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30 killed near Nigerian mosque by girl suicide bombers
Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria\'s biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.Europe launches next phase of hi-tech Earth satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the second phase of a 4.3-billion-euro ($4.91-billion) programme to deploy new-generation satellites to monitor environmental ...Syrian Kurds seize military base from Islamic State
Kurdish-led forces in Syria seized a town from Islamic State on Tuesday after capturing a military base overnight, aided by U.S.-led air ...Greek government confident despite backlash over debt deal
Greece\'s leftwing government expressed confidence on Tuesday that parliament would approve a debt deal with lenders, despite an angry reaction from some ...Mexico nursing home fire kills 16
Fire swept through a nursing home before dawn in Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 16 residents, an official said. Another five seniors ...FARC rebels kill four and rupture Colombian pipeline
Colombia\'s FARC rebels killed four soldiers and wounded six by setting a landmine that exploded when an army helicopter landed on it, ...Hundreds die in Pakistan heat wave
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday, with medics battling to treat patients as ...Solar Impulse Japan take off cancelled
Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world cancelled take off from Japan early Wednesday because of weather problems ...Greece offers new proposals ahead of emergency summit
Greece\'s prime minister presented new proposals to European leaders Sunday aimed at ending his country\'s debt crisis, as Athens announced a frenzied ...Frenchman loses death sentence appeal in Indonesia
A French drug convict lost an appeal against his death sentence Monday, but his lawyers vowed to fight on and prevent another ...




