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Turkish troops clash with protesters in Istanbul
Date: 2014-02-20 12:01:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:71 - ID:565970
ANKARA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Fifteen masked people staged a protest in Istanbul early on Thursday and clashed with the security forces. The angry protesters hurled Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the troops, according to the Turkish CNN channel. ....
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EU likely to call for sanctions against perpetrators of violence in Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-20 11:38:29 GMT - France - World - SN:60 - ID:566196
PARIS/KIEV, Feb 20 (MENA) - EU foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels in which they are likely to call for sanctions to be taken against those responsible for the violence in Ukraine, France 24 reported on Thursday. French ....
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Ukrainian authorities to concentrate on protecting people – Russian PM
Date: 2014-02-20 10:49:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:566300
MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - Russia’s government would fulfill the promises it made to Ukrainian partners, if the authorities were legitimate and effective, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying at a cabinet meeting on ....
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Intensive diplomatic moves for Egyptian embassy in Washington to change concepts of US administration about Egypt
Date: 2014-02-20 10:48:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:566250
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Washington will make intensive diplomatic moves in a bid to change concepts of the US Administration, Congressmen and media about the status quo in Egypt. The Egyptian diplomatic efforts will ....
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Truce crumbles amid gunfire in Ukraine that kills at least 21
Date: 2014-02-20 10:43:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:45 - ID:566171
Kiev, Feb 20 (MENA) - A shaky truce crumbled in Kiev on Thursday morning, when gunfire erupted at Maidan, or Independence Square, which has been ground zero for anti-government protesters. At least 20 people dead, said Oleg Musiy, head of the ....
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Suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 4 in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul
Date: 2014-02-20 09:35:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:566042
KABUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - A suicide bomber on foot killed a security guard and wounded four civilians outside a hospital in northern Kabul on Thursday, ِABC News reported. The attacker struck a compound belonging to the minority Ismaili community, who ....
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Ukraine president names new head of General Staff
Date: 2014-02-20 07:37:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:565864
MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych appointed on Thursday commander of Naval Forces Yury Ilyin as the new head of the General Staff. Ilyin will succeed former commander Vladimir Zamanu in this high military position. ....
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Erdogan, Obama discuss ME conflicts
Date: 2014-02-20 07:36:48 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:19 - ID:565823
ANKARA, Feb 20 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama spoke by phone today with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey to discuss conflicts in the Middle East especially in Syria and Iraq, in addition to the Palestinian issue. Turkish newspaper "Today's ....
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Ukraine FM says government implemented ‘almost all’ opposition demands
Date: 2014-02-20 07:31:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:565853
KIEV, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Ukrainian government has implemented “almost all” of the opposition demands, but the opposition is refusing to cooperate, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara told CNN. “We are ready to discuss the constitutional ....
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Terrorism trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law delayed a week
Date: 2014-02-20 06:14:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:565763
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The federal judge overseeing the case against accused Al Qaeda propagandist Sulaiman abu Ghaith on Wednesday granted a one-week delay in the trial's start date, giving defense attorneys additional time to review potential ....
