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Kabul attack in reprisal to civilian deaths in US airstrike- Taliban
Date: 2014-01-18 10:23:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:505419
Kabul, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has said that the attack on Lebanese restaurant was carried out in reprisal to the recent US airstrike in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan, which left at least 14 civilians ....
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Chinese president affirms support to GCC
Date: 2014-01-18 09:32:21 GMT - China - World - SN:24 - ID:505394
BEIJING, Jan 18 (MENA) - China will continue to develop long-term friendship with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two sides should strengthen planning and expand their cooperation, added the president ....
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Death toll hits 21 in Taliban suicide attack in Kabul
Date: 2014-01-18 08:12:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:505266
KABUL, Jan 18 (MENA) - Afghan authorities said the death toll from an attack on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, frequented by foreigners, officials and business people, rose to 21 on Saturday, Voice of America reported. An International Monetary ....
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IMF official killed in Kabul blast
Date: 2014-01-18 08:09:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:12 - ID:505272
NEW York, Jan 18 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund's representative in Afghanistan has been killed in the attack on a Kabul restaurant that left at least 14 people dead, Sky News reported Saturday. The fund says its resident representative ....
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Four UN Nations' employees missing after attack in Kabul
Date: 2014-01-17 22:41:26 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:145 - ID:505059
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (MENA) – The United Nations announced Friday four members of its forces are missing five hours after at least 14 people were killed in a multiple Taliban suicide attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul, Sky News reported. "Four ....
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Hagel hails Obama's decisions to reform NSA programs
Date: 2014-01-17 21:39:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:137 - ID:505014
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel praised a decision by President Barack Obama to reform the signal intelligence programs. "I fully support the reforms to signals intelligence programs that President Obama outlined ....
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At least 14 Afghans and foreigners dead in Kabul restaurant attack
Date: 2014-01-17 21:08:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:135 - ID:504993
KABUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber and two gunmen struck a central Kabul restaurant popular with aid workers, diplomats and business people. The British Foreign Office in London said it was urgently ....
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Two explosions hit capital of Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, injure 14
Date: 2014-01-17 20:59:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:134 - ID:504939
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Twin blasts hit Makhachkala, the capital of the southern Russian republic of Dagestan leaving 14 people were injured, among them two police officers, Russia Today reported Friday. The first explosion occurred when a ....
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Russian Pacific Fleet airbase supplied with drones
Date: 2014-01-17 19:55:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:122 - ID:504932
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) – Several drone systems and a ground control station have been delivered to a Russian Pacific Fleet airbase in Kamchatka, fleet spokesman Capt. 1st Rank Roman Martov told Interfax news agency. A source in the country's ....
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Indian Minister's wife found dead in Delhi
Date: 2014-01-17 19:36:41 GMT - India - World - SN:118 - ID:504931
NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (MENA) - The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has been found dead, following reports that he was having an affair, the BBC quoted Indian media as saying on Friday. Sunanda Pushkar is reported to have been discovered at a ....
