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Bahrain on SARS-alert after 15 Saudi deathsHealth workers in Bahrain have been briefed on emergency procedures as the deadly SARS-like novel coronavirus caused the death of 15 people in Saudi Arabia, with at least nine in the kingdom’s Eastern Province. No suspected More… |
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April bloodiest month in Iraq since 2008April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed in bomb attacks and other violence, the United Nations Iraq mission said. Iraq has grown more volatile as the civil war in neighboring Syria strain More… |
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Death toll in India building crash mounts to 72The death toll from a collapsed building in India's financial centre Mumbai rose to 72 on Saturday, as an injured woman trapped for 36 hours was freed from the rubble of the illegal and half-constructed building. Rescue worker More… |
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Bahrain sickle cell claims 1 life per weekBahrain is on the verge of a sickle cell crisis with the disease claiming the life of a person almost once a week, campaigners were quoted as saying. Fatima Yousif Radhi, 36, from Shahrakan, became the latest victim when she suffe More… |
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US Northeast back to business after Sandy hitMillions of people across the US Northeast stricken by massive storm Sandy will attempt to resume normal lives on Wednesday as markets and airports reopen, despite projections of power and mass transit outages lasting several more days. More… |
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One death every 5 days on Bahrain roadsA fresh warning has gone out to motorists to obey traffic laws with the latest figures showing a person is killed on Bahrain's roads every five days. A total of 56 people have died in accidents since the start of the year, com More… |
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Bahrain slams tear gas death claimsBahrain has strongly denied claims that anyone has died or suffered serious injuries as a result of tear gas, with the Information Affairs Authority (IAA) saying there was no evidence to prove the tear gas used by police was lethal. More… |
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Syrian troops capture, then kill 27 youthsSyrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad chased, captured and then shot dead 27 young men in three northern villages, an opposition activists' group said on Wednesday. The men, all civilians, were mostly shot in the More… |
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European chill moves west, 122 die in UkraineBitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in three decades and disrupting air and rail traffic. &n More… |
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Car bomb kills 5, wounds 18 in Iraq capitalA car bomb exploded near a group of labourers in a mainly Shi'ite area of Iraq's capital on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding 18 others, police and hospital sources said. The blast occurred More… |
