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Obama nears decision on NSA reforms as spy leaders meet at White House
Date: 2014-01-09 15:42:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:145 - ID:488811
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - leaders of the US intelligence agencies were holding talks at the White House as US President Barack Obama neared a decision on curbing the National Security Agency’s controversial bulk surveillance powers, The Guardian ....
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Nuclear talks show US enmity to Iran - Khamenei
Date: 2014-01-09 15:41:50 GMT - Iran - World - SN:144 - ID:488097
TEHRAN, Jan 9 (MENA) – Nuclear negotiations with major powers had revealed the US “enmity” towards Iran, the Islamic republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday hours before the resumption of talks in Geneva. “We had ....
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Russian foreign office summons Senegal's charge d'affaires over trawler detention
Date: 2014-01-09 15:39:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:142 - ID:488723
MOSCOW, Jan 9 (MENA) - Senegalese Charge D'Affaires in Russia Mamadou Dieng was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday over the detention of the Oleg Naydenov trawler, The Voice of Russia reported Thursday. "The charge d'affaires of ....
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Compensations to Volgograd terrorist acts victims paid
Date: 2014-01-09 15:18:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:132 - ID:488403
MOSCOW, Jan 9 (MENA) - Compensations to the victims of the terrorist acts in Volgograd have been paid, Emergencies Deputy Minister Vladimir Stepanov said. “Compensations have been paid in full,” Stepanov said, according to Itar Tass on ....
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Germany will destroy Syria's chemical weapons on its soil
Date: 2014-01-09 15:04:13 GMT - Germany - World - SN:127 - ID:488798
BERLIN, Jan 9 (MENA) - Germany is joining international efforts to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons, the foreign and defense ministries have announced. Waste from the destroyed weapons would be burned at a government facility in the ....
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Arab League chief heads for Paris over Palestinian-Israeli peace talks
Date: 2014-01-09 11:41:05 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:68 - ID:488249
CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi will head for Paris on Friday to take part in an Arab ministerial meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations. The meeting, to take place on Sunday, comes under the ....
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S. Korea, US to conduct annual military drills in late Feb.
Date: 2014-01-09 11:29:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:67 - ID:488258
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States will start their annual military drills next month, military officials said Thursday, despite North Korea's rejection of family reunions citing the planned exercises. The computer-based ....
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Libyan foreign ministry summons Malta ambassador
Date: 2014-01-09 10:26:30 GMT - Libya - World - SN:49 - ID:487769
TRIPOLI, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Libyan Foreign Ministry summoned on Thursday Malta's ambassador in Tripoli to ask him about a Maltese-flagged oil tanker which tried to illegally sail into the Libyan territorial waters. "What happened is an ....
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Chinese deputy FM leaves Egypt for Tunisia
Date: 2014-01-09 09:12:44 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:35 - ID:487823
CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) – China's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Ming left Cairo Thursday for Tunisia, wrapping up a two-day visit to Egypt. During the visit, he had talks with an Egyptian team, led by Assistant Foreign Minister Ahmed ....
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N Korea rejects South proposal for family reunions
Date: 2014-01-09 07:57:32 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:487678
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - North Korea on Thursday rejected a South Korean proposal for resuming reunions for families separated by the Korean War, citing planned South-US military exercises as a major barrier, Yonhap reported. The North's main body ....
