Iran building underground N facility: UN watchdog
BERLIN, Oct 28 (AP): Inspectors from the U.N.'s atomic watchdog have confirmed Iran has started building an underground centrifuge assembly plant after its previous one exploded in what Tehran called a sabotage attack over the summer, the agency's head told The Associated Press on Tuesday.Iran also continues to stockpile greater...
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Poland abortion ruling sparks 'women's strike'
WARSAW, Oct 28 (BBC): A strike is under way in Poland by women opposed to a court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion in the mainly Catholic country.It is the seventh straight day of demonstrations against the decision that outlawed terminations on the grounds of severe health defects.Scuffles...
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US early voting tops 70 million
NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters/AP): More than 70 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election, more than half the total turnout of the 2016 election with one week to go until Election Day, according to a Tuesday tally from the US Elections Project.The tally, which shows a...
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Strong typhoon leaves 1 dead, 12 missing as it nears Vietnam
HANOI, Oct 28 (AP): Typhoon Molave roared closer to Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, leaving one villager dead and causing two boats with 12 fishermen to sink as the country braced for the most powerful storm in 20 years, state media said.A man died after winds of up to 150...
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Merkel seeks lockdown as virus cases surge
BERLIN, Oct 28 (AP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing for a partial lockdown as the number of newly recorded infections in the country hit another record high Wednesday.The Robert Koch Institute, Germany's disease control agency, said 14,964 new cases were recorded across the country in the past days, taking...
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