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Obama: US companies to invest $14B in Africa
Date: 2014-08-05 12:55:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:859519
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday that U.S. businesses have committed to investing $14 billion in construction, clean energy, banking, and information technology projects across Africa, The Africa Report ....
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Number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine reaches 117,000
Date: 2014-08-05 12:52:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:83 - ID:859499
GENEVA, Aug 5 (MENA) – The number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine has reached 117,000, Itar Tass reported Tuesday. As many as 168,000 persons fled to Russia, said the UN Refugee Agency. Most of these internally displaced persons ....
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China quake death toll hits 410
Date: 2014-08-05 11:48:13 GMT - China - World - SN:63 - ID:859359
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - Chinese authorities have updated the death toll from the earthquake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday to 410 with 12 people missing, the Chinese People Daily paper reported on Tuesday. The 6.5-magnitude ....
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878 Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya: ambassador
Date: 2014-08-05 11:41:37 GMT - Libya - World - SN:60 - ID:859333
TRIPOLI, Aug 5 (MENA) - A total of 878 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Libya where clashes between rival militias have been escalating since July 13, CCTV quoted the Chinese ambassador here as saying on Tuesday. Among the evacuees, 76 ....
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Moscow welcomes ceasefire in Gaza, urges combating sides to abide
Date: 2014-08-05 11:18:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:859261
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) – Moscow has welcomed a ceasefire in the Gaza strip, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. A 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire, reached by Israel and Palestinian formations with Egypt's mediation, came into force in the ....
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NATO strike kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan: Official
Date: 2014-08-05 11:09:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:859262
KABUL, Aug 5 (MENA) – An Afghan official says a NATO helicopter strike has killed four civilians in the country's west. Officials with the international military coalition say they are investigating the attack, Fox News reported. The attack saw ....
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Indonesia bans ISIL teaching and support
Date: 2014-08-05 10:55:47 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:48 - ID:859230
JAKARTA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Indonesia has banned support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as Australia looks to sharpen its laws against terrorist groups, local media reported on Tuesday. Indonesia's government announced that the ....
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Iran, Sextet may meet in New York in September: Araqchi
Date: 2014-08-05 07:08:43 GMT - Iran - World - SN:10 - ID:858685
TEHRAN, Aug 5 (MENA) - A top Iranian nuclear negotiator says representatives of Iran and the Sextet of world powers are likely to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York in late September, Press TV reported. “The ....
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S. Korea slams Japan's renewed claim to Dokdo
Date: 2014-08-05 07:08:24 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:858683
SEOUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - South Korea denounced Japan's repeated claim to Seoul's easternmost islets of Dokdo on Tuesday, calling it an "unjustifiable" move that would not help improve already chilled bilateral relations, Yonhap reported. Seoul's ....
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Mayor of Mexican town of Ayutla shot dead in Jalisco
Date: 2014-08-05 07:08:05 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:8 - ID:858684
MEXICO CITY, Aug 5 (MENA) - The mayor of the town of Ayutla in the Mexican state of Jalisco has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen, BBC reported. The mayor, Manuel Gomez Torres, was killed with one of his employees as he returned to his farm ....
