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JOHANNESBURG: A Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 33 people crashed in a remote border area, killing all on board, a report said on Saturday.
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Philippine typhoon toll rises to 5,632
MANILA: The deaths from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines on Saturday rose to 5,632, a government agency said.
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US exempts India, China from Iranian oil sanctions
WASHINGTON: The US has exempted India, China and some other countries for another six months from tough financial sanctions targeting Iranian oil sales because as they have continued to reduce their dependence on Iranian oil.
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US exempts India, China from Iranian oil sanctions
WASHINGTON: The US has exempted India, China and some other countries for another six months from tough financial sanctions targeting Iranian oil sales because as they have continued to reduce their dependence on Iranian oil.
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Interpol seizes 240 kg of ivory in Africa
NAIROBI: International police organisation Interpol said on Friday it seized more than 240 kg of ivory and 856 timber logs and arrested 660 suspects during a month-long coordinated operation across southern and eastern Africa.
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Oldest European turns 114
ROME: Europe’s oldest person Emma Morano, who lives in Italy’s Verbania town, celebrated her 114th birthday on Friday. She received a telegram from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on the occasion.
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Lodha buys Macdonald House for over Rs 3,000 cr
LONDON/MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Lodha Developers Friday acquired iconic Macdonald House that houses the Canadian High Commission in central London for over 300 million pounds (over Rs 3,000 crore) and said it would expand presence in the UK property market to encash opportunities.
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Powerful earthquake shakes Iran civilian nuclear reactor, 7 killed
TEHRAN: A powerful earthquake has hit Iran, killing seven and injuring a further 45, IRNA state news agency reported. The disaster's epicenter was in an area 62km north east of Bushehr, according to the USGS, where Iran has its only nuclear power plant.
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Improvised weapons fired near US base in Japan
TOKYO: Improvised rocket launchers were fired close to a US airbase near Tokyo, police and the American military said on Friday, with suspicions falling on one of Japan’s small ultra-leftist groups.
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More than 40 killed in depot blast in Libya
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI: More than 40 people were killed on Thursday in an explosion at an army depot in southern Libya after locals had tried to steal ammunition and four soldiers died in other violence in the restive east, officials said.
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