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UN sets Syria peace conference date on January 22
Date: 2013-11-25 12:23:31 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:80 - ID:405879
GENEVA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Syrian government and opposition negotiators will meet for the first time since the start of the country's 32 month-old war in Geneva from January 22, the United Nations (UN) announced on Monday. UN leader Ban Ki Moon called ....
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Israel approves more settler units in West Bank
Date: 2013-11-25 11:40:03 GMT - palestine - World - SN:71 - ID:405818
GAZA CITY, Nov 25 (MENA) - Israel has approved the construction of nearly 800 new settler units in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli Daily Ha’aretz reported Monday. The new units include 409 in the settlement of Givat Ze’ev, located north of ....
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S. Korea, Saudi Arabia discuss boosting cultural, tourism cooperation
Date: 2013-11-25 10:59:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:59 - ID:405405
SEOUL, Nov 25 (MENA) – South Korea and Saudi Arabia agreed on promoting cooperation in the fields of culture and tourism, reported the Korean news agency Yonhap Monday. South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism YOO Jin-ryong had talks ....
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4.8-magnitude earthquake hits Turkish Bolu province
Date: 2013-11-25 09:23:55 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:42 - ID:405421
ANKARA, Nov 25 (MENA) - A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Western Black Sea province of Bolu late Sunday, the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper reported. The Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute of Istanbul’s Boğaziçi ....
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Ruling party candidate leads in Honduras presidential vote
Date: 2013-11-25 08:39:49 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:36 - ID:405318
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 25 (MENA) - The ruling party candidate held the lead in early vote counting to become Honduras' next president, while two of his four main opponents began crying foul early Monday over the results in the violent and impoverished ....
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25 sailors missing, 1 dead in China ship sinking
Date: 2013-11-25 08:39:28 GMT - China - World - SN:35 - ID:405348
BEIJING, Nov 25 (MENA) - Rescuers on Monday searched for 25 sailors missing after two cargo ships sank off China's east coast in separate incidents, killing at least one crew member, ABC reported quoting authorities. A ship with 14 crew members ....
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Obama reaches out to Netanyahu to ease concerns about Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2013-11-25 08:21:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:405281
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday in an effort to assuage concerns over the early morning nuclear deal with Iran, Time reported. Aboard Air Force One, Obama told ....
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Thailand protests: Demonstrators fill Bangkok streets
Date: 2013-11-25 08:15:59 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:28 - ID:405273
BANGKOK, Nov 25 (MENA) - Protesters are on the streets of Bangkok for a second day, amid tensions between rival political camps, the BBC reported. Crowds opposed to the administration of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gathered in the Thai ....
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Terror-link group met in British parliament - paper
Date: 2013-11-25 06:38:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:405151
LONDON, Nov 25 (MENA) - A group with undeclared links to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the terror group Hamas has been holding meetings at the Houses of Parliament, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. The Commons events — held in March ....
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UN chief condemns attack on UNAMID
Date: 2013-11-25 06:21:10 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:405133
NEW YORK, Nov 25 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned "in the strongest terms" the latest attacks against a peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region, which left a peacekeeper dead. "The Secretary-General was deeply disturbed ....
