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Man shot at New Orleans international airport

Man shot at New Orleans international airport

Mar 21, – Richard White, 62, walked up to the checkpoint, pulled out a can of the insecticide and began spraying both agents and passengers standing in line, said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand. He then pulled a machete from the waistband of his pants and began swinging it around him. A TSA agent blocked […]

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Gunmen kill former lawyer for Pakistani doctor who aided CIA

Gunmen kill former lawyer for Pakistani doctor who aided CIA

Mar 17, – A senior police officer Shakir Khan says unidentified assailants shot and killed Samiullah Khan Afridi Tuesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar before fleeing. Police say a former lawyer for the Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. find Osama bin Laden has been killed by gunmen in the country’s northwest. The lawyer […]

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Syria monitor says government forces kill six in gas attack

Syria monitor says government forces kill six in gas attack

Mar 17, – The Syrian government has previously denied accusations that it has used chemical weapons in the four-year-old war. A Syrian military source said he did not have any information about the alleged attack in the village of Sarmin in Idlib province. A group monitoring the Syrian civil war said on Tuesday that government […]

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Study- China has grown to world’s 3rd-biggest arms exporter

Study- China has grown to world’s 3rd-biggest arms exporter

Mar 16, – China’s share of the global arms market rose 143 percent from 2010 to 2014, a period during which the total volume of global arms transfers rose by 16 percent over the previous five years, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report released Monday. China has overtaken Germany to become […]

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Brazil raises toll of bus accident to 49, resumes search

Brazil raises toll of bus accident to 49, resumes search

Mar 15, – The government of Santa Catarina state says the victims include eight young children, three adolescents, 24 women and 14 men. The bus plunged 1,300 feet down a mountain near the city of Joinville. Ten people are being treated at nearby hospitals. Police have renewed a search for more victims in a bus […]

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Twin bombs kill 10 people outside Pakistani church

Twin bombs kill 10 people outside Pakistani church

Mar 15, – In the tense aftermath, angry mobs burned to death one person they believed was involved in the attack and tried to lynch another, said the Deputy Inspector General for Lahore, Haider Ashraf. Two police who were protecting the church were also killed in the explosions, he said. Twin blasts exploded near a […]

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Dozens feared dead as cyclone pounds Pacific island of Vanuatu

Dozens feared dead as cyclone pounds Pacific island of Vanuatu

Mar 14, – UNICEF New Zealand said Saturday Super Tropical Cyclone Pam could be one of the worst weather disasters for the Pacific. A huge tropical cyclone smashed into Vanuatu in the South Pacific, terrifying residents and leaving “complete devastation” with fears Saturday that dozens of people may have died. “While it is too early […]

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Death, refugees, damage- Syria’s crisis in figures

Death, refugees, damage- Syria’s crisis in figures

Mar 12, – Key figures follow on the conflict that began with peaceful protests for reform but escalated into an all-out civil war drawing foreign jihadists after a brutal crackdown on dissent. Syria’s war has killed more than 210,000 people, uprooted half the population and left the country in ruins since erupting four years ago. […]

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Eleven feared dead in US military helicopter crash

Eleven feared dead in US military helicopter crash

Mar 11, – The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was reported missing Tuesday around 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday) near Eglin Air Force Base. The area was under heavy fog. Seven US Marines and four aircrew were feared dead Wednesday after an army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise in Florida, military officials said. A […]

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Former Indian PM Singh faces charges in coal scandal

Former Indian PM Singh faces charges in coal scandal

Mar 11, – The charges, which also include breach of trust, come despite the Central Bureau of Investigation finding no prosecutable evidence against Singh or others embroiled in the case. A special court on Wednesday charged former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh with corruption and criminal conspiracy for his alleged role in a multibillion dollar […]

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