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S. Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest "Takeshima Day"
Date: 2014-02-23 07:15:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:571040
SEOUL, Feb 23 (MENA) - South Korea on Sunday summoned a senior Japanese diplomat to strongly protest Japan's latest move on sending a high-level government official to attend the controversial "Takeshima Day" celebration, Yonhap reported. Lee ....
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White House welcomes release of Ukraine's Tymoshenko
Date: 2014-02-22 22:23:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:153 - ID:570930
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (MENA) - The White House welcomed the release from prison on Saturday of former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. "We wish her a speedy recovery as she seeks the appropriate medical treatment ....
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Ukraine's freed Tymoshenko: dictatorship has ended
Date: 2014-02-22 22:05:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:150 - ID:570911
KIEV, Feb 22 (MENA) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been hailed by thousands of opposition supporters in Independence Square in the heart of Kiev after being freed from detention, the BBC reported. She has suffered from a ....
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Rada’s newly elected speaker calls for stabilizing situation in Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-22 21:14:02 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:144 - ID:570910
KIEV, Feb 22 (MENA) - Newly elected speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has held a meeting “with the heads of ministries and (governmental) departments” in the frameworks of “fulfilling the instructions of the Ukrainian parliament ....
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Ukraine's Parliament speaker: Yanukovych prevented from fleeing to Russia
Date: 2014-02-22 20:51:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:141 - ID:570863
KIEV, Feb 22 (MENA) – Ukrainian parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said Saturday that the border police stopped Viktor Yanukovych in an attempt to flee to Russia, the BBC reported. Yanukovych is now somewhere in the Donetsk region, Turchynov ....
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Police: 9 killed in Brazil cash machine shootout
Date: 2014-02-22 20:49:30 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:139 - ID:570859
BٌٌRASILIA, Feb 22 (MENA) - Police in Brazil say nine members of a gang that specialized in blowing up automatic teller machines have been killed during a shootout with officers, ABC News reported. Police say 80 officers confronted at least 15 ....
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Lavrov: Situation deteriorates in Ukraine due to opposition’s inability to respect agreements
Date: 2014-02-22 20:00:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:134 - ID:570805
MOSCOW, Feb 22, (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Saturday that the situation in Ukraine is deteriorating due to inability of the opposition to respect agreement inked with regime, ITAR-TASS reported. After the Ukrainian ....
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British paper warns Ukraine may become Europe’s new battlefield
Date: 2014-02-22 19:59:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:133 - ID:570774
LONDON, Feb 22 (MENA) - A British famous paper warned that if Ukraine descends into civil war, as many now fear, European security could be tested to the limit. "How did this country, which until recently had its sights set on membership of the ....
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No coup d'etat in Kiev - Polish FM
Date: 2014-02-22 18:58:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:126 - ID:570762
KIEV, Feb 22 (MENA) - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Saturday there was no coup in Kiev and Ukraine's government buildings had been abandoned by the administration, the Voice of Russia reported. He said on Twitter the speaker ....
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Ukraine's new dawn Shots called, now what? – magazine 2 last London
Date: 2014-02-22 18:56:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:125 - ID:570784
The third question is: Who runs the country now? A BBC correspondent said on Saturday morning that “power is lying on the street in Kiev—the question is who will pick it up”. That is a bit of an exaggeration. Parliament is in charge. That is better ....