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• Israel PM wants to expel attackers' relatives

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under pressure over a five-month wave of violence, said Wednesday he wants to expel to Gaza relatives of Palestinian attackers involved in their assaults. Netanyahu asked the attorney general to examine the possibility of carrying out such expulsions, his office said, while rights groups immediately denounced the move."Expelling family members of Palestinian terrorists who aided attacks to Gaza will lead to a significant decrease in terrorist attacks,"..

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• Russia, Syria using migrant crisis as weapon: NATO

  

  RIYADH: Prominent Islamic scholar Ayed Al-Qarni, who was shot and wounded in the arm on Tuesday in the Philippines while delivering a lecture at a university, tweeted on Wednesday that he was in good health.The popular Saudi scholar posted the messag... RIYADH: Jazan Gov. Prince Mohammed bin Nasser awarded on Tuesday the shield of excellence to the Department of Education for being top among government agencies in the application of security requirements in the region.Prince Mohammed bin ..

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• NZ begins vote to choose flag

  

  NZ begins vote to choose flagNew Zealanders have begun voting on whether to change their flag.The postal ballot runs from Thursday to March 24, and offers voters a choice between the existing flag featuring the Union Jack and the alternative silver fern design.A previous referendum selected the Kyle Lockwood-designed fern flag as the most popular among five alternatives.Opinion polls indicate the nation of 4.7 million people will opt to stick with its current flag, although proponents of the new..

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• 'High possibility' debris from Boeing 777

  

  'High possibility' debris from Boeing 777

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• North Korea fires several short-range projectiles after UN sanctions vote

  

  People watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, on Thursday. Photo: Ahn Young-joon Seoul: North Korea fired several short-range projectiles on Thursday, South Korea's defence ministry said, just hours after the UN Security Council voted unanimously to impose fresh sanctions on the isolated state for its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang Gyun said the..

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• Rescuers check remote Indonesian islands after quake

  

  Rescuers check remote Indonesian islands after quake Padang (Indonesia) (AFP) - A ship carrying military personnel and search and rescue officials was dispatched Thursday to check on remote island communities in western Indonesia a day after a powerful earthquake, as strong aftershocks rattled the region.The 7.8 magnitude, shallow undersea quake hit late Wednesday off Sumatra, Indonesia's main western island, sending panicked residents fleeing for the hills and briefly triggering a tsunami..

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• Do Women Really Need Period Leave?

  

  Menstrual leave policies might destigmatize menstruation as a topic in the workplace. But they also might reinforce the stigma.News that a British company will soon implement a “period policy” that allows women to take time off when they’re menstruating has kicked off a larger debate about whether similar policies would do women more harm than good in most co-ed workplaces.Coexist, a small Bristol-based company, designed their “period policy” so that it’s predominantly female workforce (17 women..

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• India, U.S., Japan to hold naval drills close to China's waters

  

  NEW DELHI – The U.S., India and Japan will hold joint naval exercises later this year in waters north of the Philippines, a move that is likely to irk nearby China as tensions rise over competing territorial claims in the region. Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command, confirmed the location of the annual Malabar drills during a security conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. The proposed area lies just northeast of the South China Sea, where the U.S. has spearheaded efforts to patrol ..

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• Refugee crisis: EU allocates €700m in extra aid to cope with influx

  

  Greece and other countries struggling to cope with a massive influx of refugees will receive hundreds of millions in extra EU funding for emergency aid under plans declared in Brussels. The European commissioner for humanitarian aid, Christos Stylianides, said on Wednesday that €700m (£544m) would be spent over three years on helping refugees. The UN refugee agency had warned on Tuesday that Europe stood on the verge of a “largely self-induced humanitarian crisis”, while NGOs condemned the fail..

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