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UN fund pays out $990 million compensation for Iraq's Kuwait invasion
Date: 2014-04-24 10:29:01 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:685291
GENEVA, April 24 (MENA) - A U.N. panel that settles claims for damages resulting from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has paid out another $990 million. The payment Thursday by the U.N. Compensation Commission brings the total paid so far to the ....
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Three Americans killed in Kabul hospital attack
Date: 2014-04-24 09:48:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:29 - ID:685240
KABUL, April 24 (MENA) - Three Americans have been shot dead by a policeman at a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, BBC quoted US officials as saying on Thursday. A spokesman for Afghanistan's interior ministry described those killed as ....
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Lavrov: Russia-China relations turn in increasingly significant factor in world politics
Date: 2014-04-24 08:48:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:685073
MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted “an unprecedentedly high level of Russian-Chinese relations which turn in an increasingly significant factor in world politics.” The minister has made a statement at an opening ....
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Nigerian Ambassador in Jordan assumes duty in Iraq
Date: 2014-04-24 08:23:11 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:22 - ID:684995
ABUJA, April 24 (MENA) - Nigeria’s envoy to Jordan, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, has presented his letter of credence to the president of Iraq, Mr Jalal Talabani, thus, making him ambassador to two countries, Jordan and Iraq, Nigeria Tribune ....
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Obama: New sanctions against Russia are ‘teed up’
Date: 2014-04-24 08:11:50 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:684994
TOKYO, April 24 (MENA) - Warning Russia that new economic sanctions are “teed up,” President Barack Obama accused Moscow of failing to live up to an agreement last week to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine, Washington Post reported on Thursday. ....
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Lavrov: West tried to orchestrate color revolution in Ukraine
Date: 2014-04-24 07:48:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:684938
MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - West uses Ukraine as a pawn in its geopolitical game, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, speaking at a global university forum. "The US has tried to orchestrate a 'color revolution' in Ukraine. Few people have ....
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Death toll from sunken S. Korean ferry hits 171
Date: 2014-04-24 07:47:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:684878
SEOUL, April 24 (MENA) - Death toll in South Korea's ferry sinking disaster continued to rise to 171 on Thursday, Yonhap news agency reported. The ninth day into search, 12 more bodies were retrieved from the submerged vessel Wednesday, raising ....
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Pakistan jets attack rebel border bases
Date: 2014-04-24 07:37:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:684875
ISLAMABAD, April 24 (MENA) – Pakistani jet fighters launched Thursday a raid targeting rebels hideouts near borders with Afghanistan in response to recent attacks, including the bombing of a fruit market in Islamabad on April 9 and the killing of ....
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Foreigners killed in Kabul attack
Date: 2014-04-24 07:13:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:684841
KABUL, April 24 (MENA) - Three foreigners have been shot dead by a security guard at a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, BBC quoted officials as saying on Thursday. A spokesman for Afghanistan's interior ministry described the foreigners as ....
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Vancouver Island Earthquake Near Port Hardy Registers 6.6 Magnitude
Date: 2014-04-24 07:08:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:684825
WASHINGTON, April 24 (MENA) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island, but no major damage has been reported, Huffingtonpost reported on Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was ....
