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New York City police officers are seen outside the Atlantic Terminal January 4, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. A commuter train derailed Wednesday at a station in Brooklyn and injured nearly 80 people, officials said, setting off a panic during the morning rush, AFP

New York Train Crash Injures More Than 100 Commuters

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | World

A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday’s morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major rail accident since late September. Emergency crews swarmed Atlantic Terminal...

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Police arrest supporters of a Pakistani hardline group trying to rally in support of blasphemy laws, on the anniversary of the death of Salman Taseer, Pakistani governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, who was killed by his bodyguard in 2011 for opposing the country’s harsh blasphemy laws, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP

At Least 150 Pakistanis Arrested after Attempting to March in Support of Blasphemy Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | World

Police authorities in Pakistan announced arresting 150 hardline activists on Wednesday. They were taken trying to gather for a protest in support of a country’s strict blasphemy law on the anniversary of a provincial governor’s assassination over his call...

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Egyptian-Saudi Cooperation Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle 7.3 Million Narcotic Pills

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

Security services in Egypt and Saudi Arabia succeeded in arresting a criminal network that tried to smuggle millions of narcotic pills from Egypt to Saudi Arabia. The Interior Ministry’s security spokesman Major General Mansour Al-Turki said in a statement yesterday...

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A woman looks at ducks in the market in Samatan, southwestern France on December 5, 2016. An outbreak of avian influenza H5N8, “highly pathogenic” for birds but “harmless to humans”, was detected in a duck farm in the Tarn commune of Almayrac, announced on December 2, 2016 the Ministry of Agriculture. / AFP PHOTO

Severe Bird Flu Episode in France Calls on Duck Cull

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | World

A massive disposal of ducks was ordered in three different French regions that were found greatly affected by a severe episode of bird flu. Containment is the chief strategy implemented after facing the rapid spreading over the past month, the agriculture ministry...

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Government and Militants Blame Each Other For the Massacre in Darfur

by Ahmed Younis | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

Ten people were killed and more than 60 were injured as a result of bloody and violent incidents that took place in Nirtiti in Central Darfur state. The armed opposition and the government blamed each other for the incident in which innocent civilians were killed....