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Egypt FM, German national security adviser discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2014-02-06 11:09:01 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:540439
CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met, at the end of his visit to Germany, with the German national security adviser. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral ties and ways of boosting them in the various fields, ....
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North Korea threatens to renege on reunions with South
Date: 2014-02-06 08:50:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:540145
SEOUL, Feb 6 (MENA) - Barely a day after the two Koreas agreed to resume reunions for divided families, North Korea threatened Thursday to renege on the deal unless the South scraps looming military drills with the United States, Yonhap reported. ....
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Park voices relief over inter-Korean family reunions
Date: 2014-02-06 07:22:01 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:539969
SEOUL, Feb 6 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye expressed relief Thursday over an inter-Korean agreement to hold a new round of reunions for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, her spokesman was quoted by Yonhap News Agency as ....
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Bus crash in Nepal kills 14
Date: 2014-02-06 07:02:55 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:10 - ID:539966
KATMANDU, Feb 6 (MENA) - A bus veered off a mountain highway in Nepal and plunged into a river, killing 14 people and injuring seven others, ABC news reported Government administrator Shiva Raj Joshi said the bus skidded off the Sidhartha highway ....
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Kerry tells Iran that existing sanctions will stay in place as nuclear negotiations continue
Date: 2014-02-05 22:59:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:144 - ID:539846
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - Secretary of State John F. Kerry told Iran’s foreign minister Sunday that the United States will continue to enforce existing sanctions on Iran while bargaining over a deal to rein in Iran’s disputed nuclear program. ....
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Ashton arrives in Kiev
Date: 2014-02-05 22:17:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:134 - ID:539733
KIEV, Feb 5 (MENA) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived Wednesday in Kiev to meet Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. During the meeting the two sides will discuss effort to resolve a two-month crisis as lawmakers battled over a ....
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Russian Soyuz launches Progress craft carrying ISS supplies
Date: 2014-02-05 22:01:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:129 - ID:539691
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (MENA) – A Russian Soyuz-U rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday evening carrying a Progress-M resupply vehicle loaded with cargo for the International Space Station, RIA Novosti reported. ....
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UN declines to comment on report of Vatican's abuse
Date: 2014-02-05 21:22:09 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:126 - ID:539734
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (MENA) – The United Nations declined Wednesday to comment on the report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the Vatican abuse. "The committee's members were independent experts who spoke for themselves," the UN ....
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IISS warns of decline in Britain's military force
Date: 2014-02-05 21:20:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:125 - ID:539576
LONDON, Feb 5 (MENA) - The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warned Wednesday that the British army is slipping down in its power standing among other world powers. Britain has slipped down a league table of military spending, ....
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Head of UK Independence Party shuns anti-Muslim marks
Date: 2014-02-05 20:41:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:122 - ID:539667
LONDON, Feb 5 (MENA) - Head of UK Independence Party Nigel Farage appeared to be distancing himself from the remarks made by his colleague in the party and Member of Parliament Gerard Batten concerning activating "code of conduct for Muslims". In ....
