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Hagel defends US-Taliban deal
Date: 2014-06-05 18:50:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:140 - ID:763501
Kabul, June 5 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday the decision to strike a deal with the Taliban for the release of a US soldier was unanimous in the White House. Hagel told the BBC the agreement was made because it was ....
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Iran, G5+1 start second day of new round of expert talks
Date: 2014-06-05 18:30:26 GMT - Iran - World - SN:139 - ID:763500
TEHRAN, June 5 (MENA) - Iran and the G5+1 started their second day of new rounds of negotiations in Vienna, Austria, at the expert level, IRNA reported Thursday. Foreign Ministry Director General for Political and International Security Hamid ....
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Lavrov, Kerry begin talks in Paris
Date: 2014-06-05 17:45:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:132 - ID:763454
PARIS, June 05 (MENA) - Talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry have begun in the French capital, the Itar-Tass reported Thursday. The agenda includes the situation around Ukraine and developments ....
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Tokyo against immediate enhancement of Russia sanctions, sets hopes on Moscow-Kiev dialogue
Date: 2014-06-05 17:45:09 GMT - Japan - World - SN:131 - ID:763453
TOKYO, June 5 (MENA) - Japan's government sets hopes on a dialogue between Russia and the new authorities of Ukraine and speaks against an immediate enhancement of sanctions against Moscow, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihido Suga was quoted by the ....
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British Queen in France for three-day state visit
Date: 2014-06-05 14:22:54 GMT - France - World - SN:100 - ID:763069
PARIS, June 5 (MENA) - Queen Elizabeth is to mark the D-Day anniversary as part of a three-day state visit to France. Together with the Duke of Edinburgh she will travel to Paris on Thursday before going on to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of ....
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34,000 people evacuated during floods in southern Siberia
Date: 2014-06-05 10:31:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:762442
BARNAUL, June 5 (MENA) - A total of 34,000 people have been evacuated over the period of floods in the Siberian Federal District, Eduard Chizhov, Deputy Minister of Russia's Emergencies Ministry told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. He said 18,000 houses ....
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Japan sees Sisi's assumption of power 'important step' to finish road map
Date: 2014-06-05 09:37:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:42 - ID:762274
CAIRO/TOKYO, June 5 (MENA) - The Japanese government described on Thursday Egyptian president-elect Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's assumption of power as an important step on course to finalize the road map, which was announced following the ouster of ....
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Ukraine’s crisis marks climax of Western course towards Russia - Lavrov
Date: 2014-06-05 09:10:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:762030
MOSCOW, June 5 (MENA) - Ukraine’s developments have marked a climax of the West's course taken against Russia many years ago, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying at a meeting with the Russian International Affairs ....
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Brazil homeless group in peaceful march on World Cup arena
Date: 2014-06-05 07:03:17 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:24 - ID:761946
BRASILIA, June 5 (MENA) - Thousands of homeless workers on Wednesday marched peacefully on Brazil's Arena Corinthians stadium, which is to host the opening game of the soccer World Cup next week, pressing their cause under the spotlight of the ....
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Explosion in capital Kabul leaves 1 dead, 7 others injured
Date: 2014-06-05 06:38:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:761917
KABUL, June 5 (MENA) - At least one person was killed and seven others were injured following an explosion in capital Kabul early Thursday morning, NBC news reported. According to security officials, the incident took place in Pul-e-Charkhi area ....
