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US drones 'hit militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan'
Date: 2014-06-12 07:22:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:773752
ISLAMABAD, June 12 (MENA) - The US has resumed its drones program in Pakistan, with two strikes on militant strongholds in the North Waziristan tribal region overnight, the BBC reported on Thursday. Reports say at least 16 suspected militants ....
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UN chief calls for international solidarity with Iraq
Date: 2014-06-12 07:21:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:19 - ID:773714
NEW YORK, June 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to unite behind Iraq as an offensive by heavily armed militants swept closer to Baghdad. "The secretary-general urges the international community to ....
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Icelandic judge elected in International Tribunal for Law of Sea
Date: 2014-06-11 23:02:51 GMT - Iceland - World - SN:150 - ID:773498
REYKJAVIK, June 11 (MENA) - Tomas Heidar, Legal Adviser of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, was elected as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The move came ....
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Russia regrets double standards in West’s assessment of Iraqi militants’ actions
Date: 2014-06-11 20:42:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:142 - ID:773396
MOSCOW, June 11 (MENA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry voiced Tuesday Moscow's regrets on the use of double standards in the West’s assessments of Iraqi militants’ actions in connection with the situation in northern Iraq where insurgents have taken ....
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Hanged woman rape claims in India's Uttar Pradesh
Date: 2014-06-11 20:24:27 GMT - India - World - SN:141 - ID:773478
NEW DELHI, June 11 (MENA) - Indian police said that a woman's body has been found hanging from a tree in a village in Uttar Pradesh, the BBC reported Wednesday. The district police chief said that a post-mortem would be held to see whether the ....
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Official: Car bomb in N. Mali kills peacekeepers
Date: 2014-06-11 20:19:35 GMT - Mali - World - SN:140 - ID:773471
BAMAKO, June 11 (MENA) - A UN police official said a car bomb at a checkpoint in northern Mali has killed four people including Chadian peacekeepers and Malian soldiers, ABC news reported Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of ....
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Hagel testifies before Congress on prisoner swap deal
Date: 2014-06-11 18:37:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:130 - ID:773324
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel returned to Congress on Wednesday to defend the deal that resulted in the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, CNN reported. The agreement to release five Afghan detainees was “fully ....
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UK FM Hague demands end to impunity for warzone rape
Date: 2014-06-11 16:51:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:109 - ID:773145
LONDON, June 11 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Special Envoy Angelina Jolie has launched a protocol to increase prosecutions for sexual violence in conflict. The new International Protocol, the first of its kind, aims to set ....
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Pentagon report: China defense firms targeting Mideast, N. Africa markets
Date: 2014-06-11 14:38:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:772842
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - China has been marketing defense systems to the Middle East, the World Tribune quoted a Pentagon report as saying Wednesday. The U.S. Defense Department said Beijing’s growing defense industry was targeting the Middle ....
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Venezuela: OPEC to keep present output target at 30 million barrels a day
Date: 2014-06-11 14:13:48 GMT - Austria - World - SN:70 - ID:772867
VIENNA, June 11 (MENA) - OPEC oil ministers are heading into a meeting with apparent agreement to keep unchanged their output target of 30 million barrels a day, Fox News reported Wednesday. Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramirez says there is ....
