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Portugal: Tree falls killing 11 at Madeira festival
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London[U.K.], August 15 (ANI):At least 11 people were crushed to death by a falling tree during a religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Tuesday.
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Guam radio stations air emergency alert post North Korea threat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.],August 15 (ANI):After threats from North Korea, residents of Guam got a lot more tense just after midnight local time on Tuesday, when a pair of radio stations on the island broadcast an emergency civil danger warning, triggering panic throughout the Pacific US territory.<
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Sri Lankan Navy apprehends four TN fishermen; taken for probe
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug. 10 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday apprehended four Tamil Nadu fishermen along with a country boat near Punkudi Island.
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US warship challenges China's claims in South China Sea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 11 (ANI): China has lodged a protest against a U.S. Navy destroyer that challenged Beijing's maritime claims by passing close to the Meiji Reef of the disputed Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, saying that the United States is meddling in the region under th
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12 Indian fishermen apprehended by Sri Lankan Navy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 10 (ANI): As many as 12 Indian fishermen, along with two boats, were apprehended near Delft Island by the Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday early morning.
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Trump promises to destroy violent MS-13 gang
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], July 29 (ANI):U.S.President Donald Trump traveled to Long Island and promised to provide safety to the communities by "dismantling and eradicating" the deadly criminal cartel Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 street gang.
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Rajnath Singh chairs meeting of Island Development Agency, presents vision
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday chaired the first meeting of the newly constituted Island Development Agency (IDA) and presented the vision for developing India's maritime economy while preserving the natural eco-system and addressing the se
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Lankan Navy apprehends eight TN fishermen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday apprehended eight Tamil Nadu fishermen and seized their boat near Delft Island.
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CHRI urges Maldives to halt first executions in 60 years
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], July 21 (ANI): The Maldives government has been urged to halt the execution of three death row prisoners in the island nation, which, if carried out, would overturn the country's 60-year-long moratorium on the death penalty. Commonwealth NGO has called on the island na
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Two dead, 200 injured as earthquake hits Turkey, Greece
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July 21 (ANI): At least two people were killed and hundreds of others injured in Greek and Turkish coastal towns after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 jolted the island of Kos.
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Panamagate: British Virgin Islands turn down JIT request of assistance to
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has declined to assist the Panamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in probing alleged offences committed by the two offshore companies - Nescoll Limited and Nielson Enterprises - that control Pakistan Prime Minister Nawa
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Greece: Two killed in massive earthquake
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 21 (ANI): Two people lost their lives in an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7, which was registered on the Greek Island of Kos and the Turkish coast and the Greek Islands.
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