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  • IRGC pledges firm reply to terrorism in eastern border

    Date: 2014-03-30 12:34:14 GMT - Iran - World - SN:74 - ID:639023

    TEHRAN, March 30 (MENA) - Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has pledged a crushing response by the IRGC to any attempts to disrupt the security of the country’s eastern border with Pakistan, Press TV reported Sunday. ....

  • Jordan, US discuss boosting bilateral ties

    Date: 2014-03-30 12:02:09 GMT - Jordan - World - SN:64 - ID:638938

    AMMAN, March 30 (MENA) - Jordan's chief of staff Meshaal Mohamed al-Zaban met Sunday with US envoy to Syria Daniel Rubinstein, who is currently visiting here. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of boosting bilateral ties in the ....

  • Lavrov: Russia has info about Ukraine’s Right Sector involved in Kiev sniper shooting

    Date: 2014-03-30 11:35:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:638910

    MOSCOW, March 30 (MENA) - Russia has some information about Ukrainian far-right movement Right Sector involved in the shooting of snipers in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said as quoted by Itar Tass. ....

  • Govt works on diversifying energy resources - minister

    Date: 2014-03-30 11:12:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:48 - ID:638776

    CAIRO, March 30 (MENA) - The government is focusing on using new and renewable energy and diversify energy resources, said Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour. On the sidelines of signing a cooperation protocol ....

  • Mexico Finds 370 Abandoned Migrant Children

    Date: 2014-03-30 10:26:20 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:42 - ID:638631

    MEXICO CITY, March 30 (MENA) - Mexican officials have found 370 migrant children who had been abandoned by traffickers paid to take them to the United States, Voice of America reported. The National Migration Institute said in a statement ....

  • Three Gorges Dam not affected by quake in China

    Date: 2014-03-30 09:00:27 GMT - China - World - SN:29 - ID:638506

    BEIJING, March 30 (MENA) - The Three Gorges hydropower project was operating normally after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit the area early on Sunday, following a first tremor that jolted the same place on Thursday. The epicenter of Sunday's tremor ....

  • Turkish local polls held amid tense atmosphere, corruption scandal

    Date: 2014-03-30 08:51:55 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:25 - ID:638425

    ANKARA, March 30 (MENA) - Unlike the previous local polls, today's Turkish local elections take on an immense importance for being a public referendum on Erdogan's government and the AKP party which started leading the country 12 years ....

  • Malaysia flight MH370: Chinese families 'seek answers'

    Date: 2014-03-30 08:47:39 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:23 - ID:638514

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (MENA) -Relatives of Chinese passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have flown to Kuala Lumpur to seek answers from the Malaysian authorities, BBC reported Saturday. The family members say they have not been ....

  • Japan slams China's Xi on Nanjing remarks

    Date: 2014-03-30 08:28:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:638401

    TOKYO, March 30 (MENA) - Tokyo has criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping for making remarks during a trip to Germany about Japan's wartime atrocities, adding that the government had lodged a protest, SBS reported. At a think tank forum Friday in ....

  • Norway Foreign Minister participates in NATO meetings on Tuesday

    Date: 2014-03-30 08:28:19 GMT - Norway - World - SN:18 - ID:638405

    OSLO, March 30 (MENA) - Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende will head to Brussels in a two-day visit to participate in NATO foreign minsters meetings to be held on 1st and 2nd April Developments in Ukraine after Russia annexed Crimea and ....

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