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Lavrov to meet Kerry, UN chief in Geneva- Russian official
Date: 2014-01-21 17:34:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:163 - ID:512234
MOSCOW, Jan 21 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is likely to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday in Geneva, an official source told Itar-Tass. Lavrov has arrived in Geneva, ....
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Iran's absence from Geneva II to undermine Syria peace efforts- Russia
Date: 2014-01-21 17:20:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:158 - ID:512224
MOSCOW, Jan 21 (MENA) - Moscow believes that UN secretary general's decision to revoke his invitation to Iran for Geneva II talks will "undermine international efforts on the Syrian crisis settlement," Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman said on ....
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Lavrov: Russia seeks UN’s central role in normalizing situation in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-01-21 16:45:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:145 - ID:512162
MOSCOW, Jan 21 (MENA) – Moscow seeks the United Nations’ central role in efforts towards normalizing the situation in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in his opening remarks to the talks with Jan Kubis, head of the ....
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Greek firm refuses to refuel Syrian peace envoys’ plane
Date: 2014-01-21 16:10:39 GMT - Greece - World - SN:133 - ID:512034
ATHENS, Jan 21 (MENA) - A Syrian government delegation heading to peace talks in Switzerland was delayed in Athens on Tuesday when a Greek firm refused to refuel its plane, citing an EU trade embargo, euronews said, quoting the head of Greece’s ....
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Ban meets Ashton to discuss final arrangements for tomorrow's Geneva 2 conference
Date: 2014-01-21 15:35:43 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:127 - ID:511937
GENEVA, Jan 21 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had talks here on Tuesday with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on the last minute arrangements for tomorrow's Geneva 2 conference on Syria. They also ....
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French geopolitician says Egypt on right track toward recovery
Date: 2014-01-21 14:31:50 GMT - France - World - SN:111 - ID:511819
PARIS, Jan 21 (MENA) - Charles Saint-Prot, the director of the Observatoire d’études géopolitiques, has said that Egypt is moving on the right track toward recovery. Now that a new constitution has been endorsed, Egypt is gearing up for ....
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Obama to visit Pope Francis in March
Date: 2014-01-21 14:29:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:511893
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama will travel to Europe in March to attend a pair of summit meetings and to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The White House announced Tuesday that Obama ....
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IGAD extraordinary summit cancelled
Date: 2014-01-21 14:21:40 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:106 - ID:511776
KHARTOUM Jan 21 (MENA) - The Sudanese government received a memo from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on cancelling its extraordinary summit, which was scheduled in Juba city on Thursday. The government in Khartoum ....
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Thailand imposes state of emergency over unrest
Date: 2014-01-21 14:07:53 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:102 - ID:511648
BANGKOK, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Thai government has imposed a 60-day state of emergency in the capital, Bangkok and the surrounding provinces, from Wednesday, to cope with unrest, the BBC reported. The decree gives the government wide-ranging powers ....
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Egypt's delegate to UN submits credentials
Date: 2014-01-21 11:32:16 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:63 - ID:511153
GENEVA, Jan 21 (MENA) - Head of UN office in Geneva Michael Moller received Tuesday the credentials of Ambassador Walid Mahmoud Abdel-Nasser as Egypt' permanent delegate to the international organization. The Egyptian diplomat underlined Egypt's ....
