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Independence vote tomorrow / Independence vote tomorrow Last minute British bid to woo Scots
Reuters, Edinburgh :Britain promised to guarantee Scotland high levels of state funding, granting Scots greater control over healthcare spending in a last-ditch attempt to shore...
Typhoon Kalmaegi hits southern China
BBC Online :Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in China’s southern Hainan province, after barrelling past the Philippines and Hong Kong.Tens of thousands were evacuated ahead...
One in nine people in world still famished
AFP, Rome :The number of hungry people in the world has fallen by more than 100 million in the past decade but 805 million people,...
First US strike under new IS plan
BBC Online :The US has carried out its first air strike against Islamic State (IS) militants under a new strategy to defeat the group.The US...
Obama to pledge major Ebola effort
AFP, Washington :US President Barack Obama will on Tuesday seek to “turn the tide” in the Ebola epidemic by ordering 3,000 US military personnel to...
Bombing kills six cop in Egypt
BBC Online :Six Egyptian policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in the Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian interior ministry says.Two officers were also hurt...
Suicide bomber kills three NATO troops in Kabul
Reuters, Kabul :A suicide car bomber killed at least three foreign troops in an attack on a convoy near the US embassy in Kabul on...
India bypoll results / BJP gets jolt in Rajasthan, Gujarat, debut in WB; loses ground in UP
TNN, New Delhi :BJP suffered a jolt in Rajasthan winning just one of the four seats and was losing ground in Uttar Pradesh where Samajwadi...
Suicide bomber kills three NATO troops in Kabul
Reuters, Kabul : A suicide car bomber killed at least three foreign troops in an attack on a convoy near the US embassy in Kabul...