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Rainstorm to sweep across China's Beijing

Beijinganditsneighboringareaswillexperienceheavyrainstormsoverthenextfewdays,withsomeareastobehitbystrongwindsandhail,weatherauthoritieswarned.Thunderstormsaree

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India: Delhi police working on enhancing women’s safety

The Delhi police is working towards enhancing women safety in the capital by ensuring that the travel routes that women take from work to office are safe.

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India: Delhi police working on enhancing women’s safety

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,June12(APD)-TheDelhipoliceisworkingtowardsenhancingwomensafetyinthecapitalbyensuringthatthetravelroutesthatwomentakefromworkto

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Iraqi Kurds set to vote on independence referendum in September

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday announced it has set a date to hold a referendum on independence on September 25, a move that expected to be opposed strongly by Baghdad central government.

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Heavy rain to sweep China

Heavy rain will hit parts of central, southern and eastern China from Sunday to Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said Sunday.

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Death toll from Sri Lanka's flash floods reaches 100

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,May27(APD)-ThedeathtollfromthedevastatingfloodsandlandslideswhichhitSriLankaonFridayreached100bySaturdaymorning,while99arestillmi

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Thousands evacuated in Sri Lanka as major flood alerts issued

ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,May26(APD)-ThousandsofpeoplelivingnearriverbanksandthecoastalareaswereevacuatedacrossSriLankaonFridayashoursofheavyrainsandstrong

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China's Beijing bans shared bikes in military areas

Shared bikes will be banned from military areas in Beijing starting Thursday, a military officer said Wednesday.

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China's Beijing bans shared bikes in military areas

SharedbikeswillbebannedfrommilitaryareasinBeijingstartingThursday,amilitaryofficersaidWednesday.Theoff-limitszonesincluderestrictedmilitaryareasandhospitals,res

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Poppy revenues become main financial support to Afghan Taliban

TheTalibanmilitantshavebeenusingthemoneycollectedastaxesfrompoppygrowerstobuyweaponsandkeeponfightingagainstgovernmentinAfghanistan,reportedalocalnewspapertheDa

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U.S. skeptical of new "de-escalation zones" deal in Syria

TheU.S.StateDepartmentsaidonMondaythattheUnitedStateswasskepticalofanewagreementsignedbyRussia,TurkeyandIrantoreduceviolenceincertainareasofSyria."Inlightofthef

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UN delivers food to 114,000 people since famine declared in South Sudan

Since the famine was declared on Feb. 20 in parts of South Sudan, the United Nations and its partners have delivered food to nearly 114,000 people across four locations in Mayendit county and to nearly 25,500 people in two locations in Koch county.

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China set earthquake monitoring network

An earthquake early response and warning system, consisting of about 15,000 observation stations, will cover the mainland by 2020, to facilitate disaster identification and the protection of people's lives, vital infrastructure and utilities.

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Beijing's "smog refugees" flee the capital for cleaner air down south

Hordes of Beijing residents are fleeing China’s capital and heading south in pursuit of cleaner air as the year’s worst smog lay siege to the city.

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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Japan's Fukushima prefecture at 6:23 a.m. Thursday local time, Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Premier Li underlines implementation of poverty-relief measures

​Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed solid implementation of poverty precision-relief measures.

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Disaster relief begins in quake-hit W. Japan as 3,000 people displaced, more quakes expected

Emergency relief supplies have been sent to Tottori Prefecture and surrounding areas in western Japan following a magnitude-6.6 earthquake striking the region Friday, local government officials said on Saturday.