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At least 13 killed as train crashes into taxi bus in Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-04 17:24:53 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:123 - ID:537608
KIEV, Feb 4 (MENA) - At least thirteen people have died and seven others were injured when a commuter train slammed into a shuttle bus in Sumy province in the northeastern part of the Ukraine, the Voice of Russian reported Tuesday. "The shuttle ....
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Putin signs law on military police
Date: 2014-02-04 16:32:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:116 - ID:537521
MOSCOW, Feb 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on military police, approved by the State Duma lower house on January 24 and by the Federation Council upper house on January 29, Itar Tass reported Tuesday. The document ....
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UN calls for more cancer preventive measures
Date: 2014-02-04 15:04:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:104 - ID:537259
CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) - With new cancer cases worldwide expected to rise from 14 million to 22 million per year within the next two decades, and annual cancer deaths rising from 8.2 million to 13 million, the United Nations today called for ....
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OIC urges parterns to aid CAR refugees in Chad
Date: 2014-02-04 14:57:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:99 - ID:537256
JEDDAH, Feb. 4 (MENA) – The Secretary General of Organization of the Islamic Conference Eiad Amin Madani urged all Islamic partners to provide urgent humanitarian aid for Chad, which received huge influx of refugees coming from Central Africa ....
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Queen to meet Pope Francis in Rome
Date: 2014-02-04 13:32:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:74 - ID:537027
LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are to visit Rome later this year for an audience with Pope Francis, Buckingham Palace has said. The royal couple will also have a private lunch with Italian president Giorgio ....
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US report says Assad "becomes stronger"
Date: 2014-02-04 12:09:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:536407
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) – A report issued by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Syrian embattled president Bashar Assad became stronger thanks to the military aid provided by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. The boost in Assad's ....
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Italian amb. to Egypt says Rome convinced June 30 was revolution
Date: 2014-02-04 12:05:50 GMT - Italy - World - SN:54 - ID:536797
ROME, Feb 4 (MENA) - Italian Ambassador to Egypt Maurizio Massari said Tuesday his country is convinced that June 30 was a revolution. Rome has never called it a coup, Massari told MENA correspondent here. Massari is in Rome to attend meetings ....
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Pakistan peace talks with Taliban are delayed
Date: 2014-02-04 11:51:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:51 - ID:536861
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4 (MENA) - Pakistani government negotiators say they are not planning to meet a Taliban team for preliminary peace talks in Islamabad as expected on Tuesday, reported the BBC. The government side said before talks began they wanted ....
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49 Injured in roof collapse at Kyrgyz Islamic School
Date: 2014-02-04 11:33:00 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:47 - ID:536359
BISHKEK, Feb 4 (MENA) – Forty-nine people were injured when a roof collapsed at an Islamic religious school in southern Kyrgyzstan, a Health Ministry spokesman said Monday. “According to our information, 49 people injured in the building’s ....
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Travel chaos expected during two-day London underground strike
Date: 2014-02-04 11:05:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:536743
LONDON, Feb 4 (MENA) - London faces travel chaos when workers on the Underground railway go on strike for 48 hours to protest the loss of hundreds of jobs from the closure of ticket offices, ABC news reported Tuesday. After Monday's talks broke ....
