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Israel to get aircraft never allowed to be sold to any country - Pentagon
Date: 2014-01-16 05:26:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:501525
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Israel will get V-22 Osprey, which the US has not released to any other nation, according to a statement by the Pentagon late on Wednesday. The news were announced during a meeting between US Acting Deputy Secretary ....
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Italy pledges 38 mln euros in aid
Date: 2014-01-15 21:21:20 GMT - Italy - World - SN:207 - ID:501315
ROME, Jan 15 (MENA) – Italy has pledged 38 million euros in humanitarian aid at an international donor conference in Kuwait, said Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli Wednesday. This is a 70% increase over last year's 22-million-euro donation, ....
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Trial of 4 defendants in Kenya mall attack adjourned to Thursday
Date: 2014-01-15 21:05:18 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:206 - ID:501339
NAIROBI, Jan 15 (MENA) - The trial of four defendants suspected in the Westgate Mall terror attack in Nairobi last year has been adjourned until Thursday, CNN reported Wednesday. The hearing had been under way for only a couple of hours before ....
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Sigmund Freud's ashes targeted in Britain
Date: 2014-01-15 20:40:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:204 - ID:501313
LONDON, Jan 15 (MENA) - "Callous" thieves have tried to steal an urn containing Sigmund Freud's ashes in a raid on a north London crematorium, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The burglars "severely damaged" the 2,300-year-old urn that contains the ....
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Karzai accuses US of killing 8 civilians
Date: 2014-01-15 20:37:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:203 - ID:501303
KABUL, Jan 15 (MENA) - President Hamid Karzai has accused the US of killing seven children and a woman in an airstrike in central Afghanistan - an incident set to further damage frayed ties between the two allies, Te Sky News reported. "As a ....
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Danish woman gang-raped in Indian capital Delhi
Date: 2014-01-15 20:14:30 GMT - India - World - SN:199 - ID:501298
NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (MENA) - Police in the Indian capital Delhi are investigating the alleged gang rape of a Danish woman who lost her way near her city centre hotel, the BBC News reported. The 51-year-old tourist was attacked by a group of men in ....
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Lavrov, Kerry agree to meet at Syria conference in Montreux
Date: 2014-01-15 19:55:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:198 - ID:501227
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the Syria conference in Montreux on January 22, The Voice of Russia reported Wednesday. The agreement was reached ....
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Donors pledge $2.4 billion in aid for Syrians
Date: 2014-01-15 18:53:51 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:186 - ID:501062
KUWAIT, Jan 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the international donors have pledged more than $2.4 billion to help those affected by the fighting in Syria, The Voice of America reported. Ban made the ....
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Iran’s FM in Moscow for Syria talks
Date: 2014-01-15 18:45:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:181 - ID:501145
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Moscow Wednesday evening for talks ahead of an international peace conference on Syria, Ria Novosti reported. Zarif will meet Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ....
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Russia says able to contribute to sustainable global growth
Date: 2014-01-15 18:34:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:180 - ID:501064
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Geopolitical tasks and measures to fight the climate change and customs barriers are the trends where Russia will be able to play an important role within the presidency in the Group of Eight, said Gabriela Ramos, Sherpa of ....
