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China FM issues warning over 'illegal' protests in Hong Kong
Full Article The Siasat Daily
02 Oct 2014

October 02: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has issued a stern warning against any "illegal" protests in Hong Kong. Currently on a visit to Washington, Wang also warned that the matter was an "internal affair" for China. His U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, also urged Hong Kong to exercise restraint in dealing with the protests....

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Pro-democracy student protesters sleep on an occupied main street outside of the government complex in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.
photo: AP / Wally Santana

updated 02 Oct 2014; published 02 Oct 2014
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China issues warning over Hong Kong 'illegal' protests
updated 02 Oct 2014; published 02 Oct 2014
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China issues warning over Hong Kong 'illegal' protests
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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China issues warning over Hong Kong 'illegal' protests
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China issues warning over Hong Kong 'illegal' protests
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China issues warning over Hong Kong 'illegal' protests
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China warns Hong Kong against 'illegal protests'
File - President of the Republic of Sudan, Omar Hassan al Bashir (with cane), and First vice president and president of the Government of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit (waving), greet the crowd at the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of the signing of the CPA (Comprehensive Peace Agreement), 10 January, 2010.
photo: UN / Tim McKulka

updated 23 May 2014; published 23 May 2014
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South Sudan - Small Arms Activity
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Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in African Conflicts 1
updated 15 Sep 2014; published 15 Sep 2014
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A call for arms: Community security and arms control in Darfur
updated 07 Oct 2011; published 07 Oct 2011
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Cattle raiding and small arms control in South Sudan
updated 10 Feb 2009; published 10 Feb 2009
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Guns Hold Up Development (long version)
updated 10 Feb 2009; published 10 Feb 2009
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Guns Hold Up Development (short version)
Ebola outbreak: 'Five infected every hour' in Sierra Leone
Full Article BBC News
01 Oct 2014

A leading charity has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone means healthcare demands are far outstripping supply. Save the Children said there were 765 new cases of Ebola reported in the West African state last week, while there are only 327 beds in the country. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) said two...

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, healthcare workers load a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus onto an ambulance in Kenema, Sierra Leone, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014.
photo: AP / Tanya Bindra

updated 29 May 2014; published 29 May 2014
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Guinea Ebola outbreak still spreading, Sierra Leone also affected
updated 02 Oct 2014; published 02 Oct 2014
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Ebola outbreak 'Five infected every hour' in Sierra Leone
updated 31 Jul 2014; published 31 Jul 2014
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Sierra Leone, Liberia declare health emergency over Ebola outbreak
updated 27 Jul 2014; published 27 Jul 2014
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Ebola outbreak Sierra Leone escaped patient dies
updated 02 Oct 2014; published 02 Oct 2014
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Ebola outbreak:'Five infected every hour' in Sierra Leone
updated 22 Sep 2014; published 22 Sep 2014
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130 new Ebola cases reported after Sierra Leone lockdow
In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 and released by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), JGSDF personnel and fire fighters head for the summit of Mount Ontake to rescue people who have been trapped in the mountaintop lodge during the eruption as plumes of gas and ash are spewed out, one day after the volcano became active in central Japan.
photo: AP / The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

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Japan volcano death toll hits 47 as new bodies found
updated 30 Sep 2014; published 30 Sep 2014
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5 More Bodies Found At Japan Volcano, Toll Now 36
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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Seven More Bodies Found on Mt Ontake As Search Resumes
updated 29 Sep 2014; published 29 Sep 2014
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Japan volcano: hikers dead after Mount Ontake erupts.
updated 30 Sep 2014; published 30 Sep 2014
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Deadly Volcano Eruption In Japan At Least 36 Feared Dead
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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Seven more bodies found on Mt Ontake as search resumes
Hong Kong braces for National Day protest
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Oct 2014

Thousands of protesters have thronged the streets of Hong Kong, ratcheting up pressure on the pro-Beijing government that has called the demonstrations illegal, and vowed to press ahead with their biggest protest so far. As Hong Kong observed National Day on Wednesday, marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of communist China, protesters...

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Student protesters chant anti-government slogans outside of the China's National Day flag raising ceremony in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Wally Santana

updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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Record crowd expected for Hong Kong protests on National Day 홍콩 대규모 민주화 시위…오늘
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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Record crowd expected for Hong Kong protests on National Day 홍콩 대규모 민주화 시위…오늘
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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China National Day celebrated among growing Hong Kong protests
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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Record crowds protest in Hong Kong on China′s National Day 홍콩 대규모 민주화 시위…오늘 최대
updated 30 Sep 2014; published 30 Sep 2014
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Hong Kong Protester to CNN: I Don't Think Chinese Government Can Kill Us
updated 01 Oct 2014; published 01 Oct 2014
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Hong Kong democracy protesters occupy more ground on China’s National Day

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Yom Kippur, only days away, a time of repentance, lately, the utter savagery in attacking Gaza and its people, the burning alive of a Palestinian youngster, the rubble,...
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Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles. George Mikes, How to be an Alien (1946) So much fuss about nothing, which is the perfect storm for a British...
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Kane Farabaugh Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 90th birthday October 1. While not the oldest living president, Carter has set the record for the longest...

US Navy 100315-N-1928O-009 U.S. Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, works on a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft
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By Will FultonPublished October 01, 2014 Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print (REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski) The United States Department of Justice has charged four hackers with computer fraud and copyright infringement for stealing over...
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South Korean rescue helicopters fly over a South Korean passenger ship
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Jason Strother SEOUL— South Korean lawmakers have agreed to launch a new investigation into April’s deadly passenger ferry accident, bringing an end to a months-long deadlock in the country’s National Assembly. But the country’s...
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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they participate in a joint news conference, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem.
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VOA News President Barack Obama hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks Wednesday that are expected to focus on nuclear talks with Iran. The White House...
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Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack while security forces prepare to tow away a destroyed car in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013.
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VOA News Acts of terrorism and violence in Iraq killed more than 1,100 people in September, continuing what has been a particularly deadly year for the country. The United Nations mission in Iraq reported Wednesday...
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In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 and released by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), JGSDF personnel and fire fighters climb the ash-covered slope, heading for the summit of Mount Ontake to rescue people who have been trapped in the mountaintop lodge during the eruption, one day after the volcano became active in central Japan.
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Rescue workers in Japan have recovered 12 more bodies from Mount Ontake, bringing to 48 the number of those killed by Saturday's volcanic eruption. The search resumed despite fears of...
photo: AP / The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Afghan men assist an injured man after a suicide bombing at the gate to a NATO compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
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Reuters KABUL— Two Taliban suicide bombers attacked an army bus and another army vehicle in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 15, the government said, a day after Afghanistan...
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In this Oct. 24, 2012 photo, soldiers stop to check a car as they patrol in a convoy near the town of El Alcalde in Michoacan state, Mexico. Knights Templar, a quasi-religious drug cartel that controls the area and most of the state, monitors the movements of the military and police around the clock.
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Reuters MEXICO CITY— While Mexico's government says the country is getting safer, a record number of Mexicans were victims of crime last year, according to a survey by national statistics institute INEGI published on Tuesday. President Enrique...
photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini