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Thailand junta announces economic crisis plan
Date: 2014-06-02 06:07:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:755792
BANGKOK, June 2 (MENA) - Thailand's ruling junta has announced a series of measures aimed at averting an economic crisis, two weeks after the generals took power in a coup, the BBC reported Friday. Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong said the ....
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Russian president’s aide promises further Russian assistance to Abkhazia
Date: 2014-06-01 21:38:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:173 - ID:755705
SUKHUM, June 01 (MENA) - Russia will provide financial and military assistance to the Abkhazian people in full, Itar Tass quoted Russian president’s aide Vladislav Surkov on Sunday, commenting on the resignation of Abkhazia’s President Alexander ....
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OIC rejects Czech president's anti-Islam statements
Date: 2014-06-01 21:24:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:169 - ID:755696
JEDDAH, Jun 1 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation OIC Iyad Madani expressed disappointment at statements made by Czech President Milos Zeman on May at the Israeli Embassy in Prague that "Islamic ideology rather than ....
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Slovenia to hold early elections on July 13
Date: 2014-06-01 20:16:44 GMT - Slovenia - World - SN:156 - ID:755623
LJUBLJANA, June 1 (MENA) - Slovenia's president has dissolved parliament and called early elections in the small EU nation for July 13, ABC News reported. Borut Pahor called the snap vote after Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek resigned last month ....
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Austrian president to participate in Poland celebrations of 'freedom'
Date: 2014-06-01 19:56:20 GMT - Austria - World - SN:149 - ID:755539
VIENNA, June 1 (MENA) - Austrian President Heinz Fischer will attend Tuesday Poland's celebration in the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the first free elections in the country. Fischer would leave Vienna Tuesday for Warsaw to attend the ....
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US Defense chief defends secrecy of prisoner swap deal
Date: 2014-06-01 19:46:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:755562
WASHINGTON, June 1 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel defended the Obama administration’s decision to swap five Taliban prisoners for one American soldier without giving Congress prior notice and despite any precedent the trade may set for ....
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Hagel meets with team that helped rescue American soldier from Taliban
Date: 2014-06-01 19:40:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:144 - ID:755556
KABUL, June 1 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met Sunday with more than a dozen members of the special operations team that participated in the rescue of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl), an American soldier held by the Taliban. Hagel ....
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French pres. to meet queen Elizabeth Thursday
Date: 2014-06-01 19:16:36 GMT - France - World - SN:139 - ID:755551
PARIS, June 1 (MENA) – French Francois Hollande Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip Thursday. They will meet at the Elysee Palace on June 5 for talks on bilateral issues. The French president will also meet with US president ....
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Self-proclaimed Donetsk republic authorities not have info about 4 OSCE observers
Date: 2014-06-01 19:00:34 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:138 - ID:755544
KIEV, June 1 (MENA) - Authorities of southeast Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk People ’s Republic do not have any information about whereabouts of four observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Co-chairman of ....
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Susan Rice defends deal for releasing US soldier
Date: 2014-06-01 17:51:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:135 - ID:755440
WASHINGTON, June 1 (MENA) - White House national security adviser Susan Rice defended the Obama administration's decision to exchange Guantanamo detainees for US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, amid criticism that the United States negotiated with ....
