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Britain, France sign nuclear energy agreement
Date: 2014-01-31 16:17:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:530599
LONDON, Jan 31 (MENA) - British and French energy ministers said Friday working more closely on nuclear energy would help advance European climate goals for 2030, UPI reported Friday. The European Commission last week called for a reduction in ....
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French FM to receive Egyptian trade min. on Monday
Date: 2014-01-31 14:40:43 GMT - France - World - SN:55 - ID:530382
PARIS, Jan 31 (MENA) – France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will receive Monday Egypt's Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour, the French Foreign Ministry said Friday. Fabius will hold talks with Abdel-Nour on the ....
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UK, France to agree defence, nuclear deals
Date: 2014-01-31 14:05:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:530358
LONDON, Jan 31 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande have agreed to extend defence and nuclear co-operation between the two states during a summit at RAF Brize Norton in London. Cameron announced a two-year ....
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Putin and Russian Security Council members discuss Syria, Ukraine
Date: 2014-01-31 13:58:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:530363
RUSSIA, Jan 31 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the permanent members of the country's Security Council on Friday, the Voice of Russia reported. "The participants in the meeting discussed current issues of the country's social ....
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Lawsuit against French municipality for honoring Lebanese detainee
Date: 2014-01-31 13:17:35 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:530203
PARIS, Jan 31 (MENA) – A lawsuit has been filed against the City Council of Bagnolet east of Paris, challenging its decision to make Lebanese political prisoner Georges Abdallah an "honorary resident". Abdallah is seen by pro-Palestinians ....
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Ukraine army calls on president to take 'urgent steps' to ease crisis
Date: 2014-01-31 12:30:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:45 - ID:530111
KIEV, Jan 31 (MENA) – Ukraine's armed forces on Friday urged President Viktor Yanukovych to take "urgent steps" to defuse the two-month crisis that grabbed the country. By such recent move, the army has entered the fray on the political crisis ....
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UK-France summit kicks off
Date: 2014-01-31 12:10:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:530142
LONDON, Jan 31 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron hosts French President Francois Hollande on Friday for talks set to be dominated by increased cooperation on defence and differences over European Union reform, the BBC reported. The ....
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S-300 missile systems to be delivered to Kazakhstan
Date: 2014-01-31 11:56:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:530128
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (MENA) - Kazakhstan's armed forces will receive enough S-300 antiaircraft missile systems this year to protect the air space, Itar Tass quoted Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying Friday. "An important element of our ....
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New deputy head of UN mission in Libya appointed
Date: 2014-01-30 18:56:04 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:136 - ID:529397
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Mauritanian Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as deputy head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), UN spokesman Faraht Haq said on Thursday. Ould Cheikh will also ....
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Hollande says 'No' to treaty change with UK before the EU referendum
Date: 2014-01-30 18:19:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:131 - ID:529333
LONDON, Jan 30 (MENA) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will have to wait years to re-write the terms of Britain’s membership of the European Union, the Daily Telegraph quoted French President Francois Hollande as having said. Hollande's ....
