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Egypt cabinet ‘backs army to make civilian arrests’Egypt's cabinet has approved a draft law giving the army the right to arrest civilians and assist the police in providing security, a cabinet source told Reuters on Monday after the death toll in five days of anti-government protests rose to More… |
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Scope of Sandy damage widens, death toll spiralsFrom New York City's Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials on Friday faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy, mounting anger over delayed relief and a rising More… |
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US meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7The death toll from a widening outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has risen to seven, with 65 cases now reported in nine states, officials said on Saturday. The latest two deaths were reported on Saturday i More… |
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Egypt troops in Cairo to calm clashes, 11 deadEgypt's army said on Wednesday it was deploying extra troops to control clashes that erupted at a protest near the Defence Ministry in Cairo, where medical and security sources said the death toll had risen to 11. "Eight armoured personnel More… |
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Syria 'on cusp on civil war', death toll 4,000Syria is on the cusp of civil war as rebel soldiers and others take up arms against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the top UN human rights official said. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told a news confer More… |
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Missouri tornado death toll hits 89At least 89 people have died in Joplin, Missouri and the toll is expected to climb, after a monster tornado roared through the small Midwestern city on Sunday afternoon, local officials said on Monday. Rescue crews from throughout the regi More… |
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Yemen toll rises as pace gathers to oust SalehPolice and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the Yemeni cities of Taiz and Hudaida on Monday, witnesses said, as a drive to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh gathered pace. The attempt to suppres More… |
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Death toll in Egypt unrest reaches 74: sourcesAt least 74 people have been killed in protests across Egypt calling for an end to the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, according to a tally from Reuters reports from medical sources, hospitals and witnesses. There was no official figure, More… |
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Afghan foreign troop death toll rises to 500The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters, compared with 521 in all of 2009. The Nato-led International Secu More… |
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9/11 death toll 'exaggerated'Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the September 11, 2001 attacks were exaggerated in a fresh broadside at the United States just days after President Barack Obama voiced willingness to talk to Iran. Well-known for his More… |
