Nigeria fuel tanker blast claims 59 lives
LAGOS, Sept 09 (AFP): A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria's Niger State killing at least 59 people, a rescue agency said on Monday.Photographs released by the Niger State Emergency Management Agency or SEMA showed workers burying more than a dozen...
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Israeli strikes in Syria kill 14 people
DAMASCUS, Sept 09 (AP): The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 14 with more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media said Monday morning.Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria late Sunday, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires, Syrian state...
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Plane skids off runway in Indonesia
JAYAPURA, Sept 09 (AFP): A plane with 48 people aboard skidded off the runway in Indonesia's remote eastern region of Papua on Monday, police said, injuring several passengers.The Southeast Asian archipelago has a poor aviation safety record, and Papua is covered in mountainous terrain where flying is hampered by frequent...
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Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco flooding
OUARZAZATE, Sept 09 (AFP): Moroccan authorities on Sunday told AFP that 11 people died and nine were missing in flooding caused by an "exceptional" climate phenomenon in southern areas.Interior ministry spokesman Rachid Khalfi said authorities recorded an initial "toll of 11 deaths" after "heavy thunderstorms" that hit "17 prefectures and...
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Russia set to capture vital Ukrainian town
POKROVSK, Sept 09 (BBC): Fleeing the town she has lived in most of her life, Maria Honcharenko is taking just one small bag, and her two tiny kittens.After stubbornly staying on in the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the 69-year-old is now heeding advice and preparing to leave."My heart stops...
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Imran Khan's supporters rally for his release
ISLAMABAD, Sept 09 (AP): Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan rallied on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad on Sunday, demanding his release. He has been in prison for more than a year in connection with more than 150 police cases.Khan, the main rival of...
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