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'Vacation' Over, back to White House for Obama
Date: 2014-08-24 19:49:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:130 - ID:889501
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama's summer vacation off the Massachusetts coast is nearing an end. The president was due back at the White House late Sunday after spending two weeks with his family on the island of Martha's ....
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UK appoints security envoy to Iraq's Kurdistan
Date: 2014-08-24 18:18:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:889417
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) – Britain has appointed a security envoy to Iraq's Kurdistan region as part of efforts to defeat militants of the Islamic State group. Prime Minister David Cameron's office says Lt.-Gen. Simon Mayall, the government's Middle ....
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Crowd-funded site may have just exposed ISIL using Google maps
Date: 2014-08-24 12:50:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:888962
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) - A crowd-funded website run by the British expert, who exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his bedroom in Leicester more than 3,000 miles away, claims to have found the location of an Islamic State (ISIL) training camp using ....
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Iran’s military might solely defensive: Rouhani
Date: 2014-08-24 11:08:08 GMT - Iran - World - SN:56 - ID:888661
TEHRAN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reiterated that Tehran’s military might is solely aimed at defending the country and maintaining regional security, Press TV reported. “Our defense capability will never be used for ....
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Friedman says world of disorder biggest challenge to US
Date: 2014-08-24 09:53:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:888307
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (MENA) - US writer Thomas Friedman stressed that the biggest challenge for the world of order today is collaborating to contain these vacuums and fill them with order. In his article at The New York Times, Friedman said the United ....
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Ukraine army parade to mark independence day
Date: 2014-08-24 09:05:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:37 - ID:888380
KIEV, Aug 24 (MENA) - Ukraine is marking its independence day with a military parade in Kiev as fighting continues in the east, the BBC reported. The parade will feature hundreds of marching servicemen and military hardware. Critics say that it ....
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6.6 earthquake in Chile, U.S. Geological Survey says
Date: 2014-08-24 09:01:20 GMT - Chile - World - SN:35 - ID:888359
SANTIAGO, Chile — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the region around Valparaiso, Chile on Saturday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No injuries or serious damage from the strong quake that occurred at 7:23 p.m. ET were reported, but ....
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Death toll from mudslides in Hiroshima reaches 50
Date: 2014-08-24 07:37:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:888284
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - The death toll from the deadly mudslides in the city of Hiroshima rose to 50 on Sunday, with 38 still missing, as rain forced rescue workers to suspend operations in the early hours due to safety concerns, Kyodo News Agency ....
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First Briton tests positive in Sierra Leone
Date: 2014-08-24 06:28:11 GMT - Sierra Leone - World - SN:11 - ID:888223
FREETOWN, Aug 24 (MENA) - A British national living in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the deadly virus Ebola, the BBC reported quoting the Department of Health. It is the first reported case of a Briton contracting the virus. The overall ....
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China says 8 convicted terrorists executed in west
Date: 2014-08-23 19:19:50 GMT - China - World - SN:86 - ID:887953
BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - Chinese state media said Saturday that eight convicted terrorists were executed in the far western region of Xinjiang, where ethnic conflicts have left dozens of people dead this year, according to ABC News. Among those ....
