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UN chief welcomes validation of Madagascar presidential elections results
Date: 2014-01-19 06:19:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:506822
NEW YORK, Jan 19 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the validation of the final results of Madagascar's presidential election, which international observers have assessed as peaceful and orderly. He called on all ....
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Japanese WWII soldier who refused to surrender for 29 years dies
Date: 2014-01-18 22:18:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:146 - ID:506756
TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - A Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle and refused to surrender until 29 years after the end of World War II died on Friday aged 91. Hiroo Onada was one of the last of many so-called "hold-outs" dotted around Asia who ....
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Water leakage found inside No. 3 reactor of Japanese Fukushima plant
Date: 2014-01-18 20:57:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:134 - ID:506719
TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - Water that could contain radioactive material has been pouring into a drain on the first floor of the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power said Saturday. The camera of a ....
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2 Americans among 21 killed in attack on restaurant in Kabul
Date: 2014-01-18 20:14:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:128 - ID:506662
KABUL, Jan 18 (MENA) - At least two Americans were among 21 killed in a Taliban attack Friday on a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners and affluent Afghans, the deadliest violence against foreign civilians in the country since the start of the ....
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Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue's thumb chipped in storm
Date: 2014-01-18 18:40:24 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:116 - ID:506452
BRASILIA, Jan 18 (MENA) - A lightning strike has damaged a thumb of Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer statue, the BBC reported on Saturday. The thumb on the right hand of the 38m statue was hit during a storm on Thursday night, ....
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AI urges Ukraine to repeal 'repressive law'
Date: 2014-01-18 17:28:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:105 - ID:506376
KIEV, Jan 18 (MENA) - Amnesty International called on Ukraine to cancel a "repressive legislation" that passed at record speed without discussion in the parliament. "The new laws passed on 16 January will suffocate freedom of speech and the right ....
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Obama recognizes global rights to privacy, still falls far short on safeguards
Date: 2014-01-18 15:32:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:506230
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - In response to President Obama’s speech today on surveillance, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement on Saturday: “The big picture takeaway from today's ....
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Spanish police arrest man wanted by US for fraud
Date: 2014-01-18 15:15:34 GMT - Spain - World - SN:84 - ID:506229
MADRID, Jan 18 (MENA) - Officials say the Spanish police have arrested a fugitive wanted by US authorities for a multimillion dollar cellphone fraud. Juegers Veloz, a 37-year-old Dominican national, was part of a criminal network that allegedly ....
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Russian security forces kill 7 in north Caucasus firefight
Date: 2014-01-18 14:28:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:506040
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) – Seven militants have been killed during an operation in the capital of Russia's troubled North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, RIA Novosti reported Saturday. The six men and one woman were killed by security forces ....
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Norway's Foreign Minister arrive Moscow Sunday
Date: 2014-01-18 12:41:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:505833
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) – Foreign Minister of Norway Borge Brende will arrive in Russia on Sunday on a working visit that will last until Tuesday to discuss with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov ways to activate the political dialogue and promote ....
