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Uyghur university lecturer confirmed detained in China's Xinjiang region
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Xinjiang [China], May 20 (ANI): A Uyghur lecturer from a university in northwestern China's Xinjiang region has been sentenced to prison for "disregarding" the national language, a media report said.
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Tibetans, monks forced to move away for Chinese power plant construction
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): China's oppression over Tibet continues to be a cause of worry for Tibetans as the residents of a Tibetan village in northwestern China's Qinghai province accompanied by monks living in a nearby monastery are being forced to move away from their homes to pave w
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Clashes erupt between armed groups in Libya's Sabratah
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], May 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Clashes between armed groups have erupted in the northwestern Libyan coastal city of Sabratah, media reported.
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20 Uyghur teachers arrested in Xinjiang including Secy of Marxism Institut
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Xinjiang [China], May 12 (ANI): As many as 20 Uyghur teachers from a university in northwestern China's Xinjiang province have been arrested, a media report said.
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Tanzania on high alert over Ebola after fresh outbreak reported in DR Cong
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Tanzanian health authorities said on Monday they are on high alert following a fresh outbreak of Ebola in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Heatwave: IMD issues orange alert for 5 states, temperatures cross 45 degr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Amid an ongoing spell of heatwave, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued an orange alert for five states of northwestern India including Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
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Second Ebola patient died in NW DR Congo: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a second case of Ebola in the northwestern part of the country after declaring a new Ebola outbreak over the weekend, confirmed Tuesday the World Health Organization (WHO).
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New Ebola case confirmed in NW DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): A positive case of Ebola virus disease has been reported in Wangata Health Zone of the Equateur province, located in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confirmed Saturday DRC's Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani.
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1 killed, 13 injured in bus explosion in Turkey's Bursa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A bus carrying prison guards exploded in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa, leaving one person dead and 13 others injured, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday.
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Explosion hits bus in Turkey's Bursa leaving one dead, several injured
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): An explosion occurred on a bus in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa, one person was killed and several injured, media reported on Wednesday.
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At least 26 dead in Nigeria wooden boat mishap
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 26 bodies have been recovered so far after a wooden boat capsized in a river in Nigeria's northwestern state of Sokoto, local authorities said on Wednesday.
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Uyghur diaspora finds discussing Chinese genocide in Xinjiang with their c
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 12 (ANI): Uyghurs who are being persecuted as an ethnic and religious group by the Chinese government, face a common challenge of figuring out how best to talk with young people about the 21st-century atrocities occurring in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
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