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Watch: No Empty Seat In Sight At Beirut Stadium For Hassan Nasrallah's Funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Watch: Beirut Stadium Houseful For Ex Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah's Funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Watch: Beirut Stadium Houseful For Ex Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah's Funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Amazonian Town Being Swallowed By Massive Sinkholes, Hundreds At Risk
The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.
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Why Shoveling Snow Is Japan's Newest Tourist Attraction (And Why Tourists Love It)
A tour agency in Sapporo, Hokkaido - one of the world's snowiest cities - has introduced snow shoveling as an activity.
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3 Buses Explode In Israel, Cops Call It "Suspected Terror Attack"
Israeli police said that explosions rocked several buses in the central city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening in what they described as a "suspected terror attack", with an official saying that there were no injuries.
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How NASA Plans To Stop 'City-Killer' Asteroid
International space agencies, including NASA, are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning chance of striking Earth in 2032.
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Residents Of This Asian City Are Earning Cash For Killing Mosquitoes
Residents in a central Manila neighbourhood lined up Wednesday, as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty -- one peso for every five mosquitoes, dead or alive.
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Explained: How Earth Can Defend Itself Against Asteroid 2024 YR4
There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years. But even if this asteroid is hurtling our way, humanity is now able to defend itself against such a threat, experts say.
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Former US Navy Seal Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Launches Marijuana Company
O'Neill plans to sell his state-licensed marijuana brand in New York City dispensaries, and will also donate a portion of the revenue to support disabled veterans through a charitable organisation.
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World's 1st Openly Gay South African Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead
Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world's first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha.
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Bus Carrying Freed Palestinian Prisoners Arrives In West Bank
A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released Saturday by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an AFP journalist.
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Alligators In US City's Sewer System Moving Like 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Study
Apart from alligators, nearly three dozen other species were also spotted using the stormwater drains as well.
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6 Killed, 25 Injured In Fire At Hotel Construction Site In South Korea
Six people were killed and more than two dozen were injured when a blaze ripped through a hotel construction site in the South Korean port city of Busan on Friday.
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Munich Car Ramming Suspect Is 24-Year-Old Afghan Asylum Seeker: Police
A man suspected of crashing a car into a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday has been identified as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, a police spokesman said.
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Watch: No Empty Seat In Sight At Beirut Stadium For Hassan Nasrallah's Funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Watch: Beirut Stadium Houseful For Ex Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah's Funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Watch: Beirut Stadium Houseful For Ex Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah's Funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
-
Amazonian Town Being Swallowed By Massive Sinkholes, Hundreds At Risk
The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.
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Why Shoveling Snow Is Japan's Newest Tourist Attraction (And Why Tourists Love It)
A tour agency in Sapporo, Hokkaido - one of the world's snowiest cities - has introduced snow shoveling as an activity.
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3 Buses Explode In Israel, Cops Call It "Suspected Terror Attack"
Israeli police said that explosions rocked several buses in the central city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening in what they described as a "suspected terror attack", with an official saying that there were no injuries.
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How NASA Plans To Stop 'City-Killer' Asteroid
International space agencies, including NASA, are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning chance of striking Earth in 2032.
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Residents Of This Asian City Are Earning Cash For Killing Mosquitoes
Residents in a central Manila neighbourhood lined up Wednesday, as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty -- one peso for every five mosquitoes, dead or alive.
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Explained: How Earth Can Defend Itself Against Asteroid 2024 YR4
There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years. But even if this asteroid is hurtling our way, humanity is now able to defend itself against such a threat, experts say.
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Former US Navy Seal Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Launches Marijuana Company
O'Neill plans to sell his state-licensed marijuana brand in New York City dispensaries, and will also donate a portion of the revenue to support disabled veterans through a charitable organisation.
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World's 1st Openly Gay South African Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead
Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world's first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha.
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Bus Carrying Freed Palestinian Prisoners Arrives In West Bank
A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released Saturday by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an AFP journalist.
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Alligators In US City's Sewer System Moving Like 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Study
Apart from alligators, nearly three dozen other species were also spotted using the stormwater drains as well.
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6 Killed, 25 Injured In Fire At Hotel Construction Site In South Korea
Six people were killed and more than two dozen were injured when a blaze ripped through a hotel construction site in the South Korean port city of Busan on Friday.
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Munich Car Ramming Suspect Is 24-Year-Old Afghan Asylum Seeker: Police
A man suspected of crashing a car into a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday has been identified as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, a police spokesman said.
