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UN chief deplores attack on UNAMID convoy in Darfur
Date: 2013-12-29 20:59:02 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:153 - ID:468718
NEW YORK, Dec 29 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was appalled to learn of an armed attack by unidentified assailants on a convoy of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) near Greida, South Darfur ....
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Afghanistan gains will be lost quickly after drawdown, US intelligence estimate warns
Date: 2013-12-29 20:07:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:149 - ID:468602
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - A new American intelligence assessment on the Afghan war predicts that the gains the United States and its allies have made during the past three years are likely to have been significantly eroded by 2017, even if ....
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William Hague urges South Sudan rivals to halt violence
Date: 2013-12-29 20:03:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:147 - ID:468678
LONDON, Dec 29 (MENA) - The UK foreign secretary has spoken to the leaders of both sides in the conflict in South Sudan and urged them to commit to an immediate ceasefire, the BBC News reported. William Hague urged South Sudanese President Salva ....
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7 militants killed, 2 injured in Afghan military operations
Date: 2013-12-29 19:05:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:139 - ID:468561
KABUL, Dec 29 (MENA) - At least nine militants were killed or injured during joint military operations by Afghan national security forces in various provinces of Afghanistan during the past 24 hours, Khaama Press reported on Sunday. The interior ....
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Quake in southern Italy rattles Naples area
Date: 2013-12-29 18:43:53 GMT - Italy - World - SN:138 - ID:468566
ROME, Dec 29 (MENA) - An earthquake has rattled much of southern Italy, sending frightened people into the streets of Naples and in towns in the countryside, the ABC News reported. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said ....
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N. Ireland talks resume for 'one final effort'
Date: 2013-12-29 18:36:39 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:136 - ID:468505
BELFAST, Dec 29 (MENA) - Negotiations over outstanding issues hanging over the political settlement in Northern Ireland have resumed under the chairmanship of the US diplomat Richard Haass, The Guardian reported. Four of the five main parties ....
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Russian law enforcement chiefs assigned to arrest perpetrators of train station blast
Date: 2013-12-29 16:42:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:468343
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered law enforcement chiefs to investigate the incident which killed at least 13 people at train station in the city of Volgograd and find those behind the suicide bombing, according to ....
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Iran to investigate EU demand for opening embassy
Date: 2013-12-29 13:13:29 GMT - Iran - World - SN:89 - ID:467607
TEHRAN, Dec 29 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the country would investigate an EU demand for opening an embassy in Tehran. "We have witnessed willingness of some EU members for starting diplomatic mission in ....
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Turkey's AGl summons Erdogan's son
Date: 2013-12-29 12:55:44 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:83 - ID:467523
ANKARA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Istanbul's attorney general has summoned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan's son, Bilal, to be questioned over corruption charges. The attorney's decision to summon Bilal came in the wake of news reports that ....
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Suspected female suicide bomber kills 13 in Russia's south
Date: 2013-12-29 11:49:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:467511
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) – The Russian National Antiterrorist Committee said Sunday a female suicide bomber is suspected to have carried out the attack at a railway station in Volgograd. In a statement, spokesperson for the Investigative Committee ....
