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Cameron urges Putin to allow site access
Date: 2014-07-20 20:12:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:148 - ID:837502
LONDON, July 20 (MENA) - Vladimir Putin has been urged by Prime Minister David Cameron to allow access to the crash site of flight MH17. In a phone call between the two leaders, the PM called on the Russian president to intervene so the victims' ....
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Netherlands Embassy in Cairo receives condolence on Flight MH 17 victims
Date: 2014-07-20 19:30:31 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:143 - ID:837477
CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) - The Netherlands Embassy in Cairo said it will receive condolences on Monday and Tuesday for the country's victims who were on the board of MH 17 Malaysian airliner which dropped down on July 17 in eastern Ukraine. In a ....
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UN head condemns jihadis’ targeting of Christians in Iraq
Date: 2014-07-20 18:28:36 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:129 - ID:837419
NEW YORK, July 20 (MENA) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned “the systematic persecution of minority populations in Iraq by Islamic State and associated armed groups,” in particular the recent threats against Christians in Mosul, ....
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Egypt summons Turkish charge d'affaires over Erdogan's remarks
Date: 2014-07-20 15:20:10 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:100 - ID:837107
CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Turkish charge d’affaires here over remarks made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Badr Abdel Atty, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, said that the decision was ....
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Hammond calls for halting fire in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-20 12:02:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:836563
LONDON, July 20 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. In statements to Sky News, the foreign secretary blamed Hamas for refusing calls to stop firing rockets on ....
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Russia bans 12 Americans including congressman from entering country
Date: 2014-07-19 15:53:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:103 - ID:835434
MOSCOW, July 19 (MENA) - Russia has placed a congressman and 12 other Americans connected with the Guantánamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country, The Guardian reported. In a ....
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Abe: Japan ready to help find what caused downing of Malaysian plane
Date: 2014-07-19 15:52:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:102 - ID:835429
TOKYO, July 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will cooperate in efforts to determine the details behind the shooting-down of the Malaysia Airways passenger plane. In a speech in Simonoseki City, western Japan on Saturday, the Prime ....
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BBC: 'World's eyes on Russia' says UK
Date: 2014-07-19 15:23:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:96 - ID:835431
LONDON, July 19 (MENA) – The "world's eyes" are now on Russia to make sure it delivers for the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the UK has warned, the BBC reported. UK's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has summoned Russia's ....
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33 militants killed, 28 others injured in Afghan army operations
Date: 2014-07-19 15:03:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:90 - ID:835352
KABUL, July 19 (MENA) - At least 33 Taliban militants were killed following military operations conducted by Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers, Khaama newspaper reported Saturday. The ministry of defense of Afghanistan (MoD) following a statement ....
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President Pranab Mukherjee conveys sympathy to king of Malaysia
Date: 2014-07-19 14:33:55 GMT - India - World - SN:85 - ID:835326
NEW DELHI, July 19 (MENA) - President Pranab Mukherjee has deeply condoled the crash of the Malaysian Airlines passenger jet in eastern Ukraine and expressed grief and sympathy over the tragedy which has claimed 298 lives. In a message to the ....
