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Egyptian artifacts seized in Berlin
Date: 2013-12-11 10:45:53 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:46 - ID:434156
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Egypt's Embassy in Berlin has detected a number of smuggled artifacts in Germany, said Spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel-Atti. The embassy has contacted the German authorities to discuss and agree on ....
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Tourism Minister to partake in festival for Egyptian tour guides
Date: 2013-12-11 10:38:02 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:41 - ID:434291
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 11 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou is due to participate in the promotional festival for Egyptian tour guides on Thursday in Sharm El-Sheikh. The festival will be attended by ambassadors from 17 Arab and foreign ....
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Seoul, Washington resume talks on defense cost-sharing
Date: 2013-12-11 09:53:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:38 - ID:434100
SEOUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States on Wednesday resumed negotiations on the sharing of the cost for stationing American troops here, with both sides seen as nearing an agreement on the prickly issue. Korean government ....
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N. Korea sells gold in sign of imminent economic collapse – S. Korean source
Date: 2013-12-11 09:23:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:34 - ID:434048
SEOUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - North Korea has begun to sell large amounts of gold to China in a bid to tide over its economic crisis, multiple sources familiar with North Korea affairs said Wednesday. According to the sources, the disposal could be an ....
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Clashes outside city hall as police try to dislodge Kiev protesters
Date: 2013-12-11 08:47:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:24 - ID:433933
KIEV, Dec 11 (MENA) - Clashes have erupted outside city hall in Kiev as police try to oust occupying protesters. The clashes follow a night of scuffles and a stand-off after police moved in on the protest camp in Independence Square saying they ....
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Rose Gottemoeller: Europe needs missile defense system due to missile threats from Iran
Date: 2013-12-11 08:40:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:433875
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - The US is determined to deploy a missile defense system in Europe since Iran poses not only nuclear, but also missile threat, ITAR TASS reported quoting Acting US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International ....
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Lavrov arrives in Tehran on two-day visit
Date: 2013-12-11 08:04:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:20 - ID:433880
TEHRAN, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived here on an official visit to Tehran on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Russia's Consul-General in Iran's Northern City of ....
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Malaysian PM embarks on visit to Japan
Date: 2013-12-11 08:03:58 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:19 - ID:433879
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (MENA) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is to make a working visit to Tokyo from Thursday to Sunday in conjunction with the summit marking the 40th anniversary of Asean-Japan dialogue relations, Bernama news agency ....
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Third Tor-M2 battery arrives in Belarus
Date: 2013-12-11 08:02:48 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:17 - ID:433827
MINSK, Dec 11 (MENA) - The third battery of air defense systems Tor-M2 has arrived in Belarus, Major-General Oleg Dvigalev, Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Armed Forces of Belarus said on Wednesday, BelTA news agency reported. “The ....
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Taliban claimed responsibility for explosion near Kabul airport
Date: 2013-12-11 08:02:33 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:433817
KABUL, Dec 11 (MENA0 – The Afghan Taliban claimed Wednesday responsibility for this morning explosion near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport. Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said it was a suicide ....