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Sisterhood of Spies: Women crack the code at the CIA -- report
Date: 2013-11-15 15:58:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:388664
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - For years, women have been making important contributions to the Central Intelligence Agency. Today, nearly half of the CIA is female, and women have been promoted to five of the CIA's top eight positions, according to a ....
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New U.S. envoy Kennedy vows to strengthen ties with Japan
Date: 2013-11-15 13:54:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:45 - ID:388479
TOKYO, Nov 15 (MENA) - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, arrived in Japan on Friday and expressed her determination to strengthen the relationship between Japan and the United States, Kyodo ....
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Armed man storms BFM TV channel in Paris
Date: 2013-11-15 12:34:54 GMT - France - World - SN:36 - ID:388292
PARIS, Nov 15 (MENA) - An armed man stormed on Friday the HQ of BFM TV channel in Paris. He threatened staffers and journalists, including the editor-in-chief, before fleeing the place. Eyewitnesses said that the man, who looked like a European, ....
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Train accident kills 2, injures 25 in India
Date: 2013-11-15 12:27:55 GMT - India - World - SN:34 - ID:388283
NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (MENA) - Police say a passenger train has derailed in western India, killing at least two people and injuring 25 others, ABC News reported Friday. Police officer Bhaskar Jadhav said that three train coaches jumped the tracks ....
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Typhoon Haiyan death toll hits 3,422: minister
Date: 2013-11-15 08:40:22 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:387846
MANILA, Nov 15 (MENA) - Philippine interior minister Mar Roxas said the official death toll of typhoon Haiyan has reached 3,422 so far, the BBC reported. The actual number was likely to be higher, he added. The Philippine's National Disaster ....
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Netanyahu unimpressed by reports Iran stops expanding nuclear capacity
Date: 2013-11-14 22:11:51 GMT - Israel - World - SN:177 - ID:387624
GAZA CITY, Nov 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was "not impressed" by reports that Iran has stopped expansion of its uranium-enrichment capacity in the past three months, Jerusalem Post reported. A UN ....
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UN thanks Russia for contributing in peacekeeping activities
Date: 2013-11-14 21:39:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:174 - ID:387600
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous said Thursday that the United Nations is grateful to Russia for contributing to the peacekeeping activities, Itar-Tass reported. His remarks came at an ....
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IAEA-Iran relations reaching new level – Russian Foreign Ministry
Date: 2013-11-14 19:36:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:167 - ID:387486
Moscow, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry welcomed Thursday the singing of the Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation between the Interaction Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran, The Voice of Russia reported. "This important ....
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US Secret Service agents dropped over 'sex emails'
Date: 2013-11-14 19:33:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:165 - ID:387437
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - Two US Secret Service officers have been removed from the President's security detail following allegations of they sent sexually suggestive emails to a colleague, Sky News reported on Thursday. The two men were ....
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Obama urges Congress not to add new sanctions against Iran amid nuclear talks
Date: 2013-11-14 19:32:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:164 - ID:387454
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama is urging Congress not to add new sanctions against Iran, the ABC News reported on Thursday. That's as the international community negotiates to ensure that Iran will not have the ability to ....
