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Three suicide bombers arrested in Kabul
Date: 2014-06-13 07:24:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:775396
KABUL, June 13 (MENA) - Afghan security forces thwarted coordinated suicide bombing plot in capital Kabul, Khaama Press quoted security officials as saying. Deputy interior minister for security, Gen. Ayub Salangi, said the suicide bombers were ....
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US citizens being evacuated from Iraqi air base as militants advance - report
Date: 2014-06-12 21:09:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:775226
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) – The US citizens were being evacuated Thursday from a major Iraqi air base as Al Qaeda-aligned militants toppled cities in the country's north and threatened to advance toward Baghdad, the Fox News reported. A senior ....
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UN Backs Iraq Government Against Terrorism
Date: 2014-06-12 20:45:59 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:144 - ID:775205
NEW YORK, June 12 (MENA) - The UN Security Council is unanimously supporting Iraq's government and people in their fight against terrorism and urging a national dialogue including all political and religious groups, ABC News reported on ....
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US ready to support Turkey after Iraq kidnappings: Biden
Date: 2014-06-12 15:38:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:774789
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) – US Vice President Joe Biden told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyeb Erdogan that the United States is prepared to support Turkey’s efforts to bring about the safe return of its citizens detained in Iraq. The US will ....
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Georgian president wishes Sisi best of luck in presidency
Date: 2014-06-12 13:18:56 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:79 - ID:774355
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) - Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has congratulated President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on his inauguration after his landslide win in the presidential election. He wished him best of luck in his efforts aiming to ....
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Russia FM calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-12 12:32:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:774440
MOSCOW, June 12 (MENA) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says what matters is not a format of the Russia-Ukraine talks, but the immediate ceasefire, the ITAR-TASS reported. “We have been working with OSCE, with representative Heidi ....
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Hollande annoyed over resumption of Israeli settlement building
Date: 2014-06-12 11:39:18 GMT - palestine - World - SN:63 - ID:774263
RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande phoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday. During the phone conversation, Hollande said that he is annoyed over the resumption of Israeli settlement activities. He ....
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Iranian veep set to travel to Bolivia for G-77 summit
Date: 2014-06-12 11:08:17 GMT - Iran - World - SN:61 - ID:774217
TEHRAN, June 12 (MENA) - Iranian First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri is set to travel to Bolivia to participate in a summit of the Group of 77 developing countries, Press TV channel reported. Jahangiri will depart Tehran for the Latin American ....
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Airport workers in Rio de Janeiro declare 24-hour strike on eve of World Cup
Date: 2014-06-12 09:37:21 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:38 - ID:773903
BRASILIA, June 12 (MENA) - Workers at Rio de Janeiro's two airports have declared a 24-hour strike to begin at midnight Wednesday, on the eve of the opening match of the World Cup, Fox News reported on Thursday. Rio's Galeao international airport ....
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UK's Philip Hammond dismisses fears over Army cuts
Date: 2014-06-12 08:47:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:773859
LONDON, June 12 (MENA) - UK Secretary of State for Defense Philip Hammond has dismissed a warning from the public spending watchdog over plans to save billions of pounds by slashing the regular Army and boosting reservist numbers, the Telegraph ....
