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Iran test-fires home-made missile defense system
Date: 2014-05-04 11:26:39 GMT - Iran - World - SN:46 - ID:702256
TEHRAN, May 4 (MENA) - Iran announced the successful test-firing of the country’s new air defense system, Mersad, which is capable of destroying different types of modern fighter jets and drones, Fars news agency reported. "Mersad is a ....
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Quake of 6.6 magnitude hits deep in Pacific Ocean south of Fiji
Date: 2014-05-04 11:25:18 GMT - Fiji - World - SN:45 - ID:702144
SUVA, May 4 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday deep in the ocean about 328 miles (525 km) south of Suva, Fiji, Sky News reported quoting the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS initially estimated ....
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Death toll of South Korea sunken ferryboat reached 224
Date: 2014-05-04 09:47:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:33 - ID:702078
SEOUL, May 4 (MENA) - The death toll from South Korean sunken ferryboat reached 244 with 60 still missing, Fox News reported. South Korean President Park Geun-hye has told families of those missing in a sunken ferry that her heart breaks knowing ....
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Passenger train derails in western India, killing at least 8, injuring 57 others
Date: 2014-05-04 09:31:51 GMT - India - World - SN:28 - ID:702079
NEW DELHI, May 4 (MENA) - Police said a passenger train has derailed in western India, killing at least eight people and injuring 57 others, Fox news reported. Police officer Ankush Shinde says the engine and four coaches jumped the tracks ....
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President Rouhani offers condolences to Afghans on disaster
Date: 2014-05-04 08:48:24 GMT - Iran - World - SN:23 - ID:702027
TEHRAN, May 4 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has offered condolences to the people of Afghanistan over a deadly landslide in the remote northeastern part of the country, Press TV reported. In a letter sent to Afghan President Hamid ....
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Malaysia denies Islamists' involvement in missing Boeing's case
Date: 2014-05-04 07:24:10 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:12 - ID:701815
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 (MENA) - Malaysian authorities have refuted allegations by British mass media that the Islamists who were arrested in Malaysia earlier this week have been interrogated in connection with the Malaysia Airlines Boeing that went ....
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Russia commits historic mistake by destabilizing Ukraine - Rasmussen
Date: 2014-05-03 20:19:17 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:103 - ID:701409
BRUSSELS, May 3 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Saturday Russia committed a historic mistake by continuing to destabilize Ukraine. Rasmussen added this mistake could have "significant repercussions on the relations ....
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Arab product exhibition kicks off in London
Date: 2014-05-03 17:21:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:701371
LONDON, May 3 (MENA) – An Arab product exhibition was opened on Saturday at the Egyptian expatriates headquarters in London. The exhibition aims to inform the British society with Arab production, Chairman of the Egyptian expatriates in London ....
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Iran stresses establishment of Islamic common market
Date: 2014-05-03 16:44:33 GMT - Iran - World - SN:69 - ID:701370
TEHRAN, May 3 (MENA) - Secretary of Iranˈs Free Trade Zones Coordination Council Akbar Torkan on Saturday urged Muslim states to help in establishing an Islamic common market, IRNA news agency reported. Addressing the two day Trade Conference of ....
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Military Aide: Iran's line of defense located in Southern Lebanon
Date: 2014-05-03 16:31:31 GMT - Iran - World - SN:66 - ID:701347
TEHRAN, May 3 (MENA) - Senior Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said Iran's influence and clout has now stretched to the Mediterranean coasts and its line of defense is now in Southern Lebanon, FARS news ....
