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4000,000 Gaza children bearing brunt of the war
IANS, Gaza :Around 400,000 children in the Gaza Strip are showing symptoms of distress, including bed wetting, clinging to parents and nightmares, and need psychosocial...
Clashes in Kiev Independence Square protest camp
The Telgraph :Kiev was rocked by violence unseen since Ukraine’s February revolution as police and pro-government militiamen clashed with activists camped on Independence Square.The fighting,...
US now prescribes Afghan unity govt
AP, Afghanistan :US secretary of state John Kerry on Friday opened a second day of talks in Afghanistan aimed at preventing the fragile country from...
Obama authorizes air on IS forces
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama says he has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq but will not send US troops back...
Jaswant Singh in coma
Zee Media Bureau, Delhi :Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Army’s Research and Referral hospital in...
Ebola now ‘global emergency’: WHO
AFP, Geneva :The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for...
Over 900 died in West Africa, Liberia declares emergency
CNN :A nurse in Nigeria. A businessman in Saudi Arabia. A Spanish priest in Liberia.With the World Health Organization announcing Wednesday that 932 deaths had...
Ebola victim dies in KSA
BBC Online :A Saudi man who was being treated for Ebola-like symptoms has died at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says.If confirmed,...
Top Khmer Rouge leaders get life terms
BBC Online :Two top Khmer Rouge leaders have been jailed for life after being convicted by Cambodia’s UN-backed tribunal of crimes against humanity.Nuon Chea, 88,...
Israel, Hamas at odds over truce extension
AFP, Gaza City :Israel and Hamas appeared at odds on Thursday over prolonging a 72-hour Gaza ceasefire, with the Jewish state indicating it would back...
Iraq Christians flee as Islamic State takes Qaraqosh
BBC Online :Thousands of Christians are reported to be fleeing after Islamic militants seized the minority’s biggest town in Iraq.The Islamic State (IS) group captured...