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Ukraine partially closes border with Russia in Donetsk, Lugansk regions
Date: 2014-06-06 15:14:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:78 - ID:764729
KIEV, June 6 (MENA) - Ukraine's government has closed several checkpoints on the border with Russia in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, explaining the measure by public security considerations, ItarTass news agency reported Friday. "To prevent ....
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Obama, Putin to meet in France
Date: 2014-06-06 14:41:26 GMT - France - World - SN:77 - ID:764670
PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday on the sidelines of a lunch for world leaders attending D-Day commemoration ceremonies, ABC News reported. This is the first face-to-face conversation ....
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Vodafone reveals direct government wiretaps
Date: 2014-06-06 14:40:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:764605
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - Vodafone has said that a small number of governments have direct access to communications flowing over its networks, the BBC news reported. Registering phone calls are common in 29 countries where Vodafone operates ....
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Germany says worried about Israel's new settlement plans
Date: 2014-06-06 14:31:41 GMT - Germany - World - SN:74 - ID:764715
BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - The German government is extremely concerned about Israeli plans to build more settlements, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. "The German government is very worried about this report because this step poses the threat of ....
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Putin, Poroshenko have short conversation before lunch in Normandy
Date: 2014-06-06 14:25:19 GMT - France - World - SN:71 - ID:764617
PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin had a short conversation with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel before a formal lunch in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing, ....
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Big blast hits Kosovo power station near Pristina
Date: 2014-06-06 14:13:13 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:67 - ID:764504
PRISTINA, June 6 (MENA) - A loud explosion has been reported at a coal-fired power station outside Kosovo's capital Pristina, causing a number of casualties. One report said three people had been killed, but this has not been independently ....
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Ukraine evacuates 3 border posts with Russia
Date: 2014-06-06 13:49:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:64 - ID:764515
KIEV, June 6 (MENA) – The Ukrainian authorities abandoned on Friday three eastern Ukraine border posts with Russia, reported the BBC news reported. It also evacuated scores of Border guard forces from those regions after a series of attacks ....
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Mobile broadband subscribers reach 7 bln worldwide in 2014
Date: 2014-06-06 13:03:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:58 - ID:764463
SEOUL, June 6 (MENA) - The number of mobile-cellular broadband subscribers is expected to reach 7 billion worldwide by the end of this year on the back of a brisk increase in developing countries, a report showed Friday. According to the annual ....
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Merkel, Putin meet in Deauville
Date: 2014-06-06 12:52:15 GMT - France - World - SN:52 - ID:764326
PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks in Deauville on Friday on the sidelines of ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-day. The talks focused on the Ukrainian crisis. ....
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Pilot ejects as navy jet crashes into sea off Southern California coast
Date: 2014-06-05 19:34:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:144 - ID:763608
WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) - A US Navy jet crashed into the sea as it prepared to make a late-night landing on an aircraft carrier, but the pilot ejected and was listed in stable condition, ABC News cited officials as saying. The F/A-18E Super ....
