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Russia blames EU for 'pressure' on former soviet states
Date: 2013-11-19 19:42:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:205 - ID:396423
MOSCOW, Nov 19 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the European Union on Tuesday for exerting what he said was unfair political pressure on fomer Soviet states deciding whether to join the bloc, Ria Novosti ....
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Putin calls for tougher crackdown on extremism
Date: 2013-11-19 19:41:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:204 - ID:396422
MOSCOW, Nov 19 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called on law enforcement agencies on Tuesday to intensify crackdowns on extremism and ensure that guilty parties are properly punished, RIA Novosti reported. "We need tougher action ....
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Russia, Belarus sign joint protection agreement
Date: 2013-11-19 19:34:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:203 - ID:396365
Moscow, Nov 19 (MENA) - Moscow and Minsk signed Tuesday an agreement on the joint protection of the Russia-Belarus Union State's airspace and the creation of an integrated regional air defense network in February 2009, Russia Novosti ....
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Joint UN-Government mission finds schools in northern Mali barely functioning
Date: 2013-11-19 19:01:34 GMT - France - World - SN:193 - ID:396313
PARIS, Nov 19 (MENA) - A joint assessment by the United Nations and the government has found that schools in and around Timbuktu and other parts of northern Mali are barely functioning following the occupation of the region earlier this year by ....
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Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds critical, son dead after stabbing attack inside home
Date: 2013-11-19 18:27:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:191 - ID:396348
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (EMNA) - Virginia state lawmaker and onetime candidate for governor Creigh Deeds suffered serious injuries after being stabbed in the head and upper torso several times inside his home Tuesday, Fox News reported. Deeds, 55, was ....
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Farmers hit by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance- FAO
Date: 2013-11-19 18:14:45 GMT - Italy - World - SN:188 - ID:396314
ROME, Nov 19 (MENA) – Hundreds of thousands of farmers in the Philippines whose crops were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance to sow new seeds before the end of the current planting season, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ....
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Environment minister heads for Germany, GAFI chief for Turkey
Date: 2013-11-19 13:09:51 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:107 - ID:395578
CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - Minister of State for Environment Affairs Leila Iskander left here for Frankfurt on Tuesday on a visit to Germany during which she will meet with a number of officials for talks on promoting cooperation in the environment ....
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Matrouh governor discusses investment opportunities with Indonesian ambassador
Date: 2013-11-19 13:09:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:106 - ID:395456
MATROUH, Egypt, Nov 19 (MENA) – Governor of Marsa Matrouh Badr Tantawi el-Ghandour held a meeting Tuesday with Indonesian Ambassador to Egypt Nurfaizi Suwandy to discuss investment opportunities in the coastal city of Matrouh. During the meeting, ....
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CESCR probes report by Egypt on rights
Date: 2013-11-19 12:23:51 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:88 - ID:395337
CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in Geneva has probed a report by the Egyptian government in which it demonstrates measures taken to ensure the right to work, trade union freedoms and women's ....
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Putin discusses bilateral cooperation ties with Erdogan
Date: 2013-11-19 11:15:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:395099
MOSCOW, Nov 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, where the fourth meeting of the Cooperation Council between Turkey and Russia is scheduled to ....
