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New recording shows Bilal Erdoğan involved in $35 million island deal
Date: 2014-03-01 15:47:30 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:98 - ID:583931
ANKARA, March 1 (MENA) - A new audio recording purported to be of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son Bilal Erdoğan discussing the purchase of several islands in the Aegean Sea off Çanakkale for $35 million has been posted on YouTube by ....
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Egypt's amb. in Guatemala meets culture minister
Date: 2014-03-01 14:30:47 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:89 - ID:583767
GUATEMALA CITY, March 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Guatemala Dina el-Sihi met with Guatemalan Culture Minister Carlos Batzin. El-Sihi underlined the importance of the cultural aspect in the relations between the two countries, adding that the ....
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23 people killed, injured in three roadside bomb blasts in Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-01 14:29:24 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:87 - ID:583760
ISLAMABAD, March 1 (MENA) - Twelve people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest exploded on Saturday, officials said, in the latest attack on efforts to combat the ....
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Rouhani: Iran never posing threats against any state
Date: 2014-03-01 14:27:51 GMT - Iran - World - SN:83 - ID:583750
TEHRAN, March 1 (MENA) - President Hassan Rouhani said Iran never seeks to attack any country and poses no threat against any nation throughout the globe, IRNA news agency reported. Addressing a gathering of senior Defense Ministry officials here ....
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Abducted Iranian Border Guards Released in Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-01 13:44:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:79 - ID:583590
TEHRAN, March 1 (MENA) - Pakistani media sources on Saturday reported that the country's security forces have freed the five Iranian border guards abducted along Iran-Pakistan border on February 6, Fars News reported. "Eleven foreign nationals ....
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Russian-Ukrainian industrial group suspended until Ukraine forms new government
Date: 2014-03-01 13:07:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:583548
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) - The Russian-Ukrainian industrial group has suspended its activity until Ukraine forms a new government, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dimity Rogozin said on Twitter. He added the operation of the Russian-Ukrainian ....
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ETA says it will put all its weapons beyond reach
Date: 2014-03-01 12:57:10 GMT - Spain - World - SN:71 - ID:583620
MADRID, March 1 (MENA) - The Basque separatist group ETA confirms it has begun to store weapons beyond its members' reach in a process that it says eventually will involve its entire arsenal, ABC News reported. ETA issued its first statement ....
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Iranian FM to visit Japan, Indonesia soon
Date: 2014-03-01 12:11:50 GMT - Iran - World - SN:63 - ID:583470
TEHRAN, March 1 (MENA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday, in a post on his Facebook page, he would travel to Indonesia and Japan in the next few days. Zarif is scheduled to hold talks with senior Indonesian and Japanese ....
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No need to evacuate British visitors from Sharm el Sheikh - British foreign office
Date: 2014-03-01 12:08:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:583465
LONDON, March 1 (MENA) - The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said there is no need to evacuate British visitors from Sharm el Sheikh, despite the German government pulling holiday makers from the tourist hot spot, according to the ....
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Iran FM visit to India paves way for closer cooperation
Date: 2014-03-01 11:29:12 GMT - India - World - SN:53 - ID:583375
NEW DELHI, March 1 (MENA) - India and Iran have agreed to take a decision on Chabahar port by March-end, during a meeting of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif. Indian interest in Chabahar port ....
