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Russia, Tajikistan agree on supplies of oil products, labor activity
Date: 2014-03-08 17:09:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:92 - ID:597670
MOSCOW, March 8 (MENA) - Russia and Tajikistan agreed on Saturday on supplies of oil products to Tajikistan and on a deal to streamline the terms of the two countries’ nationals’ stay and labor activity on each other’s territories, Russian Foreign ....
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Vaccine procurement: Japan, Unicef join hands to eliminate polio from Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-08 16:54:39 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:89 - ID:597639
ISLAMABAD, March 8 (MENA) - The Japanese government and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have joined hands to boost up the global eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last reservoirs of polio virus in the world, The Express Tribune ....
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Egypt's amb. meets Dutch politician
Date: 2014-03-08 15:46:21 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:78 - ID:597391
AMSTERDAM, March 8 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to The Nethernds Taher Farahat met with the head of the foreign affairs committee in the Dutch parliament. The two sides probed the latest developments in Egyptian and means of boosting bilateral ....
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Thousands rally for end to nuclear power in Taiwan
Date: 2014-03-08 12:58:42 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:53 - ID:597146
TAIPEI, March 8 (MENA) - Tens of thousands marched in Taiwan Saturday to call for an end to nuclear energy on the island, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima atomic disaster in Japan, organisers said. In Taipei, protesters held ....
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Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane flying to Beijing
Date: 2014-03-08 05:52:31 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:7 - ID:596272
KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (MENA) - Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board, the BBC reported Saturday. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at ....
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Armed men 'seize Crimea military base'
Date: 2014-03-07 20:46:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:131 - ID:596160
KIEV, March 7 (MENA) - Armed men thought to be Russian have seized a Ukrainian military base in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, the BBC News reported on Friday. A journalist said no shots were fired and negotiations between the two sides were ....
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UN chief urges calm over Crimea referendum
Date: 2014-03-07 20:41:26 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:130 - ID:596075
NEW YORK, March 7 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described the Crimean parliament's decision to call a referendum on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia a "worrying and serious development". Ban's spokesman said on ....
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Russia’s Gazprom warns Ukraine of new gas war
Date: 2014-03-07 20:12:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:125 - ID:596112
MOSCOW, March 7 (MENA) - The head of Russia’s state-run energy company Gazprom said Friday that Ukraine has stopped paying for Russian gas supplies, which could trigger a repetition of 2009’s so-called “gas war” between the two ....
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Lavrov warns Kerry that ‘reckless’ sanctions could come back to harm US
Date: 2014-03-07 19:45:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:124 - ID:596070
MOSCOW, March 7 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the United States against "hasty and reckless steps" that would damage relations between Russia and the US, a statement from Russian foreign ministry reported on Friday. In a ....
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French FM hails ties with Qatar
Date: 2014-03-07 19:05:06 GMT - France - World - SN:123 - ID:596022
PARIS, March 7 (MENA) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has praised as very close his country's relations with Qatar. He was speaking during a meeting with on Friday with his Qatari counterpart Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah. Attiyah is ....
