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"Living In Hell": Monks Clear Rubble From Quake-Hit Myanmar Monastery
Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.
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"Extreme Day Trips": This UK Woman Takes International Flights And Returns Home By Bedtime
Monica Stott has mastered the art of one-day international trips, visiting cities like Milan, Bergamo, Lisbon and Amsterdam all within just a few hours.
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"Difficult Day For Us": John Hopkins University Fires Over 2,000 Employees
John Hopkins, in Maryland's largest city an hour's drive north of the US capital, is eliminating more than 2,000 positions.
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"Houses With 4-5 Bodies In Them": Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.
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Why Washington DC Residents Are Leaving The City Ahead Of Trump's Inauguration
Speaking about the re-election of Trump, she said it "represents the ugly side of America that people don't want to acknowledge".
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Buried Alive? The Surreal Story Of How Covid Took Over A City In The Amazon
Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.
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Blog | 'I Sleep With One Eye Open': LA Residents On Life In A City On Fire
In the residential areas of Pasadena and Altadena, where I walked alone, on the deserted streets, the fires had consigned what were people's homes, as of the previous day, to the forever past.
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How To Spot A Lone Wolf Attacker: Big Challenge For Anti-Terror Agencies
In the early hours of New Year's Day, an attack in the US city of New Orleans left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran, drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd.
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Anti-Israel Protesters Call For "Intifada Revolution" at New York's Times Square
Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at New York City's Times Square on New Year's Day on Wednesday, calling for an "intifada revolution".
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US To Continue Arms Surge To Ukraine After Russia's Christmas Attack: Biden
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he asked the U.S. Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine's cities and its energy system.
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NDTV Exclusive: How Teen Gazan With Down Syndrome Survived Israeli Bombs
NDTV Exclusive: Ibrahim Hammad, a 16-year-old boy with Down syndrome, lived in Al-Zahra City in the middle of Gaza with his family of seven: parents, four older brothers, and himself.
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Putin Vows "Destruction" On Ukraine After Kazan Drone Attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more "destruction" to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier.
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Syrian Rebels Capture Key City Of Hama As Army Withdraws
Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday in a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces days after they lost the country's commercial hub Aleppo.
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Explained: The Build-up To Attacks On Israeli Football Fans In Amsterdam
The attacks on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam this week followed tensions that began brewing days before between the fans and pro-Palestinian activists and other people in the city, a chronology of events showed.
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Israeli Strikes Target Lebanon's Tyre City, 7, Including 2 Children Killed
Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday seven people including two children were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble.
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"Living In Hell": Monks Clear Rubble From Quake-Hit Myanmar Monastery
Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.
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"Extreme Day Trips": This UK Woman Takes International Flights And Returns Home By Bedtime
Monica Stott has mastered the art of one-day international trips, visiting cities like Milan, Bergamo, Lisbon and Amsterdam all within just a few hours.
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"Difficult Day For Us": John Hopkins University Fires Over 2,000 Employees
John Hopkins, in Maryland's largest city an hour's drive north of the US capital, is eliminating more than 2,000 positions.
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"Houses With 4-5 Bodies In Them": Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.
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Why Washington DC Residents Are Leaving The City Ahead Of Trump's Inauguration
Speaking about the re-election of Trump, she said it "represents the ugly side of America that people don't want to acknowledge".
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Buried Alive? The Surreal Story Of How Covid Took Over A City In The Amazon
Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.
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Blog | 'I Sleep With One Eye Open': LA Residents On Life In A City On Fire
In the residential areas of Pasadena and Altadena, where I walked alone, on the deserted streets, the fires had consigned what were people's homes, as of the previous day, to the forever past.
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How To Spot A Lone Wolf Attacker: Big Challenge For Anti-Terror Agencies
In the early hours of New Year's Day, an attack in the US city of New Orleans left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran, drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd.
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Anti-Israel Protesters Call For "Intifada Revolution" at New York's Times Square
Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at New York City's Times Square on New Year's Day on Wednesday, calling for an "intifada revolution".
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US To Continue Arms Surge To Ukraine After Russia's Christmas Attack: Biden
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he asked the U.S. Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine's cities and its energy system.
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NDTV Exclusive: How Teen Gazan With Down Syndrome Survived Israeli Bombs
NDTV Exclusive: Ibrahim Hammad, a 16-year-old boy with Down syndrome, lived in Al-Zahra City in the middle of Gaza with his family of seven: parents, four older brothers, and himself.
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Putin Vows "Destruction" On Ukraine After Kazan Drone Attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more "destruction" to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier.
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Syrian Rebels Capture Key City Of Hama As Army Withdraws
Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday in a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces days after they lost the country's commercial hub Aleppo.
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Explained: The Build-up To Attacks On Israeli Football Fans In Amsterdam
The attacks on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam this week followed tensions that began brewing days before between the fans and pro-Palestinian activists and other people in the city, a chronology of events showed.
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Israeli Strikes Target Lebanon's Tyre City, 7, Including 2 Children Killed
Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday seven people including two children were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble.
