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UN chief demands end to hostilities in Malaysian plane crash area in Ukraine
Date: 2014-07-30 17:50:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:85 - ID:851244
NEW YORK, July 30 (MENA) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for stopping armed hostilities in the area of the Malaysian plane crash in eastern Ukraine and for giving international experts access to the site, Itar Tass news ....
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UNSC renews UNAMI mandate for one more year without major changes
Date: 2014-07-30 17:49:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:84 - ID:851218
NEW YORK, July 30 (MENA) - Acting unanimously and at Baghdad's request, the Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for one more year , until July 31, 2015, without major changes despite the ....
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Iran condemns violence in Xinjiang, China
Date: 2014-07-30 17:42:04 GMT - Iran - World - SN:81 - ID:851250
TEHRAN, July 30 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry spokesman Marzieh Afkham on Wednesday condemned violent attacks in China's Xinjiang, saying that Iran principled policy is rejecting extremism and violence. She made the remarks following terror attack in ....
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Cameron pledges £3m in extra UK aid for Gaza
Date: 2014-07-30 17:21:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:851220
LONDON, July 30 (MENA) - An additional £3m in UK aid is to be made available to help the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. Cameron said Britain had already sent £7m to provide food, shelter and assistance ....
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France closes embassy in Libya over security unrest
Date: 2014-07-30 16:03:15 GMT - France - World - SN:71 - ID:851054
PARIS, July 30 (MENA) – The French Foreign Ministry has temporarily closed its embassy in Libya and evacuated its nationals due to the deterioration of security situation. "We have taken all necessary measures to allow those French nationals ....
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HSBC closes some Muslim groups' accounts
Date: 2014-07-30 15:40:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:68 - ID:850896
London, July 30 (MENA) - HSBC bank has written to Finsbury Park Mosque and other Muslim organisations in the UK to tell them that their accounts will be closed. HSBC said decisions to close accounts were "absolutely not based on race or ....
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'Dozens trapped' by Indian landslide
Date: 2014-07-30 11:34:52 GMT - India - World - SN:37 - ID:850723
NEW DELHI, July 30 (MENA) - At least 40 houses have been buried and up to 150 people are feared trapped after a landslide hit a village in western India, BBC quoted officials as saying. Teams of rescue workers are on their way to the village of ....
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S. Korea imposes travel ban on violence-ravaged Libya
Date: 2014-07-30 11:00:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:28 - ID:850661
SEOUL, July 30 (MENA) – South Korea on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Libya again as spiraling violence in the African country has raised security concerns, Yonhap news agency reported. Seoul's foreign ministry said it decided to raise its ....
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Pakistani Troops Kill 6 Militants at Afghan Border
Date: 2014-07-30 09:24:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:21 - ID:850541
ISLAMABAD, July 30 (MENA) – Pakistani military officials say security forces have foiled a cross-border attack from Afghanistan, killing six militants, ABC reported. The officials say a group of about 70 militants attacked a border post in ....
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Myanmar health and information ministers step down
Date: 2014-07-30 09:23:47 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:20 - ID:850539
NAY PYI TAW, July 30 (MENA) - Myanmar’s ministers of information and health have resigned, state media reported on Wednesday, the latest changes in a cabinet that has been grappling with a host of problems as the country presses on with reforms ....
