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  • 3 killed, 75 injured, houses set ablaze in Sri Lanka ethnic clashes

    Date: 2014-06-16 10:33:55 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:44 - ID:780609

    ALUTHGAMA, Sri Lanka, June 16 (MENA) – At least three Muslims were killed and 75 people seriously injured in violence between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lankan coastal towns best known as tourist draws, with Muslim homes set ablaze, ....

  • Spain arrests eight in 'ISIS cell'

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:04:08 GMT - Spain - World - SN:27 - ID:780247

    MADRID, June 16 (MENA) - Spanish police said Monday they have detained eight people on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria and Iraq, the BBC reported. They suspect the cell of trying to send jihadists to join the militant group ....

  • Russia cuts off gas supply to Ukraine

    Date: 2014-06-16 07:59:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:780257

    MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal with Russia on gas prices and unpaid bills, Novosti reported. Gazprom's spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said ....

  • Colombia vote: Santos re-elected as president

    Date: 2014-06-16 07:22:30 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:17 - ID:780096

    BOGOTA, June 16 (MENA) - Juan Manuel Santos has won re-election in Colombia's most dramatic presidential contest in years, the BBC reported Monday. Mr Santos won nearly 51% of votes and saw off his right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who ....

  • S. Korea to repatriate 5 N. Korean fishermen rescued at sea

    Date: 2014-06-16 06:37:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:780104

    SEOUL, June 16 (MENA) - South Korea will send back home five North Korean fishermen who were rescued after their vessel sank in the Sea of Japan, Yonhap reported quoting the Unification Ministry. The ministry said the five men had expressed ....

  • Park departs for Uzbekistan to forge closer ties with Central Asia

    Date: 2014-06-16 06:27:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:780094

    SEOUL, June 16 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Uzbekistan on Monday to forge closer economic and other ties with the Central Asian nation once at the center of the trade route between Asia and Europe, Yonhap reported. The ....

  • NATO does not intend to deploy troops to Ukraine - NATO chief

    Date: 2014-06-15 21:17:51 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:155 - ID:779870

    BRUSSELS, June 15 (MENA) - NATO has no plans to deploy troops on Ukrainian soil, Voice of Russia quoted NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Sunday. Rasmussen said that NATO intends to submit a package of measures to its member ....

  • Ukraine to close border with Russia next week - defense minister

    Date: 2014-06-15 20:57:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:153 - ID:779868

    KIEV, June 15 (MENA) - Ukraine will close its border with Russia next week, Itar-Tass quoted Ukraine’s acting Defense Minister Mikhail Koval on Sunday. "The military jointly with border guards have already closed 250 kilometres of the ....

  • We will help Ukraine build up military – NATO chief

    Date: 2014-06-15 20:01:32 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:146 - ID:779810

    BRUSSELS, June 15 (MENA) - NATO is preparing measures to help Ukraine defend itself in its stand-off with Russia, and must adapt to the fact that Moscow now views it as an adversary, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview ....

  • Russian lawmaker slams West for turning blind eye to embassy attack

    Date: 2014-06-15 19:52:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:144 - ID:779812

    MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - Head of the State Duma’s international affairs committee Aleksei Pushkov slammed the West for failing to condemn the Saturday attack on the Russian Embassy in capital Kiev. This means that Ukraine has got carte blanche ....

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