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Ebola claims 59 deaths in Guinea
Date: 2014-03-23 08:12:41 GMT - Guinea - World - SN:15 - ID:624987
CONAKRY, March 23 (MENA) - Ebola has killed at least 59 people in Guinea and there are fears the virus may have spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone, euronews reported quoting world health officials have said. Cases of the disease, which can kill ....
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William Hague: Russia faces 'isolation' over Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-23 07:05:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:11 - ID:624885
LONDON, March 23 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned Russia that it faces long-term "isolation and stagnation" over the crisis in Ukraine, the BBC reported. The foreign secretary said it was time to consider a "new state of ....
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Vatican Pope, Nigeria president discuss inter-faith dialogue
Date: 2014-03-22 22:09:10 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:129 - ID:624663
VATICAN CITY, March 22 (MENA) – Vatican Pope Francis received on Saturday the Nigerian president Jonathan Goodluck to discuss enhancing means of religious dialogue. The meeting discussed poverty alleviation and inter-faith dialogue, American ABC ....
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About 2,000 people rally in Donetsk of Ukraine demanding referendum
Date: 2014-03-22 18:43:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:96 - ID:624531
KIEV, March 22 (MENA) - About 2,000 people rallied in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Saturday demanding a referendum on the future of the region, Itar-Tass reported. Some of the demonstrators were also demanding the return ....
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Polish defense minister says US open to increasing military presence
Date: 2014-03-22 18:37:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:624528
LONDON, March 22 (MENA) - Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Saturday that the US should increase its military presence in Poland and in other Nato members in central and eastern Europe in light of the Ukraine crisis, The Guardian ....
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Migrant workers in World Cup host Qatar "enslaved", living in squalor: Report
Date: 2014-03-22 17:21:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:624454
LONDON, March 22 (MENA) - After visiting labor camps near Doha, an international federation of trade unions has issued a blistering report chronicling the labor and human rights abuses unfolding in the host country of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, ....
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Malaysia greatly appreciate Japan's support for SAR Ops - Najib
Date: 2014-03-22 14:07:07 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:56 - ID:624119
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (MُُُُENA) - Malaysia greatly appreciate Japan's support for the search and rescue (SAR) operations and encouraging words pertaining to the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, Bernama news agency reported quoting ....
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2,000 out of 18,000 Ukrainian Troops to Leave Crimea
Date: 2014-03-22 13:36:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:624057
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Less than 2,000 of Ukrainian troops serving in Crimea decided to leave the peninsula for Ukraine, Ria Novosti news agency reported quoting the Russian Defense Ministry as having said on Saturday. "As of March 21, less ....
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Deputy FM: Tehran attaches special importance to ties with Riyadh
Date: 2014-03-22 11:44:56 GMT - Iran - World - SN:46 - ID:623799
TEHRAN, March 22 (MENA) - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian reiterated the country's enthusiasm for the further expansion of relations with the neighboring states, and said Tehran attaches special ....
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Washington Post: Libya’s guns free-for-all fuels region’s turmoil
Date: 2014-03-22 10:55:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:623692
WASHINGTON, March 22 (MENA) - At the heart of the Libyan capital, the open-air Fish Market was once a place where residents went to buy everything from meat and seafood to clothes and pets. Now it’s Tripoli’s biggest arms market, with tables ....