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Syria airstrikes kill 17, mostly kids
The agency didn't say when the attack happened. Lake said the school compound was "repeatedly attacked", adding that it may be the deadliest attack on a school since the war began more than five years ago. And she told Churkin: "You don't get congratulations and get credit for not committing war crimes for a day, or a week". Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Syrian warplanes had pounded positions held by terrorists in the path connecting two ...
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UK concerned as Spain mulls refueling of Russian warships
It is expected to enter the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, passing through the Strait of Gibraltar in between Spain and Morocco. Late on Tuesday night, El País reported that the Spanish ministry of foreign affairs was reviewing the permit issued to the Russian flotilla to stop at Ceuta .
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Beatty's The Sellout is first US Booker winner
Camilla, Prince Charles' wife and the Duchess of Cornwall, will give the award to Beatty in a ceremony at the medieval Guildhall. Paul Beatty, from the United States, victor of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for fiction poses for the media with his book "The Sellout" after the award ceremony in London, Tuesday, Oct.
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Ram Gopal not important, Akhilesh to remain
As the SP crisis deepened on Monday, SP state president Shivpal Yadav had expelled his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav from the party, and Akhilesh retaliated by expelling four ministers including Shivpal from the cabinet. He had also spoken in support of Mr Amar Singh. However, Mulayam comes out strongly in favour of his son's detractors and says he will not hear anything against Shivpal Yadav and Amar Singh.
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Talks continue on day EU-Canada trade deal was to be signed
The region held a veto over the country's ability to back the trans-Atlantic trade agreement. The EU presidency said that "the EU-Canada summit will not start today as planned ". Magnette had especially opposed terms of the deal meant to protect global investors which critics say could allow them to force governments to change laws against the wishes of the people.
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Leicester City Vs. Crystal Palace Live Stream
Whatever I do I can help the team. Claudio Ranieri opted to make two changes to the team that beat Copenhagen 1-0 in midweek in the Champions League, dropping Marc Albrighton and Jamie Vardy in favour of Musa and Okazaki and the Italian's decision paid off.
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IS Executes Dozens Of Prisoners Near Mosul, Officials Say
On Monday, U.S. officials said Iraqi forces had regained more than 800 square kilometers of territory from Islamic State around Mosul . Islamic State fighters on Wednesday kept up their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul which has held up Iraqi troops on the southern front and forced an elite army unit east of the city to put its more rapid advance on hold.
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Yasir spins Pakistan to series-clinching win
The West Indies continued their struggles batting second in Tests, as over their last six games, they have conceded 228 runs, 222, 128, 323, 280 and 360 on first innings . Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took 2-60 while seamer Rahat Ali got the prized wicket of Darren Bravo for just 13 when the left-hander played a lose cut and was caught at point Monday.
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U.S., Japan, South Korea agree to up pressure on North Korea
Council members are now debating a fresh resolution after the North's fifth nuclear test in September. A bilateral agreement between South Korea and Japan would enable a quicker transfer of information between the countries in urgent situations.
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Quetta shuts down, mourns 61 killed at police academy
They just barged in and started firing point blank. "We started screaming and running around in the barracks", one police cadet who survived told media. Baluchistan police chief Ahsan Mahboob told reporters that four gunmen attacked the training center, attempting to enter a hostel housing the trainees.
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Clinton no longer shying away from dealing the "woman card"
After hugging Warren, Clinton told the crowd "I don't know about you, but I could listen to Elizabeth go on all day". It's like a magnet. Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump each launched fresh attacks against the other on Monday, signaling that harshly negative closing arguments may dominate the final two weeks of the campaign .
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IS militants abduct, kill 30 in Afghanistan
Ghor is far from Afghanistan's main locus of Islamic State activity, in parts of Nangarhar Province. Militants linked to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) have abducted and killed 30 people in central Afghanistan , according to officials.
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Clinton says Trump stance on vote results threatens US democracy
She also referenced the recent debates, saying, "Come to think of it, it's unbelievable I'm up here after Donald". She touched on her now infamous Wall Street speeches, leaked by WikiLeaks , telling the crowd: "Usually, I charge a lot for speeches like this".
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Britain's plans to expand Heathrow Airport cause worries about pollution, lost homes
For business communities around the region, connectivity into an expanded Heathrow in conjunction with continuing to build more local services to business destinations through Doncaster Sheffield Airport is critical. While the Scottish Government welcomed the decision, the SNP's transport spokesman at Westminster Drew Hendry warned that the move would also be of "disproportionate benefit to the south east of England and London.
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Samsung SDI widens loss in Q3 after demise of Galaxy Note 7s
Lee, a Samsung Electronics director. Scrapping the Note 7 saw earnings of the company's core mobile business drop off a cliff, with the mobile division's operating profit for the third quarter down nearly 98 percent from the previous quarter at just 100 billion won.
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Ayotte, Hassan debate over who really backs small businesses
The Washington, D.C. -based Brady Campaign announced its endorsement of Hassan via social media Tuesday, noting her promise to expand background checks to include all gun sales and support of so-called No Fly/No Buy legislation. Ayotte responded that she would work to make that happen if the state came forward with a detailed plan that showed sustainable funding and a commitment from all the major players.
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NZ dollar little changed before trade data
LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The dollar traded close to a three-month high against the yen on Thursday, underpinned by higher U.S. bond yields and growing expectations that the U.S. It was last up 0.7 per cent on the day at $0.77 and rose to a three-month high against the lower-yielding yen. Given the recent strength of the US currency on a US dollar index basis, "it will be interesting to note whether the Fed makes any acknowledgment of the amount of financial tightening that has occurred ...
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U.S. abstains for first time in United Nations vote on ending Cuba embargo
But the final decision to restore full trade and financial ties with Cuba would require legislative action by Congress. The lone American ally on this issue, Israel , also changed its vote on Wednesday to abstain. "There isn't any Cuban family or sector in our country that has not suffered from its effects", he said. The Assembly further reiterated its call to all UN Member States to refrain from promulgating and applying laws and measures not conforming with their obligations under the UN ...
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Over 10000 displaced due to Mosul operation in Iraq
Their targets include IED construction facilities; the sources of ISIS financing, such as oil-related facilities, and also the group's media production entities, such as ISIS' news agency, Amaq, according to United States military officials.
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Dreamworld tragedy: NZ woman's family left devastated
Ms Turner's granddaughter survived the tragedy but her son's wife, 32-year-old Canberra woman Kate Goodchild died. She said: "There were just police and lifeguards everywhere". Members of the public have paid tribute to the victims in a service at Dreamworld . Dreamworld has denied there were problems with the ride, saying it was checked one month ago and passed structural and mechanical tests.
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Pakistan Court bars Islamabad shut down on November 2
The capital city administration has been directed by Justice Siddiqui to ensure smooth running of daily business in Islamabad on November 2 and hospital, schools, markets will remain open on the day. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the cases filed by Tasleem Abbasi, Raja Maqsood Hussain, Faiz Ahmed Cheema and Muhabullah seeking to stop the PTI from shutting down Islamabad .
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Russia: No Russian or Syrian Strikes on Aleppo for Past Week
Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. Intense bombardment by Syrian and Russian warplanes has reduced the rebel-controlled east to ruins. "Late on Monday, October 24, 48 women and children accompanied by officers of the Russian reconciliation center and Syrian authorities left eastern Aleppo through [the] humanitarian corridor".
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'Unethical' dental checks ruled out for arriving Calais child migrants
The suggestion sparked outrage from the British Dental Association, which said in a statement Wednesday that Davies' suggested method is inaccurate and invasive for asylum-seekers who have already experienced trauma en route to Britain . "When people see the individual faces of children they think 'Well, we can't say no'". Davies' comments were also condemned by Labour MP Stella Creasy and attracted a huge backlash on social media.
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Death toll climbs as record floods swamp N. Carolina
A federal lawsuit is seeking an emergency extension of the voter registration deadline in at least one Georgia county that suffered damage from Hurricane Matthew. The state has a Republican governor, Pat McCrory, who faces a tough contest for re-election. Of the 55,000 power outages, 12,000 are in Robeson County.
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Philippine president calls for removal of all United States troops
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he wanted American troops out of his country, perhaps in the next two years, underlining his intention to press ahead with a major realignment of his country's foreign and security policies.
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Gambia Is The Third Country To Withdraw From The ICC This Month
The ICC's current chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, is Gambian and was as an adviser to Jammeh in the early years of his rule after he seized power in a coup in 1994. In the ICC's 14-year history, more than 90 percent of the people it has indicted have come from Africa, including former presidents Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d' Ivoire, Charles Taylor of Liberia who was sentenced to 50 years in jail, and President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan who is still in office.
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International Criminal Court Losing Gambia
The decision to withdraw was taken after that Gambia has tried in vain to persuade the ICC to continue the countries of the European Union to the death of many African migrants in the Mediterranean, the minister said . Global powers such as the U.S., Russian Federation and China have not signed or ratified the Rome statute which established the court - meaning that their involvement in numerous crimes against humanity remains unchecked.
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Turkish operations in Syria to continue after Dabiq liberated - Erdogan spox
The prophet Muhammad is believed to have said that the town would set the scene for an apocalyptic battle between Western and Islamic armies. The state-run outlet said nine Syrian rebels were killed and 28 others were wounded during clashes over the last two days.
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Want to see denuclearisation of North Korea
The U.S. briefly sent B-52 and B-1B bombers to South Korea in a show of force following North Korea's nuclear tests. South Korea, which has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the U.S. A group of Pacific Island countries has condemned North Korea for its repeated nuclear and missile provocations. China has signed on to United Nations sanctions to punish the North for its nuclear tests and missile launches but has never really been on board with Washington's approach.
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Raqqa Offensive Against ISIS to Begin Within Weeks: Ash Carter
On the same day, Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration announced that some 10,000 people had been forced to flee their homes near Mosul since the campaign began early last week. Islamic State militants tore down concrete blast walls and dug up and booby-trapped the runway here as they left, and the coalition has been helping to rebuild the base, which was also used by USA forces after the 2003 invasion.
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Seven days without airstrikes in Aleppo, peace set to continue
Russian and Syrian planes had stopped bombing from the air on Tuesday last week ahead of the ceasefire. Graphic content / A Syrian woman carries the body of her infant after he was retrieved from under the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike on September 23, 2016, on the al-Muasalat area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
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NATO allies advance plans for east Europe troop deployment
He also accused Russian Federation of supporting rebels in Ukraine. NATO defense ministers are seated during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council Defense Ministers session at NATO headquarters in Brussels Thursday, Oct. The UK is also sending an RAF Typhoon aircraft from RAF Coningsby to Romania, while the troops will go to Estonia. "We want to keep tensions as low as possible".
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Afghanistan: 'ISIS-Linked Militants' Kill 30 Civilians in Revenge Attack
Ziauddin Saqib, the deputy provincial police chief in restive Ghor says the 20 were from a group of 33 taken by militants near the provincial capital of Ferozkoh. Afghan security forces patrol during ongoing clashes with ISIS fighters, Kot District, eastern Nangarhar province, July 26. Amnesty International described the killings as a "horrendous crime" and called for an immediate investigation by the government.
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Plane crashes on takeoff at Malta airport, five aboard killed
The airport said in a statement that the crashed plane was a Fairchild Metroliner, a small, twin-propeller aircraft, and that five people had died in the incident. Earlier, authorities had said the flight was headed to Misrata, Libya; the government said later that the aircraft was due to return to Malta within a few hours without landing elsewhere.
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Indian Occupation; Black Day being observed in Kashmir
Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said this day reminds of the decade-long struggle of Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination. In his remarks on the occasion, Pakistan's Ambassador to Turkey Sohail Mahmood informed that since the martyrdom of Burhan Wani on July 8, 2016, over 150 Kashmiris had lost their lives while more than 15,000 were injured.