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Four dead in New York City buildings collapse
Date: 2014-03-13 06:31:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:606332
NEW YORK, March 13 (MENA) - Four people have died and several are missing after a gas leak sparked an explosion which leveled two buildings in New York City, BBC quoted US authorities as saying Thursday. A police spokesman said that only five ....
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China satellites spot suspected Malaysia Airlines plane debris
Date: 2014-03-13 05:59:48 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:606302
BEIJING, March 13 (MENA) - Chinese satellite images show three floating objects suspected to be debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the BBC reported. Coordinates place the fragments in the South China Sea between Malaysia and ....
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Stolen passport on missing Malaysian plane not seen as terror link
Date: 2014-03-12 14:53:13 GMT - Austria - World - SN:96 - ID:605350
VIENNA, March 12 (MENA) - Well-placed sources at the Austrian Interior Ministry revealed the personality of the 19-year-old Iranian, Poria Nour Mohamad Mehrdad,who used stolen passports to board the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared on ....
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UN chief tool in Washington’s hands - Velayati
Date: 2014-03-12 14:51:42 GMT - Iran - World - SN:95 - ID:605345
TEHRAN, March 12 (MENA) - A top Iranian official says Ban Ki-moon has been the most powerless UN head since the body was founded in 1945, describing him as a tool in Washington’s hands, Iranian Press TV reported. "Ban Ki-moon is an individual who ....
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Egyptian Museum of Turin to be renovated at cost of 50 mln euros
Date: 2014-03-12 13:13:46 GMT - Italy - World - SN:84 - ID:604964
ROME, March 12 (MENA) – New head of Egyptian Museum of Turin Christian Jericho has decided to renovate the museum with a cost of 50 million euros. This comes within the framework of turning Turin city into a city that resembles the heart of the ....
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Zaazou to hold press conference at RIA Novosti Monday
Date: 2014-03-12 12:03:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:604973
MOSCOW, March 12 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou will hold a press conference in Moscow next week, according to RIA Novosti. Mohamed el-Badri, Egypt's Ambassador to Russia, will take part in the conference at RIA Novosti HQ on Monday. ....
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Larijani lambasts EU officials secret meeting in Tehran
Date: 2014-03-12 11:46:00 GMT - Iran - World - SN:68 - ID:604541
TEHRAN, March 12 (MENA) - Speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani on Wednesday strongly criticized the “sneaky” meeting of the EU officials in Tehran, IRNA news agency reported. Referring to an unofficial meeting of the European ....
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Army: avalanche kills 4 soldiers in north Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-12 11:39:03 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:65 - ID:604895
ISLAM ABAD, March 12 (MENA) - Pakistan's military says an avalanche in the northern mountains has killed four soldiers while 22 others have been rescued after "heroic efforts" by the army, ABC News reported. Wednesday's military statement says ....
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Crimea will nationalize natural resources and military facilities on its territory
Date: 2014-03-12 11:29:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:59 - ID:604700
KIEV, March 12 (MENA) - Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov said on Tuesday that the Republic of Crimea would nationalize all natural resources and Ukraine’s military facilities located on the peninsula’s territory, Itar-Tass reported. “As ....
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Egypt permanent delegate to UN chairs meeting on Africa, right to development
Date: 2014-03-12 11:29:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:604887
GENEVA, March 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Walid Mahmoud Abdel-Nasser chaired the 25th session of the Human Rights Council, which mainly deals with the situation in Africa and the right to development. ....
