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UN chief welcomes IGAD summit outcome over S.Sudan crisis
Date: 2013-12-28 19:40:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:111 - ID:466792
NEW YORK, Dec 28 (MENA) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the outcome of an Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit that was held on the crisis in South Sudan. The summit appointed a mediation team to work with the Government ....
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Quake shakes Turkey's Antalya; no casualties reported
Date: 2013-12-28 17:59:06 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:97 - ID:466688
ANKARA, Dec 29 (MENA) - A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck in the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Turkish province of Antalya. No damage or casualties were reported. The Istanbul-based Kandilli seismology center said the earthquake occurred at ....
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Uzbekistan ninth member state of CIS free trade zone agreement
Date: 2013-12-28 15:33:28 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:80 - ID:466484
TASHKENT, Dec 28 (MENA) - Uzbekistan has become the ninth member state of the CIS free trade zone agreement. The republic's President Islam Karimov has signed the law on the ratification of the protocol on the use of the free trade zone agreement ....
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Afghan high peace council delegation leaves for Saudi Arabia
Date: 2013-12-28 15:09:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:74 - ID:466452
KABUL, Dec 28 (MENA) – A delegation of the Afghan high peace council members left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday, to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, http://www.khaama.com/ reported. Afghan officials have said that the ....
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British tourists among injured at a hotel bar explosion in Tenerife
Date: 2013-12-28 15:08:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:466404
LONDON, Dec 28 (MENA) –Three British tourists were among five injured after an explosion in a hotel pool bar on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife, according to Skynews in London. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven ....
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Corruption scandal is test for Turkey's democracy – German FM
Date: 2013-12-28 15:07:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:71 - ID:466451
BERLIN, Dec 28 (MENA) – The ongoing high-profile graft scandal in Turkey is a test for the state of democracy and rule of law in the country, commented new German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In an interview for Bild am ....
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At least 26 dead in India train fire
Date: 2013-12-28 14:17:33 GMT - India - World - SN:60 - ID:466333
NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (MENA) – At least 26 people were killed and eight injured after a compartment of a passenger train caught fire early Saturday in southeast India, officials said. Some 60 passengers were on board when the fire broke out on a ....
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Russians name Putin as Man of the Year – survey
Date: 2013-12-28 14:05:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:466239
MOSCOW, Dec 28 (MENA) – Russians have named President Vladimir Putin as the Man of the Year in 2013, according to a new survey. According to RIA Novosti, twenty-six percent of respondents chose Putin and seven percent, Defense Minister Sergei ....
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Prosecutor oversees investigation into Pyatigorsk blast
Date: 2013-12-28 14:05:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:466238
PYATIGORSK, Russia, Dec 28 (MENA) – The Stavropol Territory's Prosecutor Yuri Turygin personally oversees the investigation into the car bomb explosion in Pyatigorsk, a source at the prosecutor's office told Itar-Tass. A criminal case is opened ....
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Several bodies found in in CAR capital Bangui
Date: 2013-12-27 22:41:40 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:153 - ID:465438
BANGUI, Dec 27 (MENA) – The African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (MISCA) discovered Thursday several bodies in a valley called Colline des Panthères in the CAR capital, Bangui. A team from MISCA, ....
