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Saudi Arabia denounces Kunming attack
Date: 2014-03-10 11:59:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:71 - ID:600855
RIYADH, March 10 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia Monday denounced the recent terrorist attack that has taken place in the Chinese city of Kunming. Such terrorist and criminal acts contradict all religious principles and international laws and norms, a ....
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Officials identify plane passenger who used stolen passport
Date: 2014-03-10 11:59:03 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:70 - ID:600908
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (MENA) - Two suspects on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 who used stolen passports had no record of entering Malaysia legally, ABC news, quoting officials, said. Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu ....
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Iran, EU underline enhancement of int'l efforts to settle Syrian crisis
Date: 2014-03-10 11:53:18 GMT - Iran - World - SN:68 - ID:600878
TEHRAN, March 10 (MENA) - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton extended their full support to diplomatic efforts to end the nearly 3-year-long bloodshed in Syria, Fars reported ....
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US warship given permission to traverse Bosphorus en route to Black Sea
Date: 2014-03-10 11:06:27 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:60 - ID:600819
ANKARA, March 10 (MENA) - Turkish authorities have given permission to a U.S. Navy warship to pass through the Bosphorus within the next two days as fears grow that the standoff between Russia and Ukraine and the West over Crimea could soon become ....
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Afghan Taliban order fighters to disrupt vote
Date: 2014-03-10 08:20:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:600309
KABUL, March 10 (MENA) - A Taliban spokesman says the group has warned Afghans not to take part in the April presidential election and that it has ordered its fighters to disrupt the vote, ABC News reported Monday. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid ....
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un elected to assembly without single vote agains
Date: 2014-03-10 08:19:51 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:26 - ID:600344
PYONGYANG, March 10 (MENA) - North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un was elected to the highest legislative body without a single dissenting vote against in his district on a 100% turnout, Yonhap reported. North Koreans went to the polls on ....
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S.Korea doctors go on strike in protest of gov't policy
Date: 2014-03-10 08:14:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:600315
SEOUL, March 10 (MENA) - Thousands of doctors staged a one-day strike Monday in protest of the government's plan to introduce a new medical system, partly causing inconveniences to patients across the country, Yonhap news agency reported. The ....
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Park expresses regret, orders thorough probe into fake evidence scandal
Date: 2014-03-10 07:06:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:600210
SEOUL, March 10 (MENA) - President Park Geun-hye expressed regret and ordered a thorough investigation Monday into allegations that the state intelligence agency was involved in fabricating evidence used in charging a North Korean defector with ....
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U.S. big quake strikes off N. Calif., no Tsunami threat
Date: 2014-03-10 06:59:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:600207
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - A powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Sunday night off the coast of Northern California, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no danger of a tsunami, ABC reported quoting officials. The ....
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Xi urges political solution to Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-03-10 06:51:09 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:600164
BEIJING, March 10 (MENA) - Chinese president Xi Jinping has urged a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine and for all parties to exercise calm and restraint, during separate telephone calls with US president Barack Obama and German chancellor ....
