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FM calls on N. Korea to end its nuke program
Date: 2014-06-09 09:55:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:30 - ID:768578
SEOUL, June 9 (MENA) - South Korea's foreign minister on Monday called for North Korea to give up its nuclear program, saying it not only hurts regional peace and stability, but also hampers unification of the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap ....
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Clinton says to decide on presidential bid by end of 2014
Date: 2014-06-09 09:28:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:768693
WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - Former US State Secretary Hillary Clinton wants more time through the end of the year to think about whether she'll run for president in 2016, she has told ABC News in an interview. "I will be on the way to making a ....
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Kosovo Premier Thaci Declares Victory After Election Win
Date: 2014-06-09 09:20:08 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:25 - ID:768585
PRISTINA, June 9 (MENA) - Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s political party won the second parliamentary elections since independence from Serbia with a promise to improve living standards in one of Europe’s poorest states, the BBC ....
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Russian TV journalists released in Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-09 08:53:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:768586
MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - Russian journalists of the Zvezda (or "Star") television network, who were detained in Ukraine on June 6, have been released, the Russia-24 TV channel reported early Monday. The Zvezda TV network later confirmed the ....
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Suicide bombers attack parking lot at police base in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2014-06-09 08:17:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:768428
KABUL, June 9 (MENA) -Suicide bombers have attacked a parking lot at a police base in eastern Afghanistan, killing a guard and setting 25 trucks ablaze, Fox News reported. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar ....
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Gunfire resumes' at Karachi airport after deadly raid
Date: 2014-06-09 07:24:03 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:768430
ISLAMABAD, June 9 (MENA) - Gunfire has reportedly resumed at Pakistan's biggest airport after an attack by gunmen that left at least 23 people dead on Sunday night, the BBC reported. The attack took place at a terminal used for cargo and VIP ....
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S. Korean troops in Afghanistan to return home after 4-yr mission
Date: 2014-06-09 07:23:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:768431
SEOUL, June 9 (MENA) - A contingent of South Korean troops in Afghanistan will return home later this month after completing a four-year mission to rebuild the war-torn nation, Yonhap reported quoting the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) here ....
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Fed up with Facebook dissent, Thai generals are developing junta-friendly social media: paper
Date: 2014-06-08 20:51:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:184 - ID:768204
WASHINGTON, June 8 (MENA) - Ever since Thailand’s military seized power in late May, dissent has grown dangerous. Even meek displays of public disapproval — such as crying out for elections on a street corner — can get offenders hauled away and ....
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Heavily armed militants attack Pakistan's Karachi airport
Date: 2014-06-08 20:42:32 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:182 - ID:768206
ISLAMABAD, June 8 (MENA) - Heavily armed militants attacked Pakistan's busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday night (local time), forcing the suspension of all flights as the army was called in to repel the gunmen, officials ....
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Google makes harder for NSA to grab its data-Time mag.
Date: 2014-06-08 19:12:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:164 - ID:768074
WASHINGTON, June 8 (MENA) - Google is stepping up its technological arms race against National Security Agency surveillance as Silicon Valley firms aim to make it more difficult and expensive for spy agencies to monitor their users’ communications, ....