art sleuth finds rare stolen copy of $1.1-mn book
NE NEWS SERVICE AMSTERDAM, JAN 18 A stolen 15th-century book by the famed Persian poet Hafez has been recovered by...
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