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Forest fire kills 10 hikers in Tamil Nadu
Radhakrishnan, while briefing the media in Madurai . The condition of four patients in GRH is highly critical, said it's Dean Dr.D.Maruthu Pandian. "A total of 10 trekkers perished in the fire". The police revealed the name of the deceased as, K Akila alias Akilandeswari, 24, T Hemalatha, 30, B Punitha, 28, S Subha, 28, R Arun alias Arunprabakaran, Vipin, 30 and T Nisha- all belonging to Chennai , and M Divya, Vivek, Tamilselvan and V Divya of Erode.
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Erdogan Hopes Turkish Forces Will Completely Encircle Afrin by Wednesday
Turkey launched an offensive on Syria's Afrin in January, targeting Syrian Kurdish forces that control the region. "The air strikes targeted a checkpoint on the only road leading from Afrin to regime-controlled territory to the southeast", the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Donald Trump dumps Rex Tillerson as secretary of state
She was given a heads up about his departure ahead of the Twitter announcement. "In actions and by experience it's been seen that the policies and approach of America can not be trusted very much", Qassemi said , according to state media.
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Compromise in works for Netanyahu coalition
Some Israeli political commentators accuse Lieberman and Netanyahu of working together to preserve the option of fresh polls for the prime minister. Efforts had intensified throughout the day to reach a deal to prevent early elections . On Wednesday, Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, a loyal Netanyahu ally, said "an accurate description would be to say that the prime minister was indifferent to the outcome".
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California teacher placed on administrative leave after accidentally firing gun during class
The errant bullet ricocheted off the ceiling, sending fragments that injured three students, including a 17-year-old who was struck in the neck, the boy's dad, Fermin Gonzalez, told the station. "It's the craziest thing". Teachers carrying a concealed gun could end attacks "very quickly", he said. School district officials told the Monterey County Weekly that Alexander was not authorized to carry a firearm on school grounds.
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Trump promises 'one of the largest military buildups' in history
William Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition technology and logistics. "My new national strategy recognizes that space is a war-fighting domain - just like the land, air and sea", he said. Maybe we'll have to do that.' That could happen. "That could happen, that could be the big breaking story ", Trump said. The Big Q: Is this the death knell for SpaceX, the rentier company that is leading the U.S.