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South Korean president offers condolences over death of Mandela
Date: 2013-12-06 22:31:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:115 - ID:426660
SEOUL, Dec 6 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered condolences Friday over the death of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, calling him a "great statesman" who put a peaceful end to apartheid, Yonhap news agency ....
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Obama to attend Mandela services
Date: 2013-12-06 22:14:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:426598
Washington, Dec 6 (MENA) – President Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to South Africa next week to honor Nelson Mandela, The Washington Post cited the White House spokesman as saying Friday. He will be accompanied by former president ....
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280 killed in clashes in Central African Republic
Date: 2013-12-06 21:01:50 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:107 - ID:426597
GENEVA, Dec 6 (MENA) – As many as 280 persons were killed Friday in violent clashes erupted in the Central African Republic, the ABC News cited Red Cross officials as saying. Christian militias attacked the capital of Bangui at dawn Thursday, ....
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Ukraine opposition leader Tymoshenko ends prison hunger strike
Date: 2013-12-06 20:55:18 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:105 - ID:426607
KIEV, Dec 6 (MENA) - Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has ended a hunger strike after 12 days, Euronews quoted her daughter, Yevgenia, as telling reporters on Friday. Former prime minister Tymoshenko, jailed in 2011 for abuse ....
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French troops move to quell violence in CAR
Date: 2013-12-06 19:58:42 GMT - France - World - SN:102 - ID:426565
PARIS, Dec 6 (MENA) - France launched its second military intervention on the African continent this year as troops were deployed in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui in a bid to try to stem the inter-religious violence that has ....
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UN condemns killing of Somali member of Federal Parliament
Date: 2013-12-06 19:58:12 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:101 - ID:426538
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (MENA) – The United Nations condemned Friday the assassination of member of the Somalia’s Federal Parliament Mohamed Warsame Feisal. "The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, strongly condemned ....
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French forces attack truck in Central African Republic
Date: 2013-12-06 19:50:26 GMT - France - World - SN:99 - ID:426522
PARIS, Dec 6 (MENA) - French forces attacked on Friday a truck that earlier opened fire at civilians near Bangui Airport in the Central African Republic, said a spokesman of the French chief-of-staff. The spokesman said that many of those who ....
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French president to attend Mandela funeral
Date: 2013-12-06 19:42:41 GMT - France - World - SN:97 - ID:426500
PARIS, Dec 6 (MENA) - French president Francois Hollande will attend the funeral of South Africa's Nilson Mandela, who died on Thursday late at the age of 95, the Élysée Palace reported. Meanwhile, the French foreign ministry has hanged a ....
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Obama to attend Mandela services
Date: 2013-12-06 18:57:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:426498
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - US President Obama and the First Lady will go to South Africa next week to pay their respects to the memory of Nelson Mandela and to participate in memorial events, White House spokesman Jay Carne as saying on ....
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S. Korea agrees with US to work together over regional air zone row
Date: 2013-12-06 17:50:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:87 - ID:426387
SEOUL, Dec 6 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States agreed Friday to work closely together over a regional row surrounding China's unilateral expansion of its air defense zone, Seoul's foreign minister said, as the South prepares to expand its ....
