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| Oct.1 |
 Hong Kong |
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Protesters target office of Hong Kong's chief executive 
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Beijing |
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China warns on 'illegal' HK protests
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Mexico |
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Mexico arrests drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva
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Sierra Leone |
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Ebola: 'Five S Leone cases per hour' |
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| Oct.2 |
Turkey |
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Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS
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Hong Kong |
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CY Leung refuses to quit as leader
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Hong Kong |
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HK protests: Talks accepted amid protest stand-off |
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| Oct.3 |
 Northern Syria |
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ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning 
Map of Northern Syria| A short video shows the apparent beheading of British aid worker, with the executioner blaming the death on the United Kingdom | |
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Hong Kong |
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Pro-democracy protesters scuffle with residents, cancel talks with government
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South Korea |
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North Koreans make surprise visit to South
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Hong Kong |
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Police arrest 'triad gang' members |
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| Oct.4 |
 Haiti |
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Former Haiti president Duvalier dies Haiti's former ruler Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince, reports quoting official sources...
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Hong Kong |
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HK leader calls for 'return to order'
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South Korea |
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North and South Korea 'agree to talks' |
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Libya |
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Briton held hostage in Libya freed
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Mexico |
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Mass grave found near Mexico town |
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong pro-democracy protests enter second week |
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| Oct.5 |
Somalia |
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Al-Shabab: Somali troops 'surround key port town'
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Japan |
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U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan
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Japan |
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Injured F1 driver is out of surgery |
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong protesters regroup at main protest site |
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Vatican |
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Pope opens synod on family life |
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Chechnya |
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Suicide bombing hits Chechen capital |
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 Brazil |
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Rousseff set to face Brazil run-off Brazilian incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in the country's presidential election, but has fallen short of outright victory
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong protesters make apparent concessions
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 Western Australia |
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The search for MH370: Next phase gets underway The GO Phoenix search vessel arrived in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean and started its search Monday morning
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| Oct.6 |
 Madrid |
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Nurse infected with Ebola in Spain Map of Madrid| The Spanish health minister has confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease | |
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Northern Syria |
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Border town 'may fall soon to IS' |
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England |
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Woman accused of harassing McCann family found dead |
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 Colombia |
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Lightning strike kills 11 members of indigenous tribe Map of Sierra Nevada Colombia| Along Caribbean coast a lightning bolt struck a thatch-roofed hut where members of the Wiwa tribe were gathered | |
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Northern Syria |
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Kobane: Civilians flee IS street-to-street fighting Islamic State militants have entered the key border town of Kobane and are engaged in street-to-street fighting with Syrian Kurd defenders
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Northern Syria |
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Street battles as IS enters border town |
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Madrid |
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Spain investigates Ebola infection |
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| Oct.7 |
Northern Syria |
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Airstrikes target ISIS near Kobani
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Northern Syria |
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Air strikes help Syria town curb IS Map of Kobane Syria| The US-led coalition has carried out its most sustained air attacks so far on Islamic State fighters attacking Kobane | |
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North Korea |
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Analysts speculate Kim may have been ousted |
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Madrid |
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Spain monitors Ebola nurse contacts |
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Southern China |
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Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake
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North Mexico |
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6.2-magnitude quake strikes near Mexican coast |
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| Oct.8 |
Dallas |
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US Ebola patient dies in hospital
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Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone burial crews reportedly on strike |
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 Turkey |
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19 die as violent protests over ISIS sweep Turkey As ISIS militants seem poised to take the strategic city of Kobani at the Turkish-Syrian border, violent protests have broken out in Turkey
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 Mexico |
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Mexico missing students: Nationwide protests held Map of Iguala Mexico| Thousands of people have held protests in cities across Mexico against the disappearance of students in the southern town of Iguala last month | |
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Southeast Asia |
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Vietnam tanker crew freed by pirates Oil tanker The MT Sunrise 689, which went missing last week was seized by pirates who stole some of its cargo before releasing its crew, say...
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Washington |
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Air strikes 'will not save Kobane' |
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Madrid |
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Ebola virus: Spanish protests as nurse's dog is put down |
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| Oct.9 |
Northern Syria |
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Air strikes 'stall IS Syria advance'
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Netherlands |
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MH17 passenger was found wearing oxygen mask, Dutch says
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Yemen |
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Blast kills 47 at Houthi protest in Yemen, officials say |
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North Mexico |
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Mexico 'arrests drug baron Carrillo' |
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 North Korea |
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Kim Jong-un’s absence fuels speculation about health, coup| North Korea's mysterious leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for 34 days, sparking a wide range of speculation | |
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Hong Kong |
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HK students call for fresh protests |
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West Africa |
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Ebola is 'entrenched and accelerating' in West Africa |
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| Oct.10 |
 Norway |
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Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize
| Malala, 17, is the youngest ever recipient of the prize. She was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in 2012 for campaigning for girls' education
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New York |
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New York's JFK airport to start Ebola checks
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Liberia |
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Ebola outbreak deaths exceed 4,000
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Sao Paulo |
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Water supply in Brazil's biggest city at risk as reservoir drops to 5 percent |
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China |
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China cult murder trial: 2 members sentenced to death |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq appeals for help in Anbar |
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| Oct.11 |
London |
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UK expects 'handful' of Ebola cases |
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India |
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Eastern India braces for powerful Cyclone Hudhud |
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Haiti |
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Former Haiti ruler Duvalier buried |
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Japan |
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Japan typhoon leaves at least 35 injured
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Mexico |
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Iguala mass grave bodies 'not all of missing students' |
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India |
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Cyclone Hudhud sweeps towards Indian coast |
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| Oct.12 |
 Dallas |
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Positive Ebola test at US hospital A health worker who treated Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan before he died is also infected with the virus, according to a preliminary test
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Baghdad |
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Despite airstrikes, ISIS forces nearer to Baghdad
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India |
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6 die as Cyclone Hudhud uproots trees and light poles
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Brazil |
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Silva backs Neves in blow for Dilma |
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Dallas |
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Mistake blamed for US Ebola spread |
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong police remove barricades| Police in Hong Kong have begun removing some of the barricades erected on major roads by pro-democracy protesters | |
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 Bolivia |
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Morales claims Bolivia election win President Evo Morales has claimed victory and a third term in office after presidential elections. This win is a triumph for anti-imperialists,...
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Arab Countries |
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ISIS justified the enslavement of women |
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Turkey |
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Turkey 'agrees to US air base use' |
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| Oct.13 |
Sweden |
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French economist Jean Tirole wins Nobel prize |
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North Korea |
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North Korea says leader has reappeared | State media has attempted to end the international speculation by publishing the first photos of Kim Jong Un in more than a month | |
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 Vatican |
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Synod signals Catholic shift on gays Senior clerics taking part in a review of Catholic teachings on the family have called on the Church to adopt positive stance on homosexuali...
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| Oct.14 |
South Africa |
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Pistorius 'blood money' was rejected
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London |
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Terror suspect 'had Blair address' |
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West Africa |
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Ebola death toll 'rises to 4,447' |
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Belgrade |
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Serbia and Albania game abandoned after drone invasion |
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North Korea |
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Koreas 'hold top military talks' Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports
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Hong Kong |
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Police clear pro-democracy protesters from tunnel
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| Oct.15 |
 Nepal |
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17 trekkers die in heavy Himalayan snow Map of Annapurna Nepal| At least 17 people from around the world died after being trapped in heavy snowfall while trekking at high altitude | |
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Dallas |
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Passenger alert over US Ebola nurse US health officials are seeking 132 people who flew on a plane with a Texas nurse on the day before she came down with symptoms of Ebola
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Missouri |
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Royals sweep of Orioles, advance to World Series |
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Washington |
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Obama: Ebola risk very low in US
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| Oct.16 |
Northern Syria |
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ISIS pushed back with help of U.S. airstrikes in Kobani Kurdish fighters have pushed back ISIS militants in a number of locations as U.S. airstrikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the ci...
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Nepal |
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Death toll climbs as Nepal rescuers search for missing hikers The grim search for missing hikers and bodies buried under snow continued Thursday against the dramatic backdrop of Nepal's Himalayas
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West Africa |
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Ebola: WHO focuses on preventing regional spread |
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Dallas |
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Nurse may have had symptoms of Ebola earlier |
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Ishikawa sends Giants to World Series |
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UN |
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Ebola crisis: UN launches urgent appeal for donations |
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| Oct.17 |
South Korea |
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At least 16 dead in vent grate collapse at concert in S. Korea Map of Seongnam South Korea| A grate over a ventilation shaft collapsed at an outdoor concert in Seongnam. Unknown number of people who fell some 20 meters | |
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Global |
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Ebola crisis: No impact from pledges of help |
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 Nigeria |
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Boko Haram reach ceasefire deal, kidnapped girls to go free Nigeria has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist terror group that includes the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls
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Hong Kong |
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Mong Kok camp retaken from police Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have retaken streets in the Mong Kok district cleared by the authorities just a few hours earlier
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 Western Canada |
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Container ship towed away from Canadian coast Canadian coast guard secured a towline to a Russian ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel as it drifted without power in rough seas
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Iraq |
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Former Iraqi pilots training ISIS fighters to fly captured Syrian jets
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Bermuda |
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Hurricane Gonzalo slams Bermuda
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Southern California |
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Mysterious US spaceplane returns to Earth |
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| Oct.18 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq MPs complete unity government |
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Washington |
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No US travel ban over Ebola - Obama |
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South Korea |
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S Korea concert planner found dead |
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Vatican |
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Pope's synod setback on gay policy| Pope Francis has suffered a setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people failed to win a two-thirds majority at a Catholic Church synod | |
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Moscow |
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Serena & Venus Williams: Russian fined for 'brothers' jibe |
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| Oct.19 |
 Sweden |
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Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden The Russian defence ministry has denied reports that one of its submarines got into trouble in the waters off Sweden
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong protests: leader says 'external forces' involved
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Nepal |
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Search ends for Nepal survivors |
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Madrid |
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Spanish nurse Ebola test negative
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Baghdad |
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Deadly attack on Baghdad mosque |
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Tokyo |
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Two Japan ministers quit amid rows
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Northern Syria |
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Kobane: US drops arms and aid to Kurds battling IS
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Jakarta |
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Joko Widodo inaugurated president |
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Australia |
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Australia lifts parliament veil ban |
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| Oct.20 |
Northern Syria |
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Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds use its territory to reinforce Kobani Turkey's foreign minister announced his country would let Kurdish Peshmerga from Iraq use Turkish territory to enter Syria and reinforce fig...
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Moscow |
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Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash Map of Vnukovo Airport Russia| The CEO of French oil giant Total SA Christophe de Margerie was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine at Vnukovo Airport | |
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Canada |
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St-Jean-sur-Richelieu hit-and-run man 'radicalised' |
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Southern Africa |
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'No closure' for Pistorius family |
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Australia |
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Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies |
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| Oct.21 |
 South Africa |
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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to maximum of five years in prison Map of Pretoria South Africa A judge sentenced former Olympic and Paralymic sprinter to a maximum of 5 years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend last February
| Pistorius begins serving time in jail, after being sentenced. Lawyers on both sides of the case later acknowledged that he is unlikely to serve his full sentence in prison
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North Korea |
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American released from North Korea
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Western Canada |
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Infant bodies found in Canada locker |
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| Oct.22 |
Canada |
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Soldier killed in Canada shootings Map of parliament Ottawa Canada A gunman shot a soldier at a war memorial in Ottawa, then ran into the nearby parliament building where he exchanged gunfire with police
| 1 shooter is dead in Ottawa, a senior U.S. official said. So far, there is "no indication the shooter has ties to violent Islamic extremism
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Sweden |
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Sweden could use force in sub hunt
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North Carolina |
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U-boat found with ship it sank |
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Geneva |
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WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks |
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Mexico |
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Missing students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered
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Canada |
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Canada not intimidated - PM Harper |
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| Oct.23 |
Canada |
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Sergeant-at-Arms hailed as hero who shot Ottawa attacker
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Canada |
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Canada parliament sits after attacks |
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Moscow |
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Snow plow driver, 4 others held over Moscow plane crash |
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 Mali |
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First Ebola case in Mali confirmed 2-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea
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Canada |
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Video of Ottawa attack released |
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Manhattan |
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NY doctor Craig Spencer tests positive A New York doctor who recently returned from Ebola-hit Guinea in West Africa has tested positive for the disease
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Mexico |
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Governor quits over Mexico missing |
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| Oct.24 |
 Sinai |
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Egypt: Sinai bomb kills 26 troops Map of El Arish Egypt| A suspected jihadist car bomb attack has killed at least 26 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint in the north of the restive peninsula | |
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Turkey |
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Turkey: 200 Peshmerga will join Syrian Kurds' fight for Kobani
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Dallas |
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Two US Ebola nurses free of virus
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Mali |
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'Many exposed' to Mali Ebola girl
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Argentina |
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Argentina sentences 15 to life over La Cacha prison |
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| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
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Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 | The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. | |
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Iran |
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Iran executes woman who killed her alleged rapist
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Cairo |
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Attacks 'threaten Egypt's existence' |
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New Jersey |
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US nurse criticises quarantine treatment
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Brazil |
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Brazil chooses its new president in tightest election |
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| Oct.26 |
European Union |
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Vulnerable European banks identified Twenty-four European banks have failed stress tests of their finances, the European Banking Authority has announced
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Brazil |
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Dilma Rousseff re-elected Brazilian president Left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected president of Brazil, after securing 51.45% of votes in a closely-fought election
| Her rival, centrist candidate Aecio Neves, taking 48.55% of the vote
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 Kiev |
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Pro-Western blocs 'win Ukraine poll' Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after the first elections to the body since February's revolution, exit polls suggest
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Johannesburg |
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Football captain Senzo Meyiwa died after being shot South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa's girlfriend's house in Vos...
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Northern Syria |
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Women on front lines in Syria, Iraq against IS |
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| Oct.27 |
Northern Syria |
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Syria rebels launch major attack
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South Africa |
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Prosecution will appeal verdict in Pistorius trial |
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Washington |
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US advises against Ebola isolation |
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Toronto |
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New Toronto mayor ends Rob Ford era |
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| Oct.28 |
Global |
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Ebola outbreak: World Bank chief appeals for volunteers
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Turkey |
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18 workers trapped as mine collapses in Turkey |
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Australia |
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Australia bans travel from Ebola zones |
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Virginia |
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Unmanned NASA-contracted rocket explodes The rocket exploded early Tuesday evening along the eastern Virginia coast, causing a huge fireball but no apparent deaths
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Liberia |
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US hails West Africa Ebola progress
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Sri Lanka |
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Mudslide buries Sri Lanka tea labor quarters
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| Oct.29 |
Northern Syria |
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Syrian rebels enter Kobani from Turkey border crossing Map of Kobani Syria| A small group of Syrian rebels entered the embattled border town from Turkey to help Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State extremists in Syria | |
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Western Iraq |
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Islamic State 'kills 30 Sunni tribesmen' in Iraq
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Liberia |
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Ebola crisis: Infections 'slowing in Liberia'
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Zambia |
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Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa |
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European Union |
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Nato reports rise in Russia military flights over Europe |
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 Sri Lanka |
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Hundreds feared buried after Sri Lanka mudslide Map of Koslanda Badulla Sri Lanka| A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried workers' houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka, raising fears that hundreds may have been killed | |
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Missouri |
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Bumgarner's performance leads Giants to third title in five years Madison Bumgarner is throwing five innings on two days rest to preserve a one-run lead, tobeat the Royals 3-2 in Game 7
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New England |
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Ebola quarantine test looms in US
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| Oct.30 |
 Jerusalem |
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Israel closed access to Temple Mount Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis spiked in Jerusalem as a move Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called a 'declaration of war'
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 Brussels |
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Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply A deal will guarantee that Russian gas exports flows into Ukraine throughout the winter despite their intense fighting in eastern Ukraine
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Burkina Faso |
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Burkina Faso president defies calls to step down
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| Oct.31 |
 Burkina Faso |
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Burkina Faso president relinquishes 27-year rule after protests Map of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso| Blaise Compaore stepped down in the wake of demonstrations demanding his ouster. Army General Honore Traore staff assumed power | |
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Southern California |
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Virgin spacecraft crash kills pilot Map of Mojave Desert USA| At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashed in the California desert | |
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| 2014 |
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| Oct.2 |
Turkey |
Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS
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| Oct.5 |
Somalia |
Al-Shabab: Somali troops 'surround key port town'
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| Oct.5 |
Japan |
U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan
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| Oct.6 |
Northern Syria |
Border town 'may fall soon to IS' |
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| Oct.6 |
Northern Syria |
Kobane: Civilians flee IS street-to-street fighting Islamic State militants have entered the key border town of Kobane and are engaged in street-to-street fighting with Syrian Kurd defenders
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| Oct.6 |
Northern Syria |
Street battles as IS enters border town |
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| Oct.7 |
Northern Syria |
Airstrikes target ISIS near Kobani
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| Oct.7 |
Northern Syria |
Air strikes help Syria town curb IS Map of Kobane Syria| The US-led coalition has carried out its most sustained air attacks so far on Islamic State fighters attacking Kobane | |
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| Oct.8 |
Washington |
Air strikes 'will not save Kobane' |
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| Oct.9 |
Northern Syria |
Air strikes 'stall IS Syria advance'
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| Oct.9 |
North Korea |
Kim Jong-un’s absence fuels speculation about health, coup| North Korea's mysterious leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for 34 days, sparking a wide range of speculation | |
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| Oct.10 |
Norway |
Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize
| Malala, 17, is the youngest ever recipient of the prize. She was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in 2012 for campaigning for girls' education
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| Oct.10 |
Baghdad |
Iraq appeals for help in Anbar |
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| Oct.12 |
Baghdad |
Despite airstrikes, ISIS forces nearer to Baghdad
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| Oct.12 |
Turkey |
Turkey 'agrees to US air base use' |
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| Oct.14 |
North Korea |
Koreas 'hold top military talks' Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports
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| Oct.16 |
Northern Syria |
ISIS pushed back with help of U.S. airstrikes in Kobani Kurdish fighters have pushed back ISIS militants in a number of locations as U.S. airstrikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the ci...
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| Oct.17 |
Iraq |
Former Iraqi pilots training ISIS fighters to fly captured Syrian jets
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| Oct.19 |
Sweden |
Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden The Russian defence ministry has denied reports that one of its submarines got into trouble in the waters off Sweden
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| Oct.19 |
Northern Syria |
Kobane: US drops arms and aid to Kurds battling IS
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| Oct.20 |
Northern Syria |
Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds use its territory to reinforce Kobani Turkey's foreign minister announced his country would let Kurdish Peshmerga from Iraq use Turkish territory to enter Syria and reinforce fig...
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| Oct.20 |
Canada |
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu hit-and-run man 'radicalised' |
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| Oct.22 |
Sweden |
Sweden could use force in sub hunt
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| Oct.22 |
North Carolina |
U-boat found with ship it sank |
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| Oct.24 |
Sinai |
Egypt: Sinai bomb kills 26 troops Map of El Arish Egypt| A suspected jihadist car bomb attack has killed at least 26 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint in the north of the restive peninsula | |
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| Oct.24 |
Turkey |
Turkey: 200 Peshmerga will join Syrian Kurds' fight for Kobani
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| Oct.26 |
Northern Syria |
Women on front lines in Syria, Iraq against IS |
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| Oct.27 |
Northern Syria |
Syria rebels launch major attack
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| Oct.29 |
Northern Syria |
Syrian rebels enter Kobani from Turkey border crossing Map of Kobani Syria| A small group of Syrian rebels entered the embattled border town from Turkey to help Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State extremists in Syria | |
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| Oct.29 |
Western Iraq |
Islamic State 'kills 30 Sunni tribesmen' in Iraq
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| Oct.29 |
European Union |
Nato reports rise in Russia military flights over Europe |
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| 2014 |
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| Oct.1 |
Sierra Leone |
Ebola: 'Five S Leone cases per hour' |
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| Oct.5 |
Japan |
U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan
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| Oct.5 |
Western Australia |
The search for MH370: Next phase gets underway The GO Phoenix search vessel arrived in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean and started its search Monday morning
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| Oct.6 |
Madrid |
Nurse infected with Ebola in Spain Map of Madrid| The Spanish health minister has confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease | |
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| Oct.6 |
England |
Woman accused of harassing McCann family found dead |
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| Oct.6 |
Colombia |
Lightning strike kills 11 members of indigenous tribe Map of Sierra Nevada Colombia| Along Caribbean coast a lightning bolt struck a thatch-roofed hut where members of the Wiwa tribe were gathered | |
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| Oct.6 |
Madrid |
Spain investigates Ebola infection |
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| Oct.7 |
Madrid |
Spain monitors Ebola nurse contacts |
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| Oct.7 |
Southern China |
Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake
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| Oct.7 |
North Mexico |
6.2-magnitude quake strikes near Mexican coast |
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| Oct.8 |
Dallas |
US Ebola patient dies in hospital
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| Oct.8 |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone burial crews reportedly on strike |
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| Oct.8 |
Madrid |
Ebola virus: Spanish protests as nurse's dog is put down |
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| Oct.9 |
Netherlands |
MH17 passenger was found wearing oxygen mask, Dutch says
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| Oct.9 |
West Africa |
Ebola is 'entrenched and accelerating' in West Africa |
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| Oct.10 |
New York |
New York's JFK airport to start Ebola checks
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| Oct.10 |
Liberia |
Ebola outbreak deaths exceed 4,000
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| Oct.10 |
Sao Paulo |
Water supply in Brazil's biggest city at risk as reservoir drops to 5 percent |
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| Oct.11 |
London |
UK expects 'handful' of Ebola cases |
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| Oct.11 |
India |
Eastern India braces for powerful Cyclone Hudhud |
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| Oct.11 |
Japan |
Japan typhoon leaves at least 35 injured
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| Oct.11 |
India |
Cyclone Hudhud sweeps towards Indian coast |
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| Oct.12 |
Dallas |
Positive Ebola test at US hospital A health worker who treated Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan before he died is also infected with the virus, according to a preliminary test
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| Oct.12 |
India |
6 die as Cyclone Hudhud uproots trees and light poles
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| Oct.12 |
Dallas |
Mistake blamed for US Ebola spread |
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| Oct.14 |
West Africa |
Ebola death toll 'rises to 4,447' |
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| Oct.15 |
Nepal |
17 trekkers die in heavy Himalayan snow Map of Annapurna Nepal| At least 17 people from around the world died after being trapped in heavy snowfall while trekking at high altitude | |
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| Oct.15 |
Dallas |
Passenger alert over US Ebola nurse US health officials are seeking 132 people who flew on a plane with a Texas nurse on the day before she came down with symptoms of Ebola
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| Oct.15 |
Washington |
Obama: Ebola risk very low in US
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| Oct.16 |
Nepal |
Death toll climbs as Nepal rescuers search for missing hikers The grim search for missing hikers and bodies buried under snow continued Thursday against the dramatic backdrop of Nepal's Himalayas
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| Oct.16 |
West Africa |
Ebola: WHO focuses on preventing regional spread |
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| Oct.16 |
Dallas |
Nurse may have had symptoms of Ebola earlier |
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| Oct.16 |
UN |
Ebola crisis: UN launches urgent appeal for donations |
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| Oct.17 |
South Korea |
At least 16 dead in vent grate collapse at concert in S. Korea Map of Seongnam South Korea| A grate over a ventilation shaft collapsed at an outdoor concert in Seongnam. Unknown number of people who fell some 20 meters | |
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| Oct.17 |
Global |
Ebola crisis: No impact from pledges of help |
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| Oct.17 |
Western Canada |
Container ship towed away from Canadian coast Canadian coast guard secured a towline to a Russian ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel as it drifted without power in rough seas
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| Oct.17 |
Bermuda |
Hurricane Gonzalo slams Bermuda
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| Oct.18 |
Washington |
No US travel ban over Ebola - Obama |
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| Oct.18 |
South Korea |
S Korea concert planner found dead |
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| Oct.19 |
Sweden |
Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden The Russian defence ministry has denied reports that one of its submarines got into trouble in the waters off Sweden
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| Oct.19 |
Nepal |
Search ends for Nepal survivors |
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| Oct.19 |
Madrid |
Spanish nurse Ebola test negative
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| Oct.20 |
Moscow |
Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash Map of Vnukovo Airport Russia| The CEO of French oil giant Total SA Christophe de Margerie was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine at Vnukovo Airport | |
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| Oct.21 |
Western Canada |
Infant bodies found in Canada locker |
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| Oct.22 |
Geneva |
WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks |
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| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
Snow plow driver, 4 others held over Moscow plane crash |
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| Oct.23 |
Mali |
First Ebola case in Mali confirmed 2-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea
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| Oct.23 |
Manhattan |
NY doctor Craig Spencer tests positive A New York doctor who recently returned from Ebola-hit Guinea in West Africa has tested positive for the disease
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| Oct.24 |
Dallas |
Two US Ebola nurses free of virus
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| Oct.24 |
Mali |
'Many exposed' to Mali Ebola girl
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| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 | The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. | |
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| Oct.25 |
New Jersey |
US nurse criticises quarantine treatment
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| Oct.27 |
Washington |
US advises against Ebola isolation |
|
| Oct.28 |
Global |
Ebola outbreak: World Bank chief appeals for volunteers
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| Oct.28 |
Turkey |
18 workers trapped as mine collapses in Turkey |
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| Oct.28 |
Australia |
Australia bans travel from Ebola zones |
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| Oct.28 |
Virginia |
Unmanned NASA-contracted rocket explodes The rocket exploded early Tuesday evening along the eastern Virginia coast, causing a huge fireball but no apparent deaths
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| Oct.28 |
Liberia |
US hails West Africa Ebola progress
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| Oct.28 |
Sri Lanka |
Mudslide buries Sri Lanka tea labor quarters
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| Oct.29 |
Liberia |
Ebola crisis: Infections 'slowing in Liberia'
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| Oct.29 |
Sri Lanka |
Hundreds feared buried after Sri Lanka mudslide Map of Koslanda Badulla Sri Lanka| A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried workers' houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka, raising fears that hundreds may have been killed | |
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| Oct.29 |
New England |
Ebola quarantine test looms in US
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| Oct.31 |
Southern California |
Virgin spacecraft crash kills pilot Map of Mojave Desert USA| At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashed in the California desert | |
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| 2014 |
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| Oct.8 |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone burial crews reportedly on strike |
|
| Oct.8 |
Southeast Asia |
Vietnam tanker crew freed by pirates Oil tanker The MT Sunrise 689, which went missing last week was seized by pirates who stole some of its cargo before releasing its crew, say...
|
| Oct.10 |
New York |
New York's JFK airport to start Ebola checks
|
| Oct.13 |
Sweden |
French economist Jean Tirole wins Nobel prize |
|
| Oct.18 |
South Korea |
S Korea concert planner found dead |
|
| Oct.20 |
Moscow |
Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash Map of Vnukovo Airport Russia| The CEO of French oil giant Total SA Christophe de Margerie was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine at Vnukovo Airport | |
|
| Oct.26 |
European Union |
Vulnerable European banks identified Twenty-four European banks have failed stress tests of their finances, the European Banking Authority has announced
|
| Oct.30 |
Brussels |
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply A deal will guarantee that Russian gas exports flows into Ukraine throughout the winter despite their intense fighting in eastern Ukraine
|
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| 2014 |
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| Oct.3 |
South Korea |
North Koreans make surprise visit to South
|
| Oct.5 |
Japan |
Injured F1 driver is out of surgery |
|
| Oct.14 |
Belgrade |
Serbia and Albania game abandoned after drone invasion |
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| Oct.15 |
Missouri |
Royals sweep of Orioles, advance to World Series |
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Ishikawa sends Giants to World Series |
|
| Oct.18 |
Moscow |
Serena & Venus Williams: Russian fined for 'brothers' jibe |
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| Oct.26 |
Johannesburg |
Football captain Senzo Meyiwa died after being shot South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa's girlfriend's house in Vos...
|
| Oct.29 |
Missouri |
Bumgarner's performance leads Giants to third title in five years Madison Bumgarner is throwing five innings on two days rest to preserve a one-run lead, tobeat the Royals 3-2 in Game 7
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| 2014 |
|
| Oct.1 |
Mexico |
Mexico arrests drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva
|
| Oct.3 |
Northern Syria |
ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning Map of Northern Syria| A short video shows the apparent beheading of British aid worker, with the executioner blaming the death on the United Kingdom | |
|
| Oct.3 |
Hong Kong |
Police arrest 'triad gang' members |
|
| Oct.4 |
Libya |
Briton held hostage in Libya freed
|
| Oct.4 |
Mexico |
Mass grave found near Mexico town |
|
| Oct.5 |
Chechnya |
Suicide bombing hits Chechen capital |
|
| Oct.8 |
Mexico |
Mexico missing students: Nationwide protests held Map of Iguala Mexico| Thousands of people have held protests in cities across Mexico against the disappearance of students in the southern town of Iguala last month | |
|
| Oct.8 |
Southeast Asia |
Vietnam tanker crew freed by pirates Oil tanker The MT Sunrise 689, which went missing last week was seized by pirates who stole some of its cargo before releasing its crew, say...
|
| Oct.9 |
Yemen |
Blast kills 47 at Houthi protest in Yemen, officials say |
|
| Oct.9 |
North Mexico |
Mexico 'arrests drug baron Carrillo' |
|
| Oct.10 |
China |
China cult murder trial: 2 members sentenced to death |
|
| Oct.11 |
Mexico |
Iguala mass grave bodies 'not all of missing students' |
|
| Oct.14 |
South Africa |
Pistorius 'blood money' was rejected
|
| Oct.14 |
London |
Terror suspect 'had Blair address' |
|
| Oct.17 |
Nigeria |
Boko Haram reach ceasefire deal, kidnapped girls to go free Nigeria has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist terror group that includes the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls
|
| Oct.19 |
Baghdad |
Deadly attack on Baghdad mosque |
|
| Oct.20 |
Canada |
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu hit-and-run man 'radicalised' |
|
| Oct.20 |
Southern Africa |
'No closure' for Pistorius family |
|
| Oct.21 |
South Africa |
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to maximum of five years in prison Map of Pretoria South Africa A judge sentenced former Olympic and Paralymic sprinter to a maximum of 5 years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend last February
| Pistorius begins serving time in jail, after being sentenced. Lawyers on both sides of the case later acknowledged that he is unlikely to serve his full sentence in prison
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| Oct.21 |
North Korea |
American released from North Korea
|
| Oct.21 |
Western Canada |
Infant bodies found in Canada locker |
|
| Oct.22 |
Canada |
Soldier killed in Canada shootings Map of parliament Ottawa Canada A gunman shot a soldier at a war memorial in Ottawa, then ran into the nearby parliament building where he exchanged gunfire with police
| 1 shooter is dead in Ottawa, a senior U.S. official said. So far, there is "no indication the shooter has ties to violent Islamic extremism
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| Oct.22 |
Mexico |
Missing students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered
|
| Oct.22 |
Canada |
Canada not intimidated - PM Harper |
|
| Oct.23 |
Canada |
Sergeant-at-Arms hailed as hero who shot Ottawa attacker
|
| Oct.23 |
Canada |
Canada parliament sits after attacks |
|
| Oct.23 |
Moscow |
Snow plow driver, 4 others held over Moscow plane crash |
|
| Oct.23 |
Canada |
Video of Ottawa attack released |
|
| Oct.24 |
Sinai |
Egypt: Sinai bomb kills 26 troops Map of El Arish Egypt| A suspected jihadist car bomb attack has killed at least 26 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint in the north of the restive peninsula | |
|
| Oct.24 |
Argentina |
Argentina sentences 15 to life over La Cacha prison |
|
| Oct.25 |
Iran |
Iran executes woman who killed her alleged rapist
|
| Oct.25 |
Cairo |
Attacks 'threaten Egypt's existence' |
|
| Oct.26 |
Johannesburg |
Football captain Senzo Meyiwa died after being shot South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa's girlfriend's house in Vos...
|
| Oct.27 |
South Africa |
Prosecution will appeal verdict in Pistorius trial |
|
| Oct.29 |
Western Iraq |
Islamic State 'kills 30 Sunni tribesmen' in Iraq
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|
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.1 |
Hong Kong |
Protesters target office of Hong Kong's chief executive | Activists took their fight to the doorstep of Hong Kong's chief executive, sitting down outside his office gates to express their dissatisfaction with him | |
|
| Oct.1 |
Beijing |
China warns on 'illegal' HK protests
|
| Oct.2 |
Turkey |
Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS
|
| Oct.2 |
Hong Kong |
CY Leung refuses to quit as leader
|
| Oct.2 |
Hong Kong |
HK protests: Talks accepted amid protest stand-off |
|
| Oct.3 |
Hong Kong |
Pro-democracy protesters scuffle with residents, cancel talks with government
|
| Oct.3 |
South Korea |
North Koreans make surprise visit to South
|
| Oct.3 |
Hong Kong |
Police arrest 'triad gang' members |
|
| Oct.4 |
Haiti |
Former Haiti president Duvalier dies Haiti's former ruler Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince, reports quoting official sources...
|
| Oct.4 |
Hong Kong |
HK leader calls for 'return to order'
|
| Oct.4 |
South Korea |
North and South Korea 'agree to talks' |
|
| Oct.4 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong pro-democracy protests enter second week |
|
| Oct.5 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong protesters regroup at main protest site |
|
| Oct.5 |
Vatican |
Pope opens synod on family life |
|
| Oct.5 |
Brazil |
Rousseff set to face Brazil run-off Brazilian incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in the country's presidential election, but has fallen short of outright victory
|
| Oct.5 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong protesters make apparent concessions
|
| Oct.6 |
Madrid |
Spain investigates Ebola infection |
|
| Oct.7 |
North Korea |
Analysts speculate Kim may have been ousted |
|
| Oct.8 |
Turkey |
19 die as violent protests over ISIS sweep Turkey As ISIS militants seem poised to take the strategic city of Kobani at the Turkish-Syrian border, violent protests have broken out in Turkey
|
| Oct.8 |
Mexico |
Mexico missing students: Nationwide protests held Map of Iguala Mexico| Thousands of people have held protests in cities across Mexico against the disappearance of students in the southern town of Iguala last month | |
|
| Oct.8 |
Madrid |
Ebola virus: Spanish protests as nurse's dog is put down |
|
| Oct.9 |
Yemen |
Blast kills 47 at Houthi protest in Yemen, officials say |
|
| Oct.9 |
North Korea |
Kim Jong-un’s absence fuels speculation about health, coup| North Korea's mysterious leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for 34 days, sparking a wide range of speculation | |
|
| Oct.9 |
Hong Kong |
HK students call for fresh protests |
|
| Oct.10 |
Norway |
Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize
| Malala, 17, is the youngest ever recipient of the prize. She was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in 2012 for campaigning for girls' education
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| Oct.10 |
Baghdad |
Iraq appeals for help in Anbar |
|
| Oct.11 |
Haiti |
Former Haiti ruler Duvalier buried |
|
| Oct.12 |
Brazil |
Silva backs Neves in blow for Dilma |
|
| Oct.12 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong police remove barricades| Police in Hong Kong have begun removing some of the barricades erected on major roads by pro-democracy protesters | |
|
| Oct.12 |
Bolivia |
Morales claims Bolivia election win President Evo Morales has claimed victory and a third term in office after presidential elections. This win is a triumph for anti-imperialists,...
|
| Oct.12 |
Arab Countries |
ISIS justified the enslavement of women |
|
| Oct.13 |
North Korea |
North Korea says leader has reappeared | State media has attempted to end the international speculation by publishing the first photos of Kim Jong Un in more than a month | |
|
| Oct.13 |
Vatican |
Synod signals Catholic shift on gays Senior clerics taking part in a review of Catholic teachings on the family have called on the Church to adopt positive stance on homosexuali...
|
| Oct.14 |
London |
Terror suspect 'had Blair address' |
|
| Oct.14 |
North Korea |
Koreas 'hold top military talks' Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports
|
| Oct.14 |
Hong Kong |
Police clear pro-democracy protesters from tunnel
|
| Oct.15 |
Washington |
Obama: Ebola risk very low in US
|
| Oct.16 |
UN |
Ebola crisis: UN launches urgent appeal for donations |
|
| Oct.17 |
Global |
Ebola crisis: No impact from pledges of help |
|
| Oct.17 |
Nigeria |
Boko Haram reach ceasefire deal, kidnapped girls to go free Nigeria has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist terror group that includes the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls
|
| Oct.17 |
Hong Kong |
Mong Kok camp retaken from police Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have retaken streets in the Mong Kok district cleared by the authorities just a few hours earlier
|
| Oct.17 |
Southern California |
Mysterious US spaceplane returns to Earth |
|
| Oct.18 |
Baghdad |
Iraq MPs complete unity government |
|
| Oct.18 |
Washington |
No US travel ban over Ebola - Obama |
|
| Oct.18 |
Vatican |
Pope's synod setback on gay policy| Pope Francis has suffered a setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people failed to win a two-thirds majority at a Catholic Church synod | |
|
| Oct.19 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong protests: leader says 'external forces' involved
|
| Oct.19 |
Tokyo |
Two Japan ministers quit amid rows
|
| Oct.19 |
Northern Syria |
Kobane: US drops arms and aid to Kurds battling IS
|
| Oct.19 |
Jakarta |
Joko Widodo inaugurated president |
|
| Oct.19 |
Australia |
Australia lifts parliament veil ban |
|
| Oct.20 |
Australia |
Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies |
|
| Oct.22 |
Geneva |
WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks |
|
| Oct.22 |
Mexico |
Missing students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered
|
| Oct.22 |
Canada |
Canada not intimidated - PM Harper |
|
| Oct.23 |
Canada |
Sergeant-at-Arms hailed as hero who shot Ottawa attacker
|
| Oct.23 |
Canada |
Canada parliament sits after attacks |
|
| Oct.23 |
Mexico |
Governor quits over Mexico missing |
|
| Oct.24 |
Turkey |
Turkey: 200 Peshmerga will join Syrian Kurds' fight for Kobani
|
| Oct.24 |
Argentina |
Argentina sentences 15 to life over La Cacha prison |
|
| Oct.25 |
Iran |
Iran executes woman who killed her alleged rapist
|
| Oct.25 |
Cairo |
Attacks 'threaten Egypt's existence' |
|
| Oct.25 |
Brazil |
Brazil chooses its new president in tightest election |
|
| Oct.26 |
Brazil |
Dilma Rousseff re-elected Brazilian president Left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected president of Brazil, after securing 51.45% of votes in a closely-fought election
| Her rival, centrist candidate Aecio Neves, taking 48.55% of the vote
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| Oct.26 |
Kiev |
Pro-Western blocs 'win Ukraine poll' Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after the first elections to the body since February's revolution, exit polls suggest
|
| Oct.26 |
Northern Syria |
Women on front lines in Syria, Iraq against IS |
|
| Oct.27 |
Toronto |
New Toronto mayor ends Rob Ford era |
|
| Oct.28 |
Global |
Ebola outbreak: World Bank chief appeals for volunteers
|
| Oct.28 |
Australia |
Australia bans travel from Ebola zones |
|
| Oct.28 |
Liberia |
US hails West Africa Ebola progress
|
| Oct.29 |
Zambia |
Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa |
|
| Oct.30 |
Jerusalem |
Israel closed access to Temple Mount Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis spiked in Jerusalem as a move Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called a 'declaration of war'
|
| Oct.30 |
Brussels |
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply A deal will guarantee that Russian gas exports flows into Ukraine throughout the winter despite their intense fighting in eastern Ukraine
|
| Oct.30 |
Burkina Faso |
Burkina Faso president defies calls to step down
|
| Oct.31 |
Burkina Faso |
Burkina Faso president relinquishes 27-year rule after protests Map of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso| Blaise Compaore stepped down in the wake of demonstrations demanding his ouster. Army General Honore Traore staff assumed power | |
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