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EU pledges 140 million euros to fight Ebola in West Africa
Date: 2014-09-05 17:43:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:91 - ID:908097
BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (MENA) - The European Union has pledged 140 million euros in funds to help fight the Ebola virus ravaging West Africa, Deutsche Welle reported on Friday. The EU Commission said the package of 140 million euros ($181 million) was ....
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Obama: Russian aggression in Ukraine threatens a free Europe
Date: 2014-09-05 17:42:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:90 - ID:908077
NEWPORT, Sept 5 (MENA) - Russia's aggression against Ukraine threatens our vision of Europe that is whole, free and at peace, CBS News quoted US President Barack Obama as saying on Friday at the end of a two-day NATO summit in Wales, where NATO ....
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Australia is 'prepared to participate' in future air strikes in Iraq-- report
Date: 2014-09-05 16:09:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:908019
LONDON, Sept 5 (MENA) - Australia has announced it is prepared to participate in future air strikes against Daesh jihadists in Iraq as part of a coalition of like-minded countries, The Guardian reported on Friday. Foreign minister Julie Bishop ....
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Five coal miners die in Bosnia
Date: 2014-09-05 15:51:29 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:79 - ID:907959
SARAJEVO, Sept 5 (MENA) - Rescuers at a coal mine in Bosnia have freed 29 trapped miners but five others were confirmed dead after a gas blast caused by a small earthquake. The survivors were pulled one by one out of the Raspotocje mine in ....
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Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels sign ceasefire deal
Date: 2014-09-05 15:39:23 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:77 - ID:907989
MINSK, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels have signed a truce deal to end almost five months of fighting, the BBC reported Friday. The two sides, meeting in Belarusian capital Minsk, agreed to stop firing by 15:00 ....
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Rasmussen: NATO would consider any Iraq request for Daesh help
Date: 2014-09-05 14:37:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:907831
NEWPORT/ WALES, Sept 5 (MENA) - NATO would "seriously" consider any request from Iraq for assistance in a war against insurgents from the so called Daesh, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said. "We haven't received any request for NATO ....
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Monsoon flooding kills 73 in Pakistan
Date: 2014-09-05 13:55:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:62 - ID:907724
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (MENA) - Torrential monsoon rains have triggered flash floods in Pakistan, killing at least 43 people in the central province of Punjab and 30 in the Himalayas, Ria Novosti cited Pakistani officials as saying Friday. "Most of ....
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NATO leaders approve rapid force to counter Russian threat
Date: 2014-09-05 12:52:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:907708
NEWPORT/ WALES, Sept 5 (MENA) -Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders, including Canada, approved plans Friday to post several thousand troops in Eastern Europe who could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to ....
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Paper: Britain gears up for war on Daesh in Iraq and Syria
Date: 2014-09-05 11:43:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:907501
LONDON, Sept 5 (MENA) - Britain could launch air strikes in Iraq and Syria within weeks after David Cameron set out a potential timetable for a military intervention and pledged to “use everything we have in our armoury” to wipe out terrorists. ....
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Muslim community in UK condemns Daesh barbaric acts
Date: 2014-09-05 11:21:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:907537
LONDON, Sept 5 (MENA) – The Muslim community in the UK condemned Friday the barbaric and brutal acts perpetrated by Daesh militants. The condemnation came in a joint statement issued by the Muslim Council of Scotland, the Muslim Council in ....
