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[UPDATE] Illegal Chemical Storage Blamed For Bangladesh Fire That Killed At Least 110
WorldNews.com 21 Feb 2019
An exploding cylinder of natural gas stored in a car set off the fire that killed at least 110 people in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, Wednesday night, The New York Times reported.The streets were packed at the time of the first explosion in a Dhaka bazaar, witnesses sad ... Then a plastics store on the ground floor of a nearby building caught fire....
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India decides to stop water to Pakistan
Suryaa 21 Feb 2019
Baghpat After withdrawing the most favoured nation (MFN) status and slamming a 200 per cent import duty, India on Thursday decided to stop the flow of its share of water from the three eastern rivers -- the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej -- to Pakistan ... In another tweet, he said construction of a dam had started at Shahpur-Kandi on Ravi river ... ....
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Trump Blasts Jussie Smollett For 'Racist And Dangerous' Lies
Peace FM Online 22 Feb 2019
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American IS bride's father sues Trump administration over citizenship
Yahoo Daily News 22 Feb 2019
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) The father of a woman from Alabama, who left in November 2014 to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group, has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration over her American citizenship, seeking her return ... --IANS. ksk/ab. ....
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Nigeria's Buhari promises security for delayed presidential election
The Star 22 Feb 2019
ABUJA (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged Nigerians "to go out and vote", promising that there would be adequate security for Saturday's postponed election that pits him in a tight race with businessman Atiku Abubakar ... ....
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Putin: Moscow Ready For Cuban Missile-Style Crisis If U.S. Looking For One
WorldNews.com 21 Feb 2019
In a dire warning to the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country is ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the U.S ... missile deployments in Turkey by sending ballistic missiles to Cuba, the report said. It sparked a standoff that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Currently, tensions are on the rise as the U.S....
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SpaceX Rocket Launches Israel's First Lunar Lander Into Space From Florida
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida on Thursday night while carrying three payloads, one of which is Israel's first lunar lander on a mission to make the Jewish state the fourth nation to ever achieve a controlled touchdown on the surface of the moon, according to The Associated Press ... The launch occurred at 8.45 p.m ... Air Force....
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Venezuela shuts its Brazil border
Arkansas Online 22 Feb 2019
MEDELLIN, Colombia -- President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela ordered its border with Brazil closed Thursday, part of his escalating effort to stop opponents from sending humanitarian aid into his poverty-stricken country ... Maduro, who has called Guaido an American lackey, has vowed not to let the aid in ... ....
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Venezuela’s Maduro welcomes medical supplies from Russia
The Siasat Daily 22 Feb 2019
Caracas. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday announced the arrival of 7.5 tons of medical supplies from Russia amid mounting pressure on him from the opposition to accept humanitarian aid from the United States and its allies ... Oil-rich Venezuela is contending with shortages of basic goods as well as hyperinflation ... Source. IANS. ....
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Not bothered whether India diverts water or not, says Pakistan
One India 22 Feb 2019photo: European Community / Lukasz Kobus
EU's Barnier says cannot rule out that Brexit gets postponed
Reuters 22 Feb 2019
The European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday that he cannot rule out the possibility that Britain's EU withdrawal is pushed back ... ....
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Whistleblower Says Grand Canyon Visitors May Have Been Exposed To Radiation
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
Japan's Akihito seen as devoted to duties, open to new ideas
Yahoo Daily News 22 Feb 2019
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Akihito has devoted his 30-year reign to making amends for a war fought in his father's name, while adapting the 1,500-year-old monarchy to draw the Imperial Family closer to the public ... Kazuo Oda, a retired trading house executive and longtime tennis buddy of Akihito's, describes his friend as "extremely earnest." ... Aug ... ....
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Japanese spacecraft lands on asteroid, takes samples
Khaleej Times 22 Feb 2019
A Japanese spacecraft successfully touched down on the asteroid Ryugu on Friday, which is some 340 million km from Earth, to take samples that could provide clues on the origins of the solar system ... "Spacecraft state is normal ... Hayabusa2 was launched in December 2014 from the Tanegashima space centre and is scheduled to return to Earth in late 2020 ... ....
