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Syrian opposition mull attending meeting in Moscow
Date: 2013-11-28 13:19:48 GMT - Syria - World - SN:84 - ID:411440
DAMASCUS, Nov 28 (MENA) – National Coalition for Syrian Opposition and Revolution Forces member Abdul Basit Sida said that the coalition is planning to participate in a meeting of Syrian opposition factions, which will be hosted by ....
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New Snowden docs show US spied during G20 in Toronto
Date: 2013-11-28 12:02:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:411259
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (MENA) – The United States reportedly conducted widespread surveillance while world leaders were gathered in Toronto for the G20 summit in 2010 and that Canada knew about it, Voice of Russia reported. Documents supplied by former ....
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Thai protesters cut power to police HQ
Date: 2013-11-28 10:49:26 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:53 - ID:411355
BANGKOK, Nov 28 (MENA) – Thai opposition protesters cut the electricity supply to the national police headquarters on Thursday, a senior officer said, ignoring a plea from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to end their rallies. "Protesters cut ....
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Strategic Rockets ensure Russia survival as sovereign state: Putin
Date: 2013-11-28 10:22:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:411260
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (MENA) – Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces will receive 22 intercontinental ballistic missiles next year, President Vladimir Putin said. "This year, two missile regiments will be equipped with new mobile systems, and next year, the ....
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Thailand's embattled prime minister pleas for end to political protests
Date: 2013-11-28 09:15:00 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:38 - ID:411186
BANGKOK, Nov 28 (MENA) - Thailand's embattled prime minister begged protesters who have staged the most sustained street rallies in Bangkok in years to call off their demonstrations Thursday and negotiate an end to the nation's latest crisis, ABC ....
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Russia opens criminal case against former defense minister
Date: 2013-11-28 08:05:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:411037
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (MENA) - A criminal case on negligence charges has been opened against former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Novosti reported quoting Russian investigators Thursday. Serdyukov caused 56 million rubles ($1.7 million) worth of ....
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Afghanistan: Reject stoning, flogging, amputation and other Taliban-era punishments
Date: 2013-11-28 07:06:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:410931
LONDON, Nov 28 (MENA) - Afghanistan’s proposed reinstatement of atrocious punishments would mark a dangerous return to legalized state brutality, Amnesty International said today as it urged the authorities to reject such plans. Public stoning ....
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Honduras election: Hernandez declared official winner
Date: 2013-11-28 06:42:25 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:12 - ID:410909
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 28 (MENA) - Honduras' electoral commission has officially declared the conservative governing party candidate winner of Sunday's presidential poll, the BBC reported. "Today's figures indicate clearly that the winner of the ....
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Thailand protests: Coup not imminent, says minister
Date: 2013-11-28 05:54:43 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:8 - ID:410867
BANGKOK, Nov 28 (MENA) - Thailand's education minister has told the BBC he does not believe a coup is imminent as anti-government protests move into a fifth day. Chaturon Chaiseng described the situation as "pretty serious" and the aims of ....
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Top-secret document reveals NSA spied on porn habits of Jihadists
Date: 2013-11-27 22:25:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:194 - ID:410812
WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (MENA) - The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are ....
