Over 650 killed in Philippine floods
Rescuers struggled to help survivors and a
ravaged city prepared for a mass burial as the death toll from
devastating flash floods in the southern Philippines rose past 650
on Sunday. With hundreds more still listed as missing, tropical
storm Washi left Philippine territory after dumping heavy rains that
overwhelmed rivers in the port cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan
on Mindanao island at the weekend.
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‘RAW can intercept calls, e-mails’
Amid a raging controversy over its plan to screen
social media, the UPA government has added and notified the external
intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), to the
list of eight agencies to intercept phone calls, e-mails and data
communications.
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US forces quit Iraq
After nearly nine years:
The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait
on Yesterday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to
oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with
renewed political deadlock.
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‘Russia to stop any attack on Iran’
Russia will try to stop any military attack on
Iranian nuclear facilities as any threat to the Islamic Republic is
a problem for Moscow, a Russian military expert told Press TV.
Vladimir Yevseyev, the director of the Russian Center for
Socio-Political Studies, told Press TV on Saturday that “a military
attack against Tehran will be a serious problem for Russia, because
Caucasus and Central Asia are strategic regions for Russia.”
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