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Obama desperately needs a Plan B - Haaretz
Date: 2014-03-17 15:08:29 GMT - Israel - World - SN:103 - ID:614634
GAZA CITY, March 17 (MENA) - On the eve of the White House meeting on Monday between US President Barack Obama and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, it looks like the American peace initiative launched eight months ago is at death’s ....
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Ukraine crisis: EU ponders Russia sanctions over Crimea vote
Date: 2014-03-17 14:56:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:98 - ID:614781
LONDON, March 17 (MENA) - EU foreign ministers are due to discuss further sanctions against Russia after a Moscow-backed referendum in Crimea backed a split from Ukraine, the BBC reported Monday. Election officials in Crimea, where pro-Russian ....
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U.S. Navy SEALs take control of diverted oil tanker
Date: 2014-03-17 14:44:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:614779
WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - United States Navy commandos seized a diverted oil tanker in the Mediterranean waters southeast of Cyprus on Monday morning, thwarting an attempt by a breakaway Libyan militia to sell its contents on the black market, ....
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Ukraine announces mobilization to boost army
Date: 2014-03-17 14:28:34 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:87 - ID:614648
KIEV, March 17 (MENA) - Ukraine's parliament approved emergency funding of Hr 6.7 billion (more than $600 million) for military spending and agreed to mobilize military and National Guard units today -- a significant amount in a national budget that ....
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Iran calls for peaceful resolution of Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2014-03-17 14:27:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:614784
MOSCOW, March 17 (MENA) - Iran is closely watching the developments in Ukraine and calling for a peaceful resolution of the crisis, Interfax news agency quoted Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai as saying. "As regards the international ....
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N. Korea readies rocket launchers on east coast
Date: 2014-03-17 14:03:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:78 - ID:614743
SEOUL, March 17 (MENA) - A day after North Korea test-fired 25 rockets from its east coast, the mobile launchers remained in place on Monday, a potential sign of additional provocations, a military source said. The latest move comes as South ....
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Azhar signs agreement to eradicate slavery
Date: 2014-03-17 14:02:53 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:77 - ID:614734
THE VATICAN/ROME, March 17 (MENA) - Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning, signed the fist humanitarian agreement initiated by the Vatican to eradicate slavery and human trafficking. The adviser of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mahmoud Azab and ....
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France slams terror attack on Mostorod checkpoint in Egypt
Date: 2014-03-17 13:07:42 GMT - France - World - SN:72 - ID:614580
PARIS, March 17 (MENA) - France has strongly condemned the Saturday attack on Egypt's Mostorod checkpoint in Shobra el-Kheima that left six military policemen killed. During a press conference held on Monday, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Roman ....
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As U.S. looks for terror links in plane case, Malaysia rejects extensive help
Date: 2014-03-17 12:44:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:614467
WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - With malicious intent strongly suspected in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, American intelligence and law enforcement agencies renewed their search over the weekend for any evidence that the plane’s ....
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Nuclear negotiating team departs for Vienna
Date: 2014-03-17 12:07:38 GMT - Iran - World - SN:54 - ID:614314
TEHRAN, March 17 (MENA) - Iran’s nuclear negotiating team headed by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for Vienna on Monday to discuss nuclear issue with G5+1, IRNA reported. Zarif, who left Tehran early on Monday, is accompanied by ....
