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At least 30 dead, 115 injured in Kunming railway station violence
Date: 2014-03-01 22:07:00 GMT - China - World - SN:155 - ID:584517
BEJING, March 1 (MENA) – Thirty civilians were confirmed dead and 115 others injured Saturday in a railway station attack in southwest Chinese city of Kunming, Xinhua quoted authorities as saying. It was an organized, premeditated violent ....
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Gang of knife-wielding men kill 27 in attack on China train station
Date: 2014-03-01 22:05:39 GMT - China - World - SN:154 - ID:584385
BEIJING, March 1 (MENA) - At least 27 people are dead and 109 injured after a group of knife-wielding men attacked a train station in southwestern China, Fox News reported Saturday. Kunming city police did not have immediate information to ....
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Kremlin gives Putin power to decide over Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-01 22:04:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:153 - ID:584384
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has all authority to take decisions over developments in Ukraine, Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. Russia’s Federation Council has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin’s ....
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Ukraine puts forces on full combat alert
Date: 2014-03-01 22:02:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:152 - ID:584485
KIEV, March 1 (MENA) - Ukraine has put its armed forces on full combat alert and warned Moscow that any military intervention in the country would lead to war after upper house of Russia's parliament agented Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, ....
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Russia must respect Ukraine's sovereignty: NATO chief
Date: 2014-03-01 20:40:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:147 - ID:584457
BRUSSELS, March 1 (MENA) - Russia must respect Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and borders, including with regard to movement of Russian forces in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was quoted as saying by Sky News on ....
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Russia to consider Turchinov military criminal if force be applied against Crimea
Date: 2014-03-01 20:35:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:144 - ID:584453
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) - Russia might consider Alexander Turchinov a military criminal if the military force is applied against the South- Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, the Voice of Russia reported on Saturday. It was said in the Kremlin ....
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Iran pursuing border guards case in Pakistan: Envoy
Date: 2014-03-01 20:33:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:143 - ID:584473
TEHRAN, March 1 (MENA) - Iran's ambassador to Islamabad said Tehran is pursuing the fate of five Iranian border guards recently kidnapped by the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group and transferred to Pakistan. In a Saturday interview, Alireza Haqiqian ....
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Hawaii plane crash leaves 3 people dead
Date: 2014-03-01 20:25:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:142 - ID:584466
WASHINGTON, March 1 (MENA) - A Plane crashed in Hawaii and left three people dead including the pilot, ABC News reported. The aircraft went down not far from Nuys airport. It exploded and burned on impact. Two passengers were critically injured ....
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Czech president denounces Russian intervention in Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-01 19:55:35 GMT - Czech - World - SN:140 - ID:584246
PRAGUE, March 1 (MENA) - Czech President Milos Zeman disagrees with a Russian military intervention in Ukraine that may create a deep ditch that cannot be filled, Czech News Agency citied presidential spokesman Jiri Ovcacek as saying Saturday. ....
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Russia moves to bring back ambassador from US, amid Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-03-01 19:52:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:139 - ID:584418
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) - The Russian government is making plans to recall its ambassador from the United States, Fox News reported on Saturday. The request is being made by Russia's upper house of parliament to President Vladimir Putin, the ....