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Impeachment effort a coup: Trump

WASHINGTON, Oct 02 (Agencies): President Donald Trump is escalating his rhetoric against the impeachment investigation being led by House Democrats. In a tweet on Tuesday, Trump says he has come to the conclusion that the inquiry is not really an impeachment, "it is a COUP, intended to take away the...

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N Korea fires missile from submarine

SEOUL, Oct 02 (BBC): North Korea may have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a move that came just hours after Pyongyang said it would resume nuclear talks with the US.South Korean officials said a missile launched near the port of Wonsan flew about 450km (280 miles) and reached...

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Amit promises non-Muslim citizenship bill

NEW DELHI, Oct 02 (AP): India's government plans to revive a bill that would give non-Muslim refugees citizenship even before a controversial citizen registry in one northeastern state has been finalised, Home Minister Amit Shah said Tuesday. Shah, the leader of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party,...

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HK police fire 1,400 tear gas rounds

HONG KONG, Oct 02 (Agencies): The 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China was "one of Hong Kong's most violent and chaotic days", the city's police chief has said.An 18-year-old protester was shot in the chest with a live bullet - one of six live rounds fired by police.Protesters...

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Iraqi cops fire to disperse protests

BAGHDAD, Oct 02 (AFP): Iraqi security forces fired live rounds on Wednesday to disperse new protests in the capital, despite calls from top leaders for restraint a day after two demonstrators were killed.The protests are the first significant popular challenge to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who formed his government...

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10-fold surge in S Africa teens treated for HIV

PARIS, Oct 02 (AFP): The number of young people in South Africa receiving treatment for HIV has increased 10-fold within a decade, a major new study has found.South Africa has the largest number of HIV-positive people in the world, with around 7.2 million carrying the virus, which causes AIDS.Researchers studied...

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25 dead after extremists attack Mali army camps

BAMAKO, Oct 02 (AP): Al-Qaida-linked groups attacked two army bases in central Mali, killing at least 25 people and leaving 60 missing, Mali's government said Tuesday. Assailants rode into the community of Boulikessi with heavy weaponry overnight Sunday to Monday to attack a Malian battalion of the regional G5 Sahel...

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News in Brief -(03-10-2019)

One dies as strong wind hits Poland WARSAW, Oct 02: One person died and 18 others have been wounded across Poland following strong wind which hit Poland on Monday, a spokesman for the Polish firefighters' service told media on Tuesday. The firefighters had to intervene over 6,000 times in relation...

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