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S. Korea to offer US$13 mln in aid to N. Korea
Date: 2014-08-11 05:45:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:867820
SEOUL, Aug 11 (MENA) - South Korea said Monday it will provide North Korea with US$13.3 million in humanitarian aid, in another show of its resolve to separate inter-Korean military tensions from efforts to help the needy in the North, Yonhap ....
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Rabbi killed in Florida; police say no hate crime
Date: 2014-08-10 20:49:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:160 - ID:867685
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US Police and Jewish community leaders said Sunday an Orthodox rabbi from New York was fatally shot as he walked to a Miami temple, Fox News reported. Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Elena Hernandez said there is no ....
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US senator warns of militants in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-10 20:48:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:159 - ID:867659
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US Senator Lindsey Graham set off alarm bells on Sunday over ISIL's growing threat to to launch attacks on the US territory. Speaking to Fox News, Graham concerned about ISIL "hit closer to home". "Mr. President, you ....
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ISIL threat to US national security - McCain
Date: 2014-08-10 20:27:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:154 - ID:867609
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US Senator John McCain said Sunday The ISIL's progress in Iraqis is a threat to the state's national security. In an interview with CNN, McCain added ISIL have attracted 1,00 young men from around the world who are now ....
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Lavrov urges humanitarian aid, ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-10 20:15:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:151 - ID:867660
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - The question of humanitarian aid supplies to eastern Ukraine must not be delayed, the need for ceasefire in the region is critical, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday, "We believe the issue (of providing ....
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Clinton slams Obama's foreign policy
Date: 2014-08-10 19:15:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:867597
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Former secretary of state and probable candidate for president Hillary Clinton has slammed Obama's foreign policy. "The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the ....
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Putin meets with Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents
Date: 2014-08-10 19:13:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:145 - ID:867599
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a joint meeting Sunday with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as concerns mount over the escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh, ABC News ....
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Erdogan wins Turkish presidential office
Date: 2014-08-10 18:56:37 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:140 - ID:867617
ANKARA, Aug 10 (MENA) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to win the first presidential election ever on Sunday with about 52.1 percent as 99 percent of the votes have been counted, Turkish local media reported. Ekmeleddin ....
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Tracing Ebola’s breakout to an African 2-year-old
Date: 2014-08-10 17:22:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:127 - ID:867437
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Patient Zero in the Ebola outbreak, researchers suspect, was a 2-year-old boy who died on Dec. 6, just a few days after falling ill in a village in Guéckédou, in southeastern Guinea, The New York Times ....
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Erdogan surges ahead in Turkish polls
Date: 2014-08-10 17:20:34 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:126 - ID:867434
ANKARA, Aug 10 (MENA) - Outgoing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has surged into the lead in Turkey's presidential election with 53 percent of the votes, early vote counts suggest. Erdogan's main opposition rival Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has ....