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Amazon's founder announces plans for delivery by airborne drones
Date: 2013-12-02 18:01:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:129 - ID:419053
LONDON, Dec 2 (MENA) - Amazon, the online retailer, has announced plans to deliver packages to customers' doorsteps using aerial drones, The Telegraph reported Monday. The company said it hopes to deploy an armada of flying "octocopters" which ....
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UN chief appeals all parties in Ukraine to act with restraint
Date: 2013-12-02 18:00:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:127 - ID:419042
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (MENA) - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been closely following events in Ukraine. He appealed to all parties to act with restraint, avoid any further violence and to uphold the democratic principles of freedom ....
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Putin condemns Ukraine protests
Date: 2013-12-02 17:47:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:124 - ID:419027
MOSCOW, Dec 2 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that events unfolding in Ukraine should not be described as a revolution, but were rather more reminiscent of a "pogrom.” The Russian leader said ongoing mass demonstrations were ....
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Sargsyan, Putin visit Russian military base in Armenia
Date: 2013-12-02 17:21:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:418964
MOSCOW, Dec 2 (MENA) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia’s Panorama News quoted the presidential press service as saying on Monday. The two ....
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Russia expects one million visitors to 2018 FIFA World Cup
Date: 2013-12-02 17:01:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:114 - ID:418934
MOSCOW, Dec 2 (MENA) - Soccer World Cup 2018 organizing committee expects up to million foreign tourists to visit the contest in Russia, the director-general of the organizing committee Russia-2018, Aleksey Sorokin, told Itar-Tass. “We expect up ....
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Syria crimes evidence ‘indicates’ Assad role: UN
Date: 2013-12-02 14:24:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:100 - ID:418625
GENEVA, Dec 2 (MENA) - The United Nations human rights chief said there is mounting evidence that Syrian government officials including President Bashar Assad are responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes, ABC News reported. Navi ....
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Darul-Iftaa deplores anti-Islam statements by Dutch MP
Date: 2013-12-02 12:39:12 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:67 - ID:418251
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) – Egypt's Darul-Iftaa condemned Monday statements by Dutch MP Geert Wilders, the head of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, affronting Islam and Prophet Muhammad. The anti-Islam article of Wilders - who is known of ....
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Fahmi receives EU official
Date: 2013-12-02 11:51:57 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:59 - ID:418258
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi received here on Monday Spanish MP, European People's Party Spokesman and member of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly José María Beneyto for talks on relations between Egypt and the ....
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Indonesian diplomat honors MENA
Date: 2013-12-02 11:42:22 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:56 - ID:418034
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Indonesian Ambassador to Egypt Nurfaizi Suwandi honored the Middle East News Agency (MENA) and a number of key Egyptian press associations in appreciation of their key role in narrowing the gap between the two countries. The ....
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Hondurans protest election results
Date: 2013-12-02 08:22:42 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:24 - ID:417797
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 2 (MENA) - Supporters of the defeated presidential candidate in Honduras have taken to the streets of the capital, Tegucigalpa, to protest the results of the presidential election, the BBC reported. On Sunday, more than 5,000 ....
