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Bangladesh ups security for war crimes verdict
Date: 2014-06-24 06:35:46 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:11 - ID:794447
Dhaka, June 24 (MENA) - Thousands of extra security officials were deployed across Bangladesh Tuesday ahead of a verdict against the top leader of an Islamist party charged with war crimes that prosecutors says led to the deaths of thousands during ....
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Major quake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
Date: 2014-06-24 06:35:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:794448
WASHINGTON, June 24 (MENA) - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking that could be felt for vast distances and briefly prompting a tsunami warning, the National Tsunami Warning ....
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S. Korea's reconstruction team in Afghanistan ends 4-year mission
Date: 2014-06-24 06:11:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:794396
SEOUL, June 24 (MENA) - A South Korean reconstruction team in Afghanistan has successfully completed its four-year-long mission, helping rebuild the war-torn nation, Yonhap reported. South Korea's provincial reconstruction team (PRT), comprising ....
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Putin phones Obama to discuss Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-23 20:48:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:165 - ID:794232
MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the United States Barack Obama in accordance with a previously-reached agreement, the Russian Kremlin reported on Monday. The leaders had a ....
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South Ossetian parliament to put issue of accessing Russia to referendum
Date: 2014-06-23 19:35:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:153 - ID:794144
MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - The new parliament of South Ossetia will put the question of accession to Russia to a referendum, Anatoly Bibilov, the newly elected parliament speaker, told Itar-Tass Monday. The election campaign of Bibilov’s United ....
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UN chief to name new Syria envoy: Official
Date: 2014-06-23 19:32:50 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:152 - ID:794106
New York, June 23 (MENA) - Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has said that the UN Secretary-General would soon name a new envoy for Syria. Feltman added that the new envoy "must be afforded full ....
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Poroshenko offered Russia monitor ceasefire in Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-23 18:55:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:146 - ID:794056
KIEV, June 23 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko formally proposed to the Russian side to send its inspectors as part of the OSCE observation mission to the east of Ukraine where they can verify Kiev honoring ceasefire, the Voice of Russia ....
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Putin signs law on citizenship for foreign investors
Date: 2014-06-23 18:09:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:141 - ID:793976
MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on granting citizenship to foreigners who invest more than 10 million rubles ($290,537) in Russia, or who have a Russian diploma and have worked in the country for at least ....
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Putin signs laws on developing judicial system in Crimea, Sevastopol
Date: 2014-06-23 18:04:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:137 - ID:793960
MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a set of federal laws aimed at developing the judicial system in the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol, Russian media reported. In particular, Federal Law On ....
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UK rebuffs early EU referendum
Date: 2014-06-23 16:52:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:793856
LONDON, June 23 (MENA) - The British government has denied bringing forward an in/out European Union membership referendum. The planned vote will be held in 2017, a spokesperson for the British prime minister told MENA. Some British media had ....
