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Thai Protesters cut off power to PM's offices as PM calls for broad meeting
Date: 2013-12-12 09:00:38 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:28 - ID:435977
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - Anti-government protesters cut off electricity to the prime minister's office compound on Thursday and demanded that police abandon the premises, piling pressure on the government amid a political crisis that has dragged ....
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Ex-Thai PM Abhisit indicted for murder over rally crackdown
Date: 2013-12-12 08:47:23 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:26 - ID:436000
BANGKOK, Dec 12 (MENA) - Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was indicted for murder Thursday in connection with a deadly military crackdown on mass opposition protests in Bangkok three years ago, the BBC reported. The move comes as ....
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Putin gives speech on 20th constitution anniversary
Date: 2013-12-12 08:40:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:435947
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to the Federal Assembly later Thursday, to mark the day the Russian Constitution was adopted 20 years ago, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. The Kremlin has ....
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Police detain men suspected of setting churches on fire in Tatarstan: Interior Ministry
Date: 2013-12-12 08:32:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:435885
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Tatarstan’s police has announced the detention of men suspected of setting on fire at least two Orthodox churches, ITAR-TASS quoted an Interior Ministry source as saying on Thursday. The source said the detained are ....
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Bird strike caused wreck of $8 million jet - US Air Force
Date: 2013-12-11 22:12:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:193 - ID:435650
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (MENA) - US Air Force investigators have confirmed that a bird strike caused an $8 million jet to crash in Texas during a training flight in July, the Fox News reported Tuesday. Two pilots suffered minor injuries when they ....
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S. Korea president discusses future growth with Singapore PM
Date: 2013-12-11 22:10:15 GMT - south korea - World - SN:190 - ID:435600
SEOUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Wednesday and discussed ways to forge closer cooperation in developing future growth engines for their countries, Yonhap News Agency ....
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UN demands 'immediate halt' for demolishing Palestinians' homes in Jordan Valley
Date: 2013-12-11 21:54:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:186 - ID:435597
NEW YORK, Dec 11 (MENA) – The United Nations asked Israel on Wednesday to halt immediately the demolition of Palestinians' homes in the Jordan Valley, UN secretary-general spokesman Martin Nesirky said. "The demolitions must be brought to an ....
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Iran, IAEA term latest meeting as fruitful
Date: 2013-12-11 21:25:48 GMT - Austria - World - SN:184 - ID:435590
VIENNA, Dec 11, (MENA) – Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a joint statement described their Wednesday's meeting as fruitful, IRNA news agency reported. They said that the next round of talks will be held in Tehran on January ....
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Boko Haram abducts 36 people in Nigeria
Date: 2013-12-11 20:14:32 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:174 - ID:435518
ABUJA, Dec 11 (MENA) - Nine female traders and twenty-seven other young men were abducted Wednesday by suspected Boko Haram members, Nigerian Daily Post reported. The insurgents were said to have attacked two lorries carrying orange, a pick up ....
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Britain PM explains selfie with Obama, Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Mandela Memorial
Date: 2013-12-11 19:36:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:161 - ID:435442
LONDON, Dec 11 (MENA) – British Prime Minister David Cameron has attempted to explain why he decided to lean in for a ‘selfie’ with Barack Obama and the Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in ....
