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Over 100, Mostly Civilians, Killed In Two Days In Sudan Bombardments
At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said.
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Typhoon In Japan Forces Nagasaki Bombing Commemorations To Move Indoors
Typhoon Khanun, last week, reportedly killed at least two people, injured more than 100 and cut off power for several hundred thousand people in the southern Okinawa region before barrelling towards Taiwan.
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Man Praised For Breaking Into School And Rescuing Dozens From US Storm
As a deadly blizzard barreled through New York last weekend, some people found themselves stranded on snow-covered roads. Among those trapped was 27-year-old, Jay Withey, a mechanic who ventured out to help a stranded friend.
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"Waiting Our Turn To Die," Say Residents Of This Syrian Town
Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta said they were "waiting their turn to die" early on Wednesday, after more pro-government rockets and barrel bombs fell on the besieged rebel enclave.
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Assad Regime Promotes Syria's Ruins In Aleppo As 'Tourist' Destination
It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad's regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded the rebel-held east of Aleppo into submission.
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'Daddy, Pick Me Up!' Screams Boy After His Legs Blow Off In Syria Attack
In the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in Syria's Idlib, nine-year-old Abdel Basset Al-Satuf tries to sit up, his legs blown off, and screams "Daddy, pick me up!" Abdel Basset was caught in a barrel bomb attack by regime forces on Thursday in the town of Al-Hbeit, in northwest Idlib province.
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Dow Gives Up Gains After German Bomb Scare; Oil Drops
Oil prices slumped as the global oversupply in crude and petroleum products returned to focus. Brent crude futures settled down 99 cents at $43.57 a barrel, touching a session low at $43.50. US crude futures settled down $1.07 at $40.67 a barrel.
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Russia, Iran Might Stop Bashar al-Assad's Barrel Bombs: John Kerry
United States Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Tuesday that Russia and Iran may persuade Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad to stop indiscriminately dropping barrel bombs on his own people.
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Bomb, Rockets Kill 19 Civilians in Syria's Aleppo: Report
At least 19 civilians, including five children, were killed by a Syrian regime barrel bomb attack and rebel rocket fire in Aleppo, a monitoring group said today.
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UN Council Told Sound of Helicopters Has Syrians 'Watching for Death'
The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that "hell and fire" is about fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take action to stop civilian killings in Syria.
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Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks 'Unacceptable': UN Envoy
The UN's peace envoy to Syria said today he would visit Damascus soon and renewed his criticism of the use of barrel bombs by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.
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Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 33, Including Children: Monitor
At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.
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Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 24, Including Children: Reports
At least 24 people, including eight children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.
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At Least Two Children Among 13 Killed in Syria Government Bombing
A Syrian military airstrike killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded another 20 in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Tuesday after striking a neighborhood with crude bombs, said activists.
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Over 100, Mostly Civilians, Killed In Two Days In Sudan Bombardments
At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said.
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Typhoon In Japan Forces Nagasaki Bombing Commemorations To Move Indoors
Typhoon Khanun, last week, reportedly killed at least two people, injured more than 100 and cut off power for several hundred thousand people in the southern Okinawa region before barrelling towards Taiwan.
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Man Praised For Breaking Into School And Rescuing Dozens From US Storm
As a deadly blizzard barreled through New York last weekend, some people found themselves stranded on snow-covered roads. Among those trapped was 27-year-old, Jay Withey, a mechanic who ventured out to help a stranded friend.
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"Waiting Our Turn To Die," Say Residents Of This Syrian Town
Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta said they were "waiting their turn to die" early on Wednesday, after more pro-government rockets and barrel bombs fell on the besieged rebel enclave.
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Assad Regime Promotes Syria's Ruins In Aleppo As 'Tourist' Destination
It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad's regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded the rebel-held east of Aleppo into submission.
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'Daddy, Pick Me Up!' Screams Boy After His Legs Blow Off In Syria Attack
In the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in Syria's Idlib, nine-year-old Abdel Basset Al-Satuf tries to sit up, his legs blown off, and screams "Daddy, pick me up!" Abdel Basset was caught in a barrel bomb attack by regime forces on Thursday in the town of Al-Hbeit, in northwest Idlib province.
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Dow Gives Up Gains After German Bomb Scare; Oil Drops
Oil prices slumped as the global oversupply in crude and petroleum products returned to focus. Brent crude futures settled down 99 cents at $43.57 a barrel, touching a session low at $43.50. US crude futures settled down $1.07 at $40.67 a barrel.
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Russia, Iran Might Stop Bashar al-Assad's Barrel Bombs: John Kerry
United States Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Tuesday that Russia and Iran may persuade Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad to stop indiscriminately dropping barrel bombs on his own people.
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Bomb, Rockets Kill 19 Civilians in Syria's Aleppo: Report
At least 19 civilians, including five children, were killed by a Syrian regime barrel bomb attack and rebel rocket fire in Aleppo, a monitoring group said today.
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UN Council Told Sound of Helicopters Has Syrians 'Watching for Death'
The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that "hell and fire" is about fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take action to stop civilian killings in Syria.
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Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks 'Unacceptable': UN Envoy
The UN's peace envoy to Syria said today he would visit Damascus soon and renewed his criticism of the use of barrel bombs by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.
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Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 33, Including Children: Monitor
At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.
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Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 24, Including Children: Reports
At least 24 people, including eight children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.
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At Least Two Children Among 13 Killed in Syria Government Bombing
A Syrian military airstrike killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded another 20 in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Tuesday after striking a neighborhood with crude bombs, said activists.
