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Road accident leaves 13 dead, 10 injured in Haiti
Date: 2014-06-15 08:14:06 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:26 - ID:778457
PORT AU PRINCE, June 15 (MENA) - A lawmaker's car crashed into a transport van in northern Haiti, killing 13 people and injuring 10. A two-month old infant and his mother, who had been sitting near the front of one of the vehicles, were among ....
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British jihadists threat UK, West
Date: 2014-06-15 07:46:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:778391
LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - Britons fighting for the al-Qaeda splinter group terrorizing the Middle East have made a series of menacing threats against the UK and the West, The Sunday Times said on Sunday. One fighter — unmasked today as a computer ....
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S. Korea, US to hold high-level talks on OPCON transfer
Date: 2014-06-15 07:00:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:778335
SEOUL, June 15 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States will hold high-level talks this week in Seoul to discuss when and under what conditions to transfer wartime control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul, Yonhap quoted South Korean ....
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Airstrikes kill about 100 militants in Pakistan
Date: 2014-06-15 06:52:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:778349
ISLAMABAD, June 15 (MENA) - Pakistani military jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan early Sunday morning, officials said as quoted by the Voice of America, killing as many as 100 militants in the ....
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Western UNSC members block Russia’s draft resolution on Kiev embassy attack
Date: 2014-06-15 06:00:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:12 - ID:778298
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - Western countries in the United Nations Security Council have blocked Moscow's draft resolution condemning the attack on the Russian embassy in Kiev, Novosti reported quoting a source in the UN. “Western delegations in ....
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S.Korean president to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan this week
Date: 2014-06-15 05:34:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:778270
SEOUL, June 15 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye is scheduled to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan this week to promote her vision for a united Eurasia and expand economic cooperation with the Central Asian nations, Yonhap ....
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UN chief condemns shooting of Ukrainian plane, 49 aboard killed
Date: 2014-06-15 04:51:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:778251
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the downing of a Ukrainian military airplane today in the eastern city of Lugansk, killing all 49 people aboard. “The continuing violence in ....
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Al Turki meets with Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Herzegovina
Date: 2014-06-14 21:35:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:114 - ID:778168
MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH, June 14 (MENA) - Muslim World League Chairman Abdullah Bin Abdulmohsen al Turki met Saturday with the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina Husein Kavazovic in Sarajevo. In a statement, the Muslim World League said Kavazovic ....
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UK welcomes second round election in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-06-14 19:28:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:103 - ID:778058
LONDON, June 14 (MENA) - The UK Government welcomed Saturday Afghanistan's presidential election run-off. In a statement, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Afghan people have once again shown the world their determination to have a say in ....
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US aircraft carrier moves as Obama mulls options in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-14 19:26:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:778057
WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier, to move from the northern Arabian Sea to the Arabian Gulf as President Barack Obama considers possible military options for ....
