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Ukrainian-Russian agreements aim at stabilizing trade, economic relations - official
Date: 2013-12-20 16:49:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:81 - ID:452575
KIEV, Dec 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Andrei Klyuyev asserted Friday that the fourteen agreements signed by Ukraine and Russia on December 17 were designed to stabilize trade and economic ....
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Farmers Clash with Police in Greece
Date: 2013-12-20 16:40:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:79 - ID:452591
ATHENS, Dec 20 (MENA) - Farmers from the island of Crete clashed with police Friday outside Greece's parliament as lawmakers prepared to vote on a new property tax that will extend the levy to farms, ABC News reported. Hundreds of farmers took a ....
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Sweden grants asylum to Afghan interpreters
Date: 2013-12-20 14:44:52 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:63 - ID:452368
STOCKHOLM, Dec 20 (MENA) - Sweden has granted asylum to a number of the 30 interpreters that worked alongside its armed forces on the Isaf mission in Afghanistan, The Local reported. "We are pleased that the cooperation with the Armed Forces mean ....
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Ukraine Probes Coup Attempts at Pro-EU Protests – Prosecutor
Date: 2013-12-20 14:18:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:58 - ID:452103
KIEV, Dec 20 (MENA) – Ukraine's Security Service is investigating alleged coup attempts by members of radical groups during the ongoing mass pro-EU riots in Kiev, a top Ukrainian prosecutor told RIA Novosti Friday. "At protest actions on ....
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Putin to visit Iran
Date: 2013-12-19 15:35:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:450844
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to pay an official visit to Iran, but the time of the visit is not fixed yet. During an annual press conference on Thursday, Putin said that the matter will be discussed by the ....
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Putin refuses to name his successor, says it is too early to discuss this issue
Date: 2013-12-19 14:24:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:450263
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) - Vladimir Putin has declined to name his possible successor at the post of Russia's president, saying that it is too early to discuss this matter. "I did not say anything about my successor because I have nothing to say," ....
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Self-made bomb detonates in Moscow’s south
Date: 2013-12-19 13:58:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:450453
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) – An improvised explosive device detonated at a kiosk in southern Moscow, hurting an accidental passerby, ITAR-TASS reported. Initially, it was believed to be an explosion of a gas cylinder. As the press service of ....
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Putin denies intention to amend Russian constitution
Date: 2013-12-19 13:53:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:450681
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) - Russian President Valdimir Putin denied intention to amend the Russian constitution, according to The Voice of Russia. Putin considered it unacceptable to amend the constitution in order to change the system of forming ....
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Zarif arrives in Pakistan for D-8 meeting
Date: 2013-12-19 07:36:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:15 - ID:449788
TEHRAN, Dec 19 (MENA) - Heading a political-parliamentary delegation, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad early Thursday to participate in and deliver a speech to the 16th Session of the D-8 ....
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'Situation in S.Sudan extremely confused': UN spokesman
Date: 2013-12-18 22:12:57 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:192 - ID:449491
NEW YORK, Dec 18 (MENA) – Spokesman of the UN secretary-general declined Wednesday to describe events witnessed in South Sudan as a coup attempt, saying the situation in there is 'extremely confused'. "The situation is extremely confused. He said ....
