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US exploring talks with Iran on crisis in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-17 10:45:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:782515
NEW YORK, June 17 (MENA) - A senior American diplomat met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna on Monday to explore whether the United States and Iran could work together to create a more stable Iraqi government and ease the threat from Sunni ....
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UK to re-open Iran embassy: Hague
Date: 2014-06-17 10:44:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:782553
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he intends to re-open Britain's Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, the BBC reported. Hague said the "circumstances were right" following an improvement in bilateral relations ....
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Ukraine's Poroshenko stops military cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-06-17 10:11:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:782514
MOSCOW, June 17 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has banned military cooperation with Russia in a move which experts said would affect 79 Ukrainian and 859 Russian defense firms, Itar Tass reported Tuesday. Parliament-appointed First ....
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Conducting U.S. airstrikes in Iraq would be complicated, former military officers say
Date: 2014-06-17 10:11:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:782418
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - The Defense Department has enough forces in the Persian Gulf to conduct airstrikes that would probably prevent Sunni insurgents from marching into Baghdad, but other missions would be far more complex and risk drawing ....
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S.Korea, Uzbekistan agree to seek new gas, solar power projects
Date: 2014-06-17 10:10:35 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:40 - ID:782407
TASHKENT, June 17 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov agreed Tuesday to push for new joint projects in gas development and solar power, Yonhap reported Wednesday. Both countries seek to deepen and ....
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Russian ambassador to U.S.: Two nations must work together
Date: 2014-06-17 08:37:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:782159
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - Any U.S. effort to isolate Russia is doomed to fail, so the two powers might as well work together, Russian Ambassador to US Sergey Kislyak told a major Washington conference on bilateral relations. Calling current ....
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Top Chinese Diplomat to Visit Vietnam This Week
Date: 2014-06-17 08:07:29 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:28 - ID:782158
HANOI, June 17 (MENA) - A top Chinese diplomat will visit Vietnam this week after China's deployment of a giant oil rig off Vietnam's coast in May increased tensions, ABC reported. Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vietnamese Deputy Prime ....
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GM recalls 3.2 million more cars over ignition concerns
Date: 2014-06-17 06:42:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:782031
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - General Motors (GM) is recalling 3.16 million more cars in the US because of ignition switch problems, and will change or replace keys on the cars, which date from 2000 to 2014. Switches can move out of the run ....
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N. Korea condemns joint S. Korea-U.S. drill
Date: 2014-06-17 06:21:50 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:781986
SEOUL, June 17 (MENA) - North Korea strongly condemned an ongoing joint South Korea-U.S. military exercise on Tuesday, saying its nuclear deterrence capability will counter any threat, Yonhap news agency reported. The South Korean Army is holding ....
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Deadly US tornadoes strike Nebraska
Date: 2014-06-17 06:20:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:781987
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - At least one person is dead and at least 19 are hurt after two massive tornadoes hit the US state of Nebraska, the BBC reported. The town of Pilger, about 100 miles (160km) north-west of Omaha, with a population of 350 ....
