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Malaysia condemns downing Of MAS plane
Date: 2014-07-23 09:20:36 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:19 - ID:841226
KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (MENA) - Malaysia on Wednesday convened a special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat and strongly condemned as uncivilized, inhuman and savage what is believed to be the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines aircraft in eastern Ukraine ....
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S. Korea asks builders to reduce workforce in Libya amid growing unrest
Date: 2014-07-23 08:35:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:841223
SEOUL, July 23 (MENA) - The South Korean government has asked the country's construction companies to reduce their workforce in Libya amid growing unrest in the country involving gunfights among Islamic militias, Yonhap news agency reported ....
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PUIC Troika meeting kicks off in Tehran
Date: 2014-07-22 19:39:37 GMT - Iran - World - SN:110 - ID:840900
TEHRAN, July 22 (MENA) - A troika meeting of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) opened in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss ways to stop the Israeli massacre of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Fars News reported. The PUIC troika ....
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US, European airlines cancel flights to Israel
Date: 2014-07-22 18:35:35 GMT - Israel - World - SN:93 - ID:840758
GAZA CITY, July 22 (MENA) - Several American and European airlines have cancelled their flights in and out of Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed near the airport Tuesday, the Yedioth Ahronoth ....
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Russia to respond adequately to NATO expansion - Putin
Date: 2014-07-22 18:02:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:840740
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - Moscow will respond adequately and equitably if NATO continues its military presence expansion closer to the Russian borders, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. «Russia will ....
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Security Council condemns downing of Malaysian airliner, calls for international probe
Date: 2014-07-22 17:55:18 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:88 - ID:840784
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (MENA) - The Security Council today called for an international investigation into last week’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight in eastern Ukraine, and demanded that armed groups allow unfettered access to the ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry urges world community to prevent sectarian strife in Iraq
Date: 2014-07-22 16:44:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:840738
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry urged the world community on Tuesday to step up efforts for preventing persecutions against Christians in Iraq, Itar-Tass news agency. The ministry called for assisting to Iraq to ensuring law ....
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President Rouhani calls for high turnout in Intˈl Qods Day rallies
Date: 2014-07-22 16:25:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:82 - ID:840714
TEHRAN, July 22 (MENA) - President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called for high turnout in the International Qods Day rallies to be held on the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramdan. According to the President Office website, he stressed ....
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UNRWA appeals for sending dlrs 115 m aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-22 15:50:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:78 - ID:840622
GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in a statement Tuesday, reiterated its appeal to provide urgent cash assistance to the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Gaza in light of ....
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Iranian defense minister: Israel facing existential crisis
Date: 2014-07-22 15:31:31 GMT - Iran - World - SN:76 - ID:840584
TEHRAN, July 22 (MENA) - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan deplored the savage aggression of Gaza by the Zionist regime, and said Israel is facing an existential crisis after its failures in the November 2012 war against ....