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| Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi Shi'ite mosque, Islamic State claims attack |
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 By Sami Aboudi DUBAI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 21 worshippers on Friday in a packed Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, residents and the health minister said, the first attack in the kingdom to be claimed by Islamic State militants. More than 90 people were wounded, the Saudi health minister told state television. Islamic State said in a statement that one of its suicide bombers, identified as Abu 'Ammar al-Najdi, carried out the attack using an explosives-laden belt that killed or wounded 250 people, U.S.-based monitoring group SITE said on its Twitter account.
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| Ireland backs gay marriage in historic vote, ministers say |
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 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland appears to have voted heavily in favour of allowing same-sex marriage in a historic referendum that marks a dramatic social shift in the traditionally Catholic country, government ministers and opponents of the bill said on Saturday. Final results are not expected until later in the day in a vote that would make Ireland the first country to adopt same-sex marriage via a popular vote, just two decades after the country decriminalised homosexuality. State broadcaster RTE said the victory appeared to be overwhelming and government minister Kevin Humphreys predicted the margin would be two-to-one.
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| Thailand passes first inheritance tax to raise revenue in lacklustre economy |
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| Thailand's military government has passed the country's first inheritance tax bill, as part of tax reforms to broaden the tax base and boost revenue in a lacklustre economy. The bill, approved by the National Legislative Assembly late on Friday, will require inheritors of assets worth more than 100 million baht ($3 million) to pay tax above that threshold - at 5 percent for descendants and 10 percent for others. Finance Minister Sommai Phasee said last week with a tax rate of 5 percent, the government expected to collect about 3 billion baht per year. |
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