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Ukraine court releases all demonstrators arrested during violent crackdown
Date: 2013-12-13 13:07:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:43 - ID:438115
KIEV, Dec 13 (MENA) - A Ukrainian court has released all those arrested during a violent police dispersal of demonstrators near the presidential administration building, one of the demands of the opposition that has conducted three weeks of large ....
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Al Qaeda 'armies' growing in Syria pose threat to region, official warns
Date: 2013-12-12 22:15:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:172 - ID:437434
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - Al Qaeda is said to have formed armies that could spread throughout the Middle East, the World Tribune reported Thursday. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned that Al Qaeda and aligned militias were turning into ....
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Putin says Russia helped to prevent military intervention in Syria
Date: 2013-12-12 21:34:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:170 - ID:437413
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - It was Russia’s involvement that to a large degree helped to prevent military intervention in Syria and paved the way for the deal involving the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, Russian President Vladimir ....
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Tunisia losing control of its border areas to jihadists, drug smugglers- US paper
Date: 2013-12-12 19:53:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:159 - ID:437261
NEW YORK, Dec 12 (MENA) - Tunisia, confronted by Al Qaeda, has been struggling to maintain security along its borders, the World Tribune said Thursday. The International Crisis Group asserted that Tunisia was losing control over its borders, ....
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Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah
Date: 2013-12-12 18:49:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:151 - ID:437196
LONDON, Dec 12 (MENA) - Bangladesh has executed a senior Islamist opposition leader convicted of committing war crimes during the country's 1971 struggle for independence – a move expected to ignite a bitter reaction from his party's followers, the ....
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Chinese FM to visit Middle East, N Africa
Date: 2013-12-12 18:44:25 GMT - China - World - SN:149 - ID:437068
BEIJING, Dec 12 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will make a tour to Middle East and North Africa on December 17-26, Foreign Ministry said Thursday in a statement. The tour will include Palestine, Israel, Algeria, Morocco and Saudi ....
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Top US-backed rebel commander flees Syria
Date: 2013-12-12 18:02:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:145 - ID:437089
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - The top Western-backed rebel commander in Syria has fled the country amid growing infighting with Islamist rebels, US officials said Wednesday. Gen. Salim Idris of the Free Syrian Army fled into Turkey and flew to ....
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Abbas to meet Kerry in Ramallah
Date: 2013-12-12 17:48:24 GMT - palestine - World - SN:142 - ID:437105
RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Abbas would meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in Ramllah Thursday evening. The meeting will tackle the topics that were presented during a ....
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Kerry says US efforts address world's problems
Date: 2013-12-12 17:44:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:141 - ID:437095
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said history shows the role American leadership and diplomacy played in addressing the world's problems. Kerry touched upon the Barack Obama administration's efforts on the nuclear deal ....
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Russia plans to increase arms exports to $ 50 Bln by 2020
Date: 2013-12-12 17:17:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:134 - ID:436881
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) – A senior Russian official said that his country could quadruple its annual arms sales to $50 billion by 2020 in a race for the top spot on the global arms exporters list, Ria Novosti reported Thursday. "Not counting ....
