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UN evacuating 'non-critical' staff from South Sudan
Date: 2013-12-22 20:57:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:136 - ID:456140
NEW YORK, Dec 22 (MENA) - The United Nations began evacuating "non-critical staff" from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and will send military reinforcements to embattled towns further north, it said Sunday. The UN mission in South Sudan ....
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Germany’s new defense minister makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Date: 2013-12-22 15:42:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:84 - ID:455721
KABUL, Dec 22 (MENA) - The new defense minister of Germany, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday to visit German troops stationed in northern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. Her visit comes five days after she took office as ....
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13 people face charges over blaze at Tazreen factory in Bangladesh
Date: 2013-12-22 09:49:49 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:31 - ID:454876
DHAKA, Dec 22 (MENA) - Thirteen people, including the two owners, have been charged over a factory fire in Bangladesh in November 2012 that killed more than 100 people, the BBC reported. Police said they had charged Delwar Hossain and his wife, ....
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4 China ships intrude into Japan waters around Senkaku Islands
Date: 2013-12-22 09:09:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:454777
NAHA, Japan, Dec. 22 (MENA) - Four Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, Kyodo reported quoting Japan Coast Guard as having said. The intrusion, which a Japan ....
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Thai opposition holds mass rally in Bangkok
Date: 2013-12-22 09:09:00 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:24 - ID:454778
BANGKOK, Dec 22 (MENA) - The Thai opposition is holding a mass rally in the capital Bangkok as its campaign to bring down the government of Yingluck Shinawatra continues, the BBC reported. Protest leaders say they expect a turnout of hundreds of ....
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2 dead as unusual weather mix sweeps US
Date: 2013-12-22 08:21:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:454703
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (MENA) - At least two people are dead after a bizarre mix of weather across the US spawned everything from tornadoes to ice storms to record-setting warmth, CNN reported. The two deaths occurred in the Mississippi counties of ....
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Japanese robot crushes competition in robot olympics
Date: 2013-12-22 08:20:13 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:454690
TOKYO, Dec 22 (MENA) - After a two-day competition, a two-legged, 209-pound (95 kilograms) blue robot, built by a Japanese robotics company, took the top score in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials, where it scored 27 out of a possible 32 points, ....
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Russia to hail Ukraine involvement in CIS integration processes - Lavrov
Date: 2013-12-22 08:05:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:454689
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (MENA) - Russia would welcome Ukraine's involvement in integration processes in the Commonwealth of Independent States, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "Naturally, we are interested to see Ukraine as participating in ....
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NATO starts negotiating its forces’ status in Afghanistan after 2014
Date: 2013-12-22 07:54:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:454634
KABUL, Dec 22 (MENA) - NATO has begun negotiating a Status of Forces Agreement with Afghanistan without waiting until the Karzai government signs the security deal with the US, ABC news reported quoting the Pentagon and NATO. NATO Secretary ....
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Germany’s new defense minister makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Date: 2013-12-22 06:41:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:454580
KABUL, Dec 22 (MENA) - The new defense minister of Germany Ursula Von Der Leyen following an unannounced visit arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday to visit German troops stationed in northern Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Khaama newspaper reported. Her ....
