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Ban alarmed by 'dangerous escalation' in Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-08-28 19:42:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:121 - ID:896183
New York, Aug 28 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is alarmed by what seems to be a "dangerous escalation" in the crisis in Ukraine with reports that the fighting in the eastern part of the country has spread near the border with ....
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US court denies Apple's injunction to stop sales of Samsung smart devices
Date: 2014-08-28 18:49:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:115 - ID:896129
SEOUL, Aug 27 (MENA) -- Samsung Electronics Co. won a small but meaningful battle after a US court dismissed Apple Inc.'s bid to ban sales of its nine older models in the United States, the Yonhap reported Thursday. Judge Lucy H. Koh, a US ....
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Putin, Renzi call for preventing humanitarian catastrophe in south-east Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-28 18:48:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:114 - ID:896132
MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi have called for intensifying international efforts to contribute to the ceasefire and prevent the humanitarian catastrophe in south-eastern Ukraine, ....
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Kiev’s hopes for Western sanctions against Moscow groundless — Russia's envoy to EU
Date: 2014-08-28 18:42:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:112 - ID:896133
MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - Kiev’s hopes for Western sanctions against Russia and military assistance from NATO are ungrounded, Russia’s Ambassador to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said live on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “What else can Kiev ....
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NATO ambassadors to hold emergency meeting on Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-28 18:06:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:107 - ID:896034
BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (MENA) – Ambassadors of NATO member states will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The meeting will be held at Ukraine's request, as Kiev accused Russia that it sent troops to eastern Ukraine ....
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Australia needs clear goals before joining military action in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-28 16:23:19 GMT - Australia - World - SN:93 - ID:895856
CANBERRA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has outlined preconditions for his country agreeing to contribute to a US-led military operation in Iraq, including clear and achievable goals and “an overall humanitarian objective”, ....
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UN: Armed group detains 43 peacekeepers in Syria, 81 others trapped
Date: 2014-08-28 16:20:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:92 - ID:895879
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (MENA) - An armed group detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and another 81 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan ....
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2 Jihadist recruiters arrested in the Netherlands, Germany
Date: 2014-08-28 16:16:01 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:90 - ID:895853
AMSTERDAM, Aug 28 (MENA) - Police in the Netherlands and Germany have arrested two men for allegedly recruiting jihadi fighters to go to Iraq and Syria, Dutch police said on Thursday. A woman was also held with the man arrested in Germany, the ....
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WHO says $490M needed to combat Ebola
Date: 2014-08-28 11:25:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:895339
GENEVA, Aug 28 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it needed $490 million to combat Ebola virus in the affected countries and to prevent it from spreading into other states. "This is to be carried out through a six to ....
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Pakistan PM cancels visit to Turkey
Date: 2014-08-28 07:54:56 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:894825
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was scheduled to leave for Turkey on Thursday on a two-day official visit to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly cancelled his trip due to the ....
