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Television audience for Clinton-Trump debate likely to approach 80-million record
Sep 28, 2016News Hour: The television audience for the first U.S. presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump looks set to approach 80-million viewer record for such events set in 1980, early Nielsen data cited... -
Kenya to take steps to replace commissioners on the electoral oversight body
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Kenya is taking steps to replace commissioners on the electoral oversight body, the government said on Tuesday, part of a deal with the opposition to resolve a row that led to protests and violence... -
Syria launches ground attack in Aleppo
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet in a massive new military campaign that has destroyed a U.S.-backed ceasefire.... -
3 blasts killed 17 in Baghdad
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Three blasts killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 in predominantly Shi’ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in... -
Police fired teargas at stone-throwing vendors in Zimbabwe
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Zimbabwe police fired teargas at stone-throwing vendors resisting removal from city streets on Tuesday in the latest flare-up of protests against President Robert Mugabe’s 36-year rule. Army trucks and tankers joined Harare’s regular municipal... -
12 Afghan soldiers killed while sleeping
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Two Afghan soldiers with suspected Taliban links killed at least 12 of their comrades as they slept in the volatile northern province of Kunduz, officials said on Tuesday in the latest so-called “insider attack”.... -
Saudi women signed petition to seek full rights for women
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Thousands of Saudis have signed a petition urging an end to the guardianship system giving men control over the work, study and even travel of female relatives, an activist said on Tuesday. The petition... -
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump bickered and traded insults in first debate
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump bickered and traded insults in a fiery US presidential debate on Monday, as they aggressively pitched their case to tens of millions of American voters. With the White House... -
A M Ishtiaque Sarwar, a young entrepreneur of IT sector in Bangladesh
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: A M Ishtiaque Sarwar is a young, motivated, hard working entrepreneur in Bangladesh. He is reputed in IT sector in the country. He established Soft Tech Innovation Ltd in 2005. Though he started his... -
Detained Canadian academic released by Iran
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: Iran released on Monday a Canadian-Iranian academic who was detained in Tehran in June, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said, a week after the two countries began talks on a potential restoration of diplomatic ties...
