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N. Korea threatens to build ups its nuclear deterrence in face of external threat
Date: 2013-12-03 07:09:24 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:10 - ID:419472
PYONG YANG, Dec 3 (MENA) - North Korea on Tuesday threatened to build up its nuclear deterrence capabilities in the face of persistent provocations by the United States and South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported. In an editorial published by ....
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Crashed NY train was "over speed limit" -- investigators
Date: 2013-12-03 06:03:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:419445
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (MENA) - A train that crashed on Sunday in New York City was going 82mph (132 km/h) in a 30mph zone when it ran off the rails, investigators have said, as quoted by the BBC. Four people were killed and more than 60 injured in New ....
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Kerry begins overseas trip to attend NATO talks in Brussels, visit Middle East
Date: 2013-12-03 05:45:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:419436
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Brussels on Tuesday to attend NATO talks and begin a tour that will take him to Moldova, Israel and the Palestinian territories. According to State Department spokesperson Jen ....
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UN chief praises second round of local elections in Kosovo
Date: 2013-12-02 21:40:48 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:166 - ID:419334
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon praised Monday the peaceful handling of the second round of municipal elections in Kosovo. "The Secretary-General welcomes the peaceful conduct of the second round of local elections on ....
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UN to deploy surveillance drones in congo
Date: 2013-12-02 20:03:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:419103
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (MENA) - The United Nations peace keeping mission in Congo is set to deploy unarmed surveillance drones along the country's troubled eastern border with Rwanda and Uganda, in a step to restore order in the resource-rich region, Wall ....
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Israeli minister: US is Israel most 'strategic asset'
Date: 2013-12-02 19:54:04 GMT - Israel - World - SN:150 - ID:419231
GAZA CITY, Dec 2 (MENA) - Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Monday that Israel's relations with the US are most "strategic asset," in a bid to calm at times bellicose rhetoric being sounded in Israel and the US in wake of the Geneva nuclear ....
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Iraq receives first batch of Russian aircraft MI-35
Date: 2013-12-02 19:43:30 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:147 - ID:419120
BAGHDAD, Nov 2 (MENA) – Iraqi Defense Ministry announced Monday receiving the first batch of Russian-made aircraft MI-35, Iraqi Dinar News Today reported. The representative of the Minister of Defense Gen. Abboud Qanbar and a large number of the ....
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Ukrainian president to visit China early December as planned
Date: 2013-12-02 19:27:37 GMT - China - World - SN:143 - ID:419121
MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will make an official visit to China on December 3 as planned, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Itar-Tass on Monday. "We will inform you in the event that there are any ....
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Sextet-Iran accord is useful for all- Putin
Date: 2013-12-02 18:34:21 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:133 - ID:419152
YEREVAN. Dec 2 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed agreements between P5+1 and Iran, Interfax reported. This agreements are "definitely useful for everyone," Putin told journalists during his official visit to Yerevan on ....
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New Afghanistan cooperation plan set for approval
Date: 2013-12-02 18:22:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:132 - ID:419104
MOSCOW, Dec 2 (MENA) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is this week expected to approve an international plan of action on providing support to Afghanistan after the scheduled departure of US-led forces in 2014, Ria Novosti ....
