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Middle East airlines dominate passenger growth
Date: 2014-02-13 12:41:27 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:80 - ID:553282
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - Airlines based in the Middle East dominated air passenger growth in 2013, a trend that will continue this year, according to a new report from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA). Middle Eastern ....
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Sisi: Our visit gives new start to developing military and military-technical cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-02-13 10:33:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:553080
MOSCOW, Feb 13 (MENA) - Egyptian Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi stressed that his visit to Moscow will pave the way for major military cooperation between Egypt and Russia. “Our visit gives a new start to developing military ....
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Four killed in attacks in Thailand’s restive south
Date: 2014-02-13 09:18:45 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:48 - ID:552860
BANGKOK, Feb 13 (MENA) - Suspected Muslim rebels in southern Thailand killed four people, including a nine-year-old boy, on Thursday, police said, adding the attack may have been in reprisal for the killing of some Muslim boys, euronews said. ....
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Kerry arrives in Seoul for talks on N. Korea
Date: 2014-02-13 09:02:32 GMT - south korea - World - SN:44 - ID:552868
SEOUL, Feb 13 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Seoul Thursday for discussions mainly on North Korea, a day after high-level inter-Korean talks ended without any tangible agreement, Yonhap New Agency reported. The plane ....
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Koreas' talks cast doubt on family reunions
Date: 2014-02-13 07:47:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:28 - ID:552727
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (MENA) -- North Korea has vowed not to hold upcoming family reunions with South Korea during the period of Seoul-Washington joint military exercises, an official said Thursday, a move that could dim the prospect of the reunions, ....
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Abe aims to resolve territorial row with Russia in his term
Date: 2014-02-13 07:47:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:27 - ID:552725
TOKYO, Feb. 13 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday he wants to resolve the nearly seven-decades-long territorial dispute between Japan and Russia before he leaves office, Kyodo reported. "I am determined that I have somehow ....
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China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover comes 'back to life'
Date: 2014-02-13 07:18:13 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:552680
BEIJING, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Jade Rabbit, or Yutu in Chinese, was deployed on the Moon's surface on December 15 in a key step forward in Beijing's ambitious military-run space program, ABC News said Thursday. The English-language China News ....
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Afghan prisoners freed from Bagram despite US protests
Date: 2014-02-13 07:03:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:552655
KABUL, Feb 13 (MENA) - Sixty-five detainees have been released from Afghanistan's Bagram detention centre, a move condemned by the US as "deeply regrettable". The US embassy in Kabul said some of those released were responsible for the deaths of ....
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Obama raises minimum wage for contract workers
Date: 2014-02-13 06:57:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:552622
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - President Barack Obama increased the minimum wage for a few hundred thousand federal contractors, then pressed the divided Congress to pass broader legislation that would apply to all workers, ABC News reported Wednesday. ....
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Red Cross in Austria regrets rejection to allow Muslims to donate blood
Date: 2014-02-13 06:56:52 GMT - Austria - World - SN:18 - ID:552620
VIENNA, Feb 13 (MENA) - Deputy Secretary General of the Red Cross in Austria Michael Opriesnig has voiced his deep regret at the rejection of a doctor working at a blood donation center in the Austrian city of Linz to enable Muslims to participate ....
