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Report: Fear of violence shadows Afghanistan’s provinces on election eve
Date: 2014-04-05 12:46:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:650547
WASHINGTON, April 5 (MENA) – As Afghans head out to vote for their next president Saturday, violence is expected to be intense and widespread. But the risks won’t be dispersed evenly. Just a short drive from Kabul, close enough for a daily ....
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How Obama lost Afghanistan
Date: 2014-04-05 12:39:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:650545
WASHINGTON, April 5 (MENA) - Despite the violence and uncertainty surrounding this Saturday’s election for a new Afghan President, there’s one positive - Hamid Karzai, the sitting president and the architect of much of the country’s unrest, is not ....
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Iran, P5+1 resume expert-level nuclear talks
Date: 2014-04-05 10:20:36 GMT - Austria - World - SN:32 - ID:650281
VIENNA, April 5 (MENA) - Iran and the P5+1 group started the third and final day of expert-level talks on Tehran’s nuclear energy program in the Austrian capital of Vienna, Press TV reported. Experts from Iran and the five permanent members of ....
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Death sentences for India rapists
Date: 2014-04-04 15:54:46 GMT - India - World - SN:84 - ID:649447
NEW DELHI, April 4 (MENA) - A court in India has sentenced three men to hang, under a new law which carries the death penalty for those convicted of multiple sexual assaults, the BBC reported Friday. The men were convicted of raping a ....
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Clashes among Afghan, Pakistani Taliban in Paktika
Date: 2014-04-04 15:39:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:80 - ID:649405
KABUL, April 4 (MENA) - Heavy clashes were reported among the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban militants in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan on Friday, Khaama Press reported. Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), ....
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Strong earthquake strikes Chile
Date: 2014-04-04 13:46:55 GMT - Chile - World - SN:59 - ID:649282
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 (MENA) - The Malaysian Meteorological Department said that a strong earthquake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, occurred near the northern coast of Chile at 9.37 am Friday, Bernama news agency reported. It said in a ....
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Ukraine to end military cooperation with Russia - Yarema
Date: 2014-04-04 13:44:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:57 - ID:649188
KIEV, April 4 (MENA) - Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema has said that Kiev plans to end military cooperation with Russia. "It's complete madness to make products for Russia that will then be directed against us, and such a ....
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S.Korea considers purchasing advanced low-altitude surveillance radars
Date: 2014-04-04 13:12:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:52 - ID:649174
SEOUL, April 4 (MENA) - South Korean military is considering purchasing advanced low-altitude surveillance radars and anti-aircraft guns to better detect small aircraft and shoot them down, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday. "The current radars ....
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Afghanistan to open full investigation into shooting AP reporter dead
Date: 2014-04-04 13:06:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:49 - ID:649098
KABUL, April 4 (MENA) - A spokesperson for the Afghan Interior Ministry told the BBC there would be a full investigation into the shooting of two journalists working for the Associated Press by a police officer in eastern Afghanistan. Sidiq ....
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Anti-Russian sanctions to produce no effect craved by US — senior diplomat
Date: 2014-04-04 11:30:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:648973
MOSCOW, April 4 (MENA) - Any kind of sanctions against Russia will not bring about an effect craved by Washington, as such methods were appropriate in the 19th century, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday. “It’s well known ....
