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  • Ashton urges end to violence against Ukraine protesters

    Date: 2014-02-03 07:01:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:534355

    BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (MENA) - EU foreign and security affairs official Catherine Ashton condemned violence against peaceful protesters in Ukraine, the BBC reported Monday. The condemnation came after opposition activist Dmytro Bulatov, 35, appeared on ....

  • Iranian FM: US illusion of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program impeding final deal

    Date: 2014-02-02 20:43:30 GMT - Iran - World - SN:144 - ID:534207

    TEHRAN, Feb 2 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted the US officials for their unrealistic expectations from Tehran, and said their illusion about dismantling the country's nuclear program has prevented a final agreement ....

  • Karzai unlikely to sign Afghan-US security agreement: Rasmussen

    Date: 2014-02-02 19:41:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:136 - ID:534132

    KABUL, Feb 2 (MENA) - The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed doubts regarding president Hamid Karzai’s intention to sign the bilateral security agreement between Kabul and Washington before Afghan elections, Khaama Press ....

  • Beaten protest leader Dmytro Bulatov 'has left Ukraine'

    Date: 2014-02-02 19:37:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:134 - ID:534149

    KIEV, Feb 2 (MENA) - A Ukrainian protest leader who says he was abducted and tortured has left the country for medical treatment, BBC reported Sunday. Dmytro Bulatov, who is thought to be on his way to Lithuania, appeared on TV last week with a ....

  • Japan offers 10 million euros to Syria-aid fund

    Date: 2014-02-02 16:27:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:108 - ID:533713

    MUNICH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday in a meeting with German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier that Tokyo will offer about 10 million euros for a German-led fund to help civil war-stricken Syria, Kyodo News ....

  • Hillary Clinton has commanding lead over Democrats – Poll

    Date: 2014-02-02 14:27:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:533595

    WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a commanding 6 to 1 lead over other Democrats heading into the 2016 presidential campaign, while the Republican field is deeply divided with no clear front-runner, according to a new Washington ....

  • Greek anti-fascists clash with riot police after right-wing rally

    Date: 2014-02-02 14:07:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:72 - ID:533484

    ATHENS, Feb 2 (MENA) - At least two people have been injured in Greece in clashes between police forces and supporters of a far-right party, reported the Voice of Russia. In November 2013, the Greek government implemented a crackdown on Golden ....

  • League for Egyptian communities in Austria decides to launch campaign to support Sisi

    Date: 2014-02-02 11:03:16 GMT - Austria - World - SN:30 - ID:533024

    VIENNA, Feb 2 (MENA) – The board of the league for Egyptian communities in Austria has decided to launch a campaign to support Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Military Production Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to join the next ....

  • My European tour aims to talk directly to policymakers - FM

    Date: 2014-02-02 10:39:06 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:22 - ID:532928

    CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy left Cairo Sunday morning for a European tour that includes Italy, Germany and the Netherlands to meet their senior officials to discuss ways to promote bilateral relations and regional and ....

  • Thailand tense as disputed election gets under way

    Date: 2014-02-02 07:27:48 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:5 - ID:532633

    BANGKOK, Feb 2 (MENA) - Millions of Thais are voting in a general election boycotted by the opposition and blighted by protests, the BBC reported. Anti-government activists have forced some polling stations in Bangkok and the south to close but a ....

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