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Berlusconi in Italy trial for 'bribing' senator
Date: 2014-02-12 18:51:09 GMT - Italy - World - SN:142 - ID:552200
ROME, Feb 12 (MENA) - Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has gone on trial in Naples for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party in 2006, in the latest case against him, the BBC News reported Wednesday. The move was allegedly aimed at ....
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Russia puts forward draft resolution on confronting 'terrorism' in Syria
Date: 2014-02-12 18:50:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:141 - ID:552145
NEW YORK, Feb 12 (MENA) – The Russian diplomatic mission to the UN has put forward a draft resolution over confronting "terrorism acts" in Syria to the Security Council's members. Spokesman for the UN Secretary General Martin Nesirky declined to ....
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Amnesty calls for revealing place of anti-drone activist in Pakistan
Date: 2014-02-12 15:58:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:121 - ID:551870
LONDON, Feb 12 (MENA) - The Pakistani authorities must immediately determine the whereabouts of an anti-drone activist who disappeared days before he was due to travel to Europe to give testimony before the European Parliament, Amnesty International ....
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Egypt obtains court ruling to retrieve 3 smuggled artifacts from Germany
Date: 2014-02-12 15:57:49 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:120 - ID:551770
CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Egypt has obtained a court ruling that gave it the right to retrieve three artifacts, which were smuggled to Germany in 2009, said State Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim. The German custom authorities managed to seize ....
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Germany interrogates 2 archaeologists who stole samples of King Khufu's Cartouche
Date: 2014-02-12 13:14:50 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:92 - ID:551462
CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - The two German archaeologists, who stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche from a small compartment above his burial chamber in the great pyramid, were arrested, announced German Ambassador to Egypt Michael Bock. The German ....
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Brahimi meets with Syrian government, opposition representatives in Geneva
Date: 2014-02-12 12:41:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:80 - ID:551236
GENEVA, Feb 12 (MENA) - Joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met on Wednesday with representatives of Syria's government and opposition, UN spokeswoman Corinne Momal-Vanian said. Brahimi also met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady ....
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Muslims angry over not accepting their blood donations in Austria
Date: 2014-02-12 11:53:48 GMT - Austria - World - SN:66 - ID:551255
VIENNA, Feb 12 (MENA) - A number of the Islamic community members in the Austrian city of Linz expressed anger over the Red Cross's rejection to receive their blood donations, Heute daily reported. In an article titled "The Red Cross does not ....
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Two Chinese die of H7N9 viral infection
Date: 2014-02-12 09:15:37 GMT - China - World - SN:43 - ID:550801
BEIJING, Feb 12 (MENA) - Chinese authorities announced Wednesday the death of two patients who contracted the infectious bird flu H7N9 virus. China reported four more human H7N9 virus infections on Tuesday, including one death. A 70-year-old ....
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UN urged to act on Vietnam over death penalty
Date: 2014-02-12 08:23:42 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:34 - ID:550703
HANOI, Feb 2 (MENA) - Three groups working to get countries to abolish the death penalty have appealed to the United Nations to freeze anti-drug assistance to Vietnam after the communist country sentenced 30 people to die for drug-related offenses, ....
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Russia's AF receives 12 newest fighter planes Su-35S
Date: 2014-02-12 08:10:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:550681
KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR, February 12 (MENA) - The operational inventory of Russia's Air Force (AF) has been replenished on Wednesday with 12 newest multifunctional fighter planes Su-35S of the "4 plus-plus" generation, Itar Tass news agency ....
