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Car bombs rock Ecuador capital as prisoners seize 57 guards, police
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» QUITO - Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
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Syria blamed for 2018 chlorine attack
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» THE HAGUE: The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited report on a case that sparked tensions between Damascus and the West.
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Gas tank graveyard has Mexico City residents up in arms
AFP, Published on 11/04/2022
» MEXICO CITY - Thousands of disused gas cylinders sit outside under the sun at a former refinery in Mexico City, producing a foul smell that neighbors say has made their lives a nightmare.
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No 'eureka moment': the evolution of climate science
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» PARIS: What if Earth's atmosphere was infused with extra carbon dioxide, mused amateur scientist Eunice Foote in an 1856 research paper that concluded the gas was very good at absorbing heat.
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Covid aid lands in India as Canada, Brazil fight outbreaks: world update
AFP, Published on 02/05/2021
» NEW DELHI: India struggled to contain one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks with nearly 400,000 new infections reported Sunday, as more international aid arrived in the South Asian nation to help end the crisis.
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India's Covid-19 oxygen crisis: why is there a deadly crunch?
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - A devastating surge in coronavirus infections has exposed India's dilapidated health infrastructure and a deep shortage of oxygen -- a key treatment for seriously ill Covid-19 patients.
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India Covid patients flock to makeshift tent for lifesaving oxygen
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» GHAZIABAD, India: Himanshu Verma sighed in relief as a mask was fitted over his mother's face, allowing the Covid-19 sufferer to breathe in oxygen as she sat alongside a busy road on the outskirts of New Delhi.
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Pakistan anti-France protests disrupt Covid-19 oxygen, say officials
AFP, Published on 13/04/2021
» LAHORE, Pakistan: Thousands of supporters of a Pakistan Islamist party who blocked major roads to protest the arrest of their leader also disrupted critical oxygen supplies for Covid-19 patients, health officials said Tuesday.
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Five feared dead, thousands flee 'massive fire' at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 23/03/2021
» COX'S BAZAR: Five people are feared dead and at least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze engulfing shanty homes at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said Monday, in the third fire to hit the settlements in four days.
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Macron and Erdogan, no love lost
AFP, Published on 27/10/2020
» PARIS - The relationship between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan has degenerated in recent months from diplomatic disagreements to annoyance to outright insults.
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