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- Massive safety and security operation swings into action as annual Hajj begins
- The Hajj is an unparalleled logistical operation, with statistics to match. The Saudi Ministry of Health alone has employed nearly 30,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and technicians to provide health care to the pilgrims
- His family said he died after a short unspecified illness
- During his tenure, Annan presided over some of the worst failures and scandals at the world body
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- Israel rejects report saying the protection should be against Palestinian leaders
- The UN chief stressed that for each of the options, cooperation by Israel and the Palestinians would be necessary
- US-backed forces had repelled a raid by Daesh targeting barracks housing American and French troops in eastern Syria
- Daesh overran large swaths of Syria and Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a “caliphate” in territory it controlled
- Executives from the two companies have signed an agreement which outlines a program to develop the fields
- The MOU provides for Chevron to conduct surveys and studies on oil sites and installations
- Hundreds of employees have called on the company to provide more “transparency, oversight and accountability
- Employees have asked Google to create an ethics review group with rank-and-file workers, appoint ombudspeople to provide independent review and internally publish assessments of projects
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