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  • Official: roadside bomb kills 3 Afghanistan police

    Date: 2014-06-05 06:19:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:761842

    KABUL, June 5 (MENA) - A police chief and two other officers were killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded while they were on a demining mission in the southern Gazni province, ABC news channel reported. Mohammad Qasim, police chief for the ....

  • US does everything to prevent potential for alliance between Russia, EU - Lavrov

    Date: 2014-06-05 06:17:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:761817

    MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - The United States leads the way in limiting Russia's opportunities and does everything to prevent the potential for alliance between Russia and the EU, The Voice of Russia quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as ....

  • German prosecutor to probe U.S. spies for bugging Merkel's phone

    Date: 2014-06-05 04:23:17 GMT - Germany - World - SN:5 - ID:761769

    BERLIN, June 5 (MENA) - Germany's top public prosecutor has launched an investigation into the bugging of Angela Merkel's mobile phone by U.S. intelligence in the light of revelations by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, the BBC ....

  • Syrian refugees in Jordan became heavy burden to Amman - Prime minister

    Date: 2014-06-04 22:07:52 GMT - Jordan - World - SN:188 - ID:761691

    AMMAN, June 4 (MENA) – Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour asserted Wednesday that the burden of hosting about 1.3 million Syrian refugees became heavy on the Jordanian infrastructure and economy. The premier made the remarks during a ....

  • Putin denies Russian troops in the east, calls for dialogue

    Date: 2014-06-04 20:01:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:175 - ID:761583

    MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that there were no Russian military instructors or army units in south-eastern Ukraine, dismissing claims that Russia was trying to destabilize the situation in the region, The ....

  • Tehran raps US for human rights allegations against Iran

    Date: 2014-06-04 17:29:17 GMT - Iran - World - SN:150 - ID:761471

    TEHRAN, June 4 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham blasted the US for raising baseless human rights allegations against Iran, reminding it that many world states are angered at Washington for its cruelties, Fars News Agency ....

  • Putin, Ukraine leader could meet at D-Day events: Official

    Date: 2014-06-04 15:14:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:760589

    MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) – The Kremlin does not rule out the occurrence of an accidental encounter between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko when he attends D-Day anniversary events in France. In ....

  • Sis's outstanding popularity adds burden to responsibility - Ismail

    Date: 2014-06-04 14:16:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:98 - ID:760964

    LONDON, June 4 (MENA) - Head of the Egyptian community in Britain Dr Galal Ismail said president-elect Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has an unprecedented popularity which adds burden to his huge responsibility. In statements to MENA here on Wednesday, ....

  • Congressmen endorse Egypt's request to join anti-smuggling agreement

    Date: 2014-06-04 13:41:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:92 - ID:760896

    CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said the majority of participants in the Congress' Commission of Fine Arts session endorsed demands to have Egypt join the US agreement signed with 16 world nations that allows the ....

  • Ban Ki-moon urges world to stop sea level rise

    Date: 2014-06-04 11:02:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:55 - ID:760512

    CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the whole world on Wednesday to work for eliminating threat of sea level rise. Ban Ki-moon said in a message for World Environment Day, to be observed on 5 June, that World ....

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