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Skill development programmes help to generate employment for Kashmiri youth

Kathua, Oct 7 (ANI): Unemployed Kashmiri youth are being imparted with various technical trainings in a bid to explore their livelihood opportunities. 12 skill development programmes are running with as many as 100 unemployed youths being part of it. Project Officer, District Urban Development Agency, Zaffar Abbaz said that training to youths is being given by professionals in technical courses like welding, electronics, cutting tailoring, fashion designing and on computers, for a period of six months to one year. These training programmes are of free of cost and not just boys but even girls' participation was seen in large numbers. The youths who had completed six months training were also given multi-purpose tool kits and even a diploma. They can also start their own business and can also get financial aid from financial institutes. Oct 7, 2014
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African Union forces take Somali key port from Shebab

Somali military commanders celebrated the capture of the last major port held by Islamist Shebab insurgents as the government secured control of the town for the first time in over two decades. Duration: 01:06 Oct 7, 2014
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Germans teach Kurds to handle new guns for IS fight

On a dusty firing range outside the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Arbil, peshmerga fighters are trained to handle new weapons provided by Berlin for the fightback against jihadists from the Islamic State group. Duration: 00:55 Oct 7, 2014
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Typhoon Phanfone slams into Japan

Strong typhoon Phanfone slams into Japan, packing gusting winds and huge waves and bringing travel chaos to a nation accustomed to dealing with nature's fury. Duration: 00:33 Oct 7, 2014
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Ukraine welcomes top US diplomat to discuss crisis

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko met Monday US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland -- a hate figure in Moscow for her open backing of Kiev's Western aspirations -- in Kiev. Duration: 00:45 Oct 7, 2014
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Cameraman with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

An American freelance cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia arrived in the United States on Monday to receive treatment, the fifth US national to catch the deadly virus. Duration: 00:53 Oct 7, 2014
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