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Mali: Ensure Justice for Grave Abuses
Date: 2014-03-21 14:17:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:622480
NEW YORK, March 21 (MENA) – The New York-based Human Rights Watch has urged Mali's government to increase its efforts to investigate and bring those who committed crimes amid its recent armed conflict to justice. "Mali's government should step up ....
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Britain welcomes Security Council Resolution on Libya aimed at deterring illegal oil exports from Libya
Date: 2014-03-21 14:13:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:622476
LOMNDON, March 21 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Farah Dakhlallah said that Britain has welcomed Security Council Resolution 2146 on Libya aimed at deterring illegal oil exports from Libya. UN Security Council ....
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France suspends 'most' military cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-03-21 14:12:13 GMT - France - World - SN:87 - ID:622472
PARIS, March 21 (MENA) - France has suspended most of its military cooperation with Russia, including joint exercises and personnel exchanges, the French defense minister said Friday in Tallinn, Naharnet reported. Paris has suspended "the ....
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Seven wounded in explosion in Kandahar province
Date: 2014-03-21 13:49:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:83 - ID:622348
KABUL, March 21 (MENA) - At least seven people were injured following an explosion in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Friday, Khaama Press reported. The explosion reportedly took place in a shrine in Khakrez district of Kandahar ....
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges respect for sovereignty of Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-21 13:30:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:78 - ID:622393
KIEV, March 21 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday the Ukrainian crisis could only be resolved through a diplomatic solution that respected the territorial integrity of the splintered ex-Soviet state, The Economic ....
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Su-34 front-line bomber enters Russian Air Force service
Date: 2014-03-21 13:12:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:622352
MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - The Sukhoi-34 (Su-34) front-line has officially entered service with the Russian Air Force, The Voice of Russia quoted a source in the Russian defense industry as saying on Friday. "The Su-34 designed and produced by the ....
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EU-Ukraine association agreement geopolitical game, not Kiev interests: Lavrov
Date: 2014-03-21 12:43:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:622294
MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the purpose of signing the political provisions for the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is not to take care of the interests of the Ukrainian people, The Voice of Russia ....
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EU seals closer ties with Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-21 12:08:35 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:56 - ID:622211
BRUSSELS, March 21 (MENA) - EU leaders have signed an agreement on closer relations with Ukraine, in a show of support following Russia's annexation of Crimea, the BBC reported Friday. The EU signed the deal hours after announcing more targeted ....
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Crimea, Sevastopol officially join Russia as Putin signs final decree
Date: 2014-03-21 12:05:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:622212
MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - Russia has finalized the legal process of taking Crimea under its sovereignty, as President Putin signed a law amending the Russian constitution to reflect the transition, Russia Today reported on Friday. Earlier Russian ....
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Merkel: ‘G8 no longer exists’ as EU plans further sanctions on Russia
Date: 2014-03-21 09:23:30 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:30 - ID:621807
BRUSSELS, March 21 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Russia to expect escalating EU sanctions if steps are not taken to calm the situation over Crimea, Euronews reported. Merkel was speaking ahead of an EU summit where increasing ....
