Month: November 2014

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1. Nigeria mosque blast toll above 100
2. Moroccan Man Admits Setting Fire to a Shiite Mosque in Belgium
3. Yemen Shiites, Sunnis meet to end crisis
4. Bahrain votes in last round of parliamentary poll
5. Senior Commander Warns of Iran’s Direct Action against Terrorists in Iraq
6. About 400 killed in past six weeks of fighting in Libya’s Benghazi: medics
7. Iraq airstrikes kill 17 in areas held by Islamic State
8. Egypt court drops murder charge against Mubarak
9. ISIS attacks border town Kobani from Turkey
10. Taliban Overrun an Afghan Army Base

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1. How Alleged Islamic State Fighter Arif Majeed Was Brought Home to Mumbai
2. Austrian Police Launch Mass Raids Against Jihad Recruiters: Report
3. Refused a flat in Mumbai because you eat meat? BMC will rescue you
4. Islamist protests in Egypt fizzle amid clampdown; at least 3 dead
5. Fifteen IS targets hit by US, allies in 3 days: US
6. The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed applications filed by members of the Muslim community opposing a public interest litigation, seeking ban on participation of children for ‘Matam’ (mourning) during Moharram.
7. (Reuters) – A state prosecutor on Friday demanded a prison term of over four years for a 20-year-old German man accused of fighting with Islamic State insurgents in Syria, in the first trial of its kind in Germany.
8. One person was killed and 26 others went missing on Friday when a Bangladeshi fishing trawler capsized allegedly after it was hit by a ship in the Bay of Bengal.
9. GENEVA —The UN refugee agency reports about 50 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Damassak, a town in Nigeria’s Borno State, earlier this week. The UNHCR says at least 3,000 people have fled to the Diffa region in neighboring Niger in fear of their lives.
10. The so-called Islamic State militants appear to be recruiting and training children in Iraq.

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1. Battle for Taj Mahal continues between Shia and Sunni sect leaders
2. Top Shia cleric shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan
3. Syrian troops kill 30 rebels near Damascus
4. Taliban attack Kabul guesthouse and British embassy car
5. At Least 35 Killed In Adamawa Bomb Blast
6. OPEC may not cut oil output despite calls from several members
7. Egypt jails 78 boys for pro-Morsi protests
8. Iraq security forces repel ISIL offensive in Anbar Province
9. Bahrainis hold anti-regime demo in Sitra
10. ISIL executes Iraqi parliament candidates

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1. US Congress to push for more sanctions on Iran
2. 20 Million Shia Muslims Brave Isis by Making Pilgrimage to Karbala for Arbaeen
3. IS Video Shows Bombing of 11th Century Shrine in Iraq
4. Malaysia plans anti-terror law amid ISIS fears
5. Syria raids in Raqqa kill 95
6. Bahrain police ‘raid home of top Shia cleric’
7. No trace of MH370 debris till now: Search official
8. Global online population crosses three billion mark: UN report
9. Powerful earthquake strikes off northern Indonesia
10. Four polio vaccinators shot dead in southwest Pakistan

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1. Islamic State group got up to $45m in ransoms: UN
2. Yemeni forces free eight al Qaeda hostages; U.S. says no Americans
3. Iran hardliners round on Rouhani but supreme leader backs more nuclear talks
4. Apartment building collapses in Egypt, killing 17
5. Pakistani Taliban claim Karachi attack on political camp
6. (Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents battled Iraqi forces in the center of Baiji on Tuesday, a week after the army broke their prolonged siege of the country’s largest oil refinery just outside the town, an army officer and residents said.
7. ISLAMABAD: A polio vaccination team, accompanied by policemen, was attacked in Pakistan on Monday while administrating polio vaccination drops to children, media reported.
8. BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded in a market in northern Baghdad’s Shaab neighbourhood on Monday, killing eight people and wounding 22, police and medics said.
9. Two female suicide bombers believed to be linked to the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram blew themselves up in the north-east of the country this morning, killing at least 30 people at a crowded market.
10. LONDON: Across Pakistan, the black standard of the Islamic State has been popping up all over.

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1. N-talks extended for another 6 months
2. Saudi Arabia says Islamic State ordered attack on Shi’ites in al-Ahsa
3. Further sanctions on Iran could be counterproductive, White House says
4. Baghdad car bomb kills 8 people, fighting west of capital
5. Suspected Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian border town
6. Islamic State releases shocking video of training child soldiers to use AK-47s
7. Toll rises to 57 as survivors tell of Afghan bombing
8. U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes on Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: CENTCOM
9. Forces Backing Elected Libyan Government Take Town
10. Floods Kill at Least 32 in Southern Morocco

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1. Boko Haram Kills 48 Fish Vendors in North-East Nigeria
2. War of Words After Bahrain Vote, Boycotted By Opposition
3. US-led Strikes Have Killed 910 People in Syria: Monitor
4. Iran Nuclear Talks May Be Extended as US Sees “Big Gaps”
5. Tunisia Polls Give Ex-Regime Figure the Edge
6. Kenya bus attack survivor tells how victims were selected
7. Iraq sentences Sunni ex-MP to death for murder
8. Battle for Heart of Iraq Intensifies With New Push by Islamist Terrorists
9. Now, Shias assert claim to Taj Mahal
10. Afghan Lawmakers Approve Security Accords with US, NATO

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1. Turkey trains Kurdish Peshmerga forces in fight against ISIS
2. Al-Qaeda vows fierce attacks on Yemen Shiite militiamen
3. Pakistani Taliban claim Karachi attack on political camp
4. Turkey: Border abuses and destitution aggravating plight of Syria refugees
5. Berlin says 550 Germans joined jihadist cause in Syria, Iraq
6. Bahrain election overshadowed by opposition boycott
7. Biden Announces New Aid for Syrian Refugees
8. Magnitude-6.7 quake injures at least 39 in Nagano
9. West not expected to demand Iran atom bomb “mea culpa” in deal
10. IS kills at least 23 Iraqi tribesmen near Ramadi

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1. Voting underway in Bahrain amid Shiite opposition boycott
2. Iran’s nuclear negotiations have devolved into a numbers game
3. Isil hostage John Cantlie: ‘I have accepted my fate’
4. Two Britons ‘killed in Islamic State fighting’ in Syria
5. Kenya bus attack near Somali border leaves 28 dead
6. Pakistan: Newly converted Shia Muslim shot martyred in Mastung
7. Saudi detains 35 Egyptian fishermen for entering its waters
8. Syrian students deprived of an education
9. Islamic State attacks Iraq provincial capital: officials

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