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  • Russian official says Moscow explained detriments of sanctions to Washington

    Date: 2014-03-05 08:33:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:590856

    MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) - Moscow has explained to Washington on a number of occasions that unilateral sanctions against Russia do not match the format of civilized relations between countries, Itar-Tass news agency reported quoting the Russian ....

  • Israeli premier embarks on tour in Los Angeles city

    Date: 2014-03-05 07:53:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:590806

    LOS ANGELES, March 5 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived here on a two-day trip to the State of California after the end of his political activities in the US, Israel Radio reported Wednesday. Netanyahu will be in ....

  • 10 killed, 17 injured in northeast China bus fire

    Date: 2014-03-05 07:33:41 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:590754

    BEIJING, March 5 (MENA) - A fire on a passenger bus in northeastern China killed at least 10 people and injured 17 on Wednesday, officials said, in the country's second deadly bus fire in less than a week, ABC news reported. The fire broke out ....

  • Washington has a credibility problem - paper

    Date: 2014-03-05 07:31:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:590757

    WASHINGTON, March 5 (MENA) - Russia’s takeover of the Crimean Peninsula cannot be allowed to stand as many foreign policy sages have proclaimed, US pinion writer Eugene Robinson said in The Washington Post newspaper out Wednesday. Is it just me, ....

  • Venezuela protests on eve of Chavez's death anniversary

    Date: 2014-03-05 07:29:32 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:7 - ID:590755

    CARACAS, March 5 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters in Venezuela have marched through the streets of Caracas shouting slogans against the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro, the BBC reported. They also demanded the release of dozens of ....

  • Putin, Erdogan discuss crisis in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-03-04 22:44:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:204 - ID:590660

    MOSCOW, March 4, (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation Tuesday night, in the course of which they discussed the crisis in Ukraine, including the latest developments in ....

  • French cyber-jihadist jailed for glorifying terrorism

    Date: 2014-03-04 21:54:03 GMT - France - World - SN:201 - ID:590642

    PARIS, March 4 (MENA) - A young jihadist who ran a French website where he published al Qaeda propaganda was sentenced to a year in prison on Tuesday on charges of glorifying and inciting terrorism, France 24 reported. Roman L., a 27-year-old ....

  • Uganda to 'send troops to Somalia to protect UN'

    Date: 2014-03-04 20:20:42 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:188 - ID:590558

    KAMPALA, March 4 (MENA) - Uganda will send a 410-strong special force to guard UN installations in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, a Ugandan army spokesman was quoted by BBC as saying on Tuesday. The protection squad will free up thousands of ....

  • Putin : what happened in Ukraine was unconstitutional takeover

    Date: 2014-03-04 17:18:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:152 - ID:589676

    MOSCOW, March 4 (MENA) - Russian president Vladimir Putin described on Tuesday the situation in Ukraine as "unconstitutional takeover". "There can only be one assessment of what happened in Kiev and Ukraine as a whole - this was an ....

  • Abdel-Nour, British minister discuss boosting bilateral cooperation

    Date: 2014-03-04 16:03:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:589933

    LONDON, March 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour met Tuesday with British Minister of Energy Michael Fallon to discuss means of boosting bilateral cooperation. Abdel-Nour, currently visiting here, also talked ....

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