Two soldiers were killed and one was injured after a tank shell exploded at a military base in Azerbaijan on Saturday, Russian news agency RIA cited the Azeri ministry of defense as saying in a statement.
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Saturday, July 6, 2019
UK Conservative members issued more than one ballot in vote for leader: BBC
Some members of Britain's Conservative Party have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next party leader, who will also become prime minister, the BBC reported on Saturday.
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Qatar's emir to meet with Trump on July 9: QNA
Qatar's ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on July 9 to exchange views on the latest regional and international developments, Qatar's state news agency said on Saturday.
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Thousands protest amid outcry over Myanmar child-rape case
Thousands of protesters marched to a police office in the north of Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, on Saturday, demanding speedy and transparent justice in a child-rape case that has sparked national outrage.
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Powerful Southern California quake, second in two days, causes damage, injuries
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, causing some damage to buildings, fires and some injuries, with eight times more force than a foreshock that rattled the same area a day earlier, officials said.
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Southern California struck by even more powerful quake, second in two days
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, causing some damage to buildings, with 11 times more force than an apparent foreshock that rattled the same area a day earlier.
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Some damage reported after powerful 7.1 quake hits Southern California
Some building damage was reported after the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Southern California on Friday, a day after the strongest quake in the region in 25 years.
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Southern California earthquake triggers reports of damage
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Friday in Southern California triggered reports of damage in communities in the northwest area of San Bernardino County, near where the temblor hit, the county Fire Department said on Twitter.
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Stronger quake rattles Southern California
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits the same desert area as the tremor which struck on Thursday.
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Japan PM Abe's coalition on track to win solid majority in election: media
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track to win a solid majority in a July 21 upper house election, and his dream of revising the pacifist constitution could still be alive if enough allies also win, a survey showed on Saturday.
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake recorded in Southern California: USGS
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 was recorded in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey and a European quake monitor said, a day after the strongest quake in the region in 25 years.
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Emilio Lozoya: Former Mexican oil chief accused of corruption
The huge bribery scandal around Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht spreads further.
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Trump says immigration raids coming 'fairly soon'
President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as U.S. migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.
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House panel chair asks watchdog for probe of Homeland Security leaders
The chairman of a U.S. House panel asked an internal watchdog on Friday to investigate whether top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. border service knew about a Facebook group where agents posted racist and misogynistic comments.
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Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
The US state, part of which lies inside the Arctic Circle, registers 90F (32C) in Anchorage.
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Oregon state senator faces hearing on 'heavily armed' comment
An Oregon state senator who was among Republican lawmakers who fled the Capitol last month to scuttle a vote on a bill to fight climate change faces a conduct hearing over remarks tinged with threats of violence about any efforts to force the senators to return.
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