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  • One killed by gunfire at clashes in Thailand

    Date: 2013-11-30 17:20:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:98 - ID:415509

    BANGKOK, Nov 30 (MENA) - At least one person has been killed and three wounded by gunfire after clashes broke out in the Thai capital Bangkok between rival protesters, the BBC News reported Saturday. People heading to a pro-government rally were ....

  • 33 dead in Mozambican plane crash in Namibia

    Date: 2013-11-30 17:19:10 GMT - Namibia - World - SN:96 - ID:415041

    WINDHOEK, Nov 30 (MENA) - Namibian officials said Saturday a Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 33 people crashed in a remote border area, killing all on board, ABC News reported. The plane crashed in a Namibian national park near the border with ....

  • Death to of Glasgow helicopter crash rises to 8

    Date: 2013-11-30 17:01:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:95 - ID:415492

    GLASGOW, Nov 30 (MENA) - Eight people are now confirmed to have died after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow city centre, the BBC News reported Saturday. Three people inside the helicopter and five people inside The Clutha ....

  • US Embassy in Kiev condemns forcible dispersal of opposition rally

    Date: 2013-11-30 15:22:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:77 - ID:415325

    KIEV, Nov 30 (MENA) - The United States condemns the use of force by Ukrainian police in breaking up a rally of supporters of Ukraine's integration with Europe in the center of Kiev and calls on the Ukrainian government to respect the freedom of ....

  • Japan to demand withdrawal of China's new air zone

    Date: 2013-11-30 15:01:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:74 - ID:415178

    TOKYO, Nov 30 (MENA) - An executive of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party has criticized China for establishing a new air defense identification zone over a large area in the East China Sea, NHK World reported Saturday. In a speech in ....

  • Ukraine opposition urges fresh polls amid pro-EU rallies

    Date: 2013-11-30 14:52:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:71 - ID:415288

    KIEV, Nov 30 (MENA) - Opposition parties in Ukraine have called for early elections amid ongoing protests at the government's refusal to sign an EU association agreement. They said they were forming a "national resistance headquarters" and ....

  • US drone crash in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan

    Date: 2013-11-30 14:08:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:63 - ID:415227

    KABUL Nov 30 (MENA) – According to local authorities in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, a US drone has crashed in Chaparahar district on Saturday afternoon, khaama.com, reported. Chaparhar district chief, Haji Mohammad Sadiq Dawlatzai ....

  • Thai protesters march against government

    Date: 2013-11-30 13:30:06 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:52 - ID:415130

    BANGKOK, Nov 30 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters have marched on Thailand's two main telecommunications enterprises in a bid to paralyze the government this weekend, Sky News reported Saturday. 'Today we will take complete control the government ....

  • Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck, all on board dead

    Date: 2013-11-30 13:16:26 GMT - Namibia - World - SN:50 - ID:415112

    WINDHOEK, Nov 30 (MENA) - The wreckage of a Mozambique Airlines plane that disappeared over Namibia has been found, but none of the 34 people aboard survived the crash, police say. The burned-out aircraft was found in the Bwabwata National Park, ....

  • Abe calls for greater efforts to promote S. Korea-Japan ties

    Date: 2013-11-30 12:59:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:46 - ID:415043

    TOKYO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged lawmakers of South Korea and Japan Friday to make greater efforts to promote bilateral ties, calling the two countries "the most important neighbors" to each other, according to Yonhap ....

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