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  • Russia can give Syria hand with chemical weapons destruction – official

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:27:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:162 - ID:387411

    MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov announced Thursday that Moscow was ready to offer the UN-based chemical arms watchdog technical and expert help with eliminating Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, The Voice ....

  • Putin chairs Russian security council meet on Syrian, Iran

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:04:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:155 - ID:387276

    MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired Thursday a meeting of the security council on Syria and Iran. The meeting tackled the procedures of the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, Russia and China plus Germany, on the ....

  • Iran halts expansion of nuclear facilities, says UN atomic agency

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:30:45 GMT - Austria - World - SN:150 - ID:387338

    VIENNA, Nov 14 (MENA) - The UN atomic energy agency says the Iranian government has slowed its pace of uranium enrichment ahead of new nuclear talks with six world powers, the Washington Post reported Thursday. In a report, the International ....

  • Egypt-Russia talks could signal major shift in Cairo's foreign policy - paper

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:53:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:146 - ID:387246

    LONDON, Nov 14 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Egypt and Russia have opened high-level talks in Cairo in what could herald a major shift in Egypt's foreign policy, The Guardian reported Thursday. The talks between Nabil Fahmy and Sergei Lavrov ....

  • Turkish foreign minister to visit Iran late November

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:31:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:144 - ID:387211

    TEHRAN, Nov 14 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran later in November to discuss further expansion of bilateral relations between the two countries, Press TV reported. Davutoglu will ....

  • Egypt prsents report on economic, social, cultural rights in Geneva

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:12:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:141 - ID:387213

    GENEVA, Nov 14 (MENA) - A foreign ministry delegation presented Egypt's periodical report before the United Nations committee for economic, social and cultural rights which convened in Geneva on Thursday. The delegation was led by Egyptian foreign ....

  • 371 million persons in world suffer diabetes - UN

    Date: 2013-11-14 16:22:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:136 - ID:386557

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said that there is about 371 persons suffer form diabetes around the world. Ban's remark came in a message on the occasion of the World Diabetes Day on November 14. ....

  • Putin calls Assad to discuss peace talks, chemical weapons

    Date: 2013-11-14 16:03:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:134 - ID:387051

    MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart to discuss anticipated peace talks and the process of dismantling the war-torn nation’s chemical arsenal, RIA Novosti reported ....

  • Turkish Protesters throw Molotovs at Hakkari University over prostitution probe

    Date: 2013-11-14 10:14:58 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:50 - ID:386001

    ANKARA, Nov 14 (MENA) - A group of unidentified masked protesters threw Molotov Cocktails at the facilities of Hakkari University in southeastern Turkey, Turkish NTV channel reported. The incident came three days after police organized an ....

  • Official: 6 weeks to restore power to Typhoon zone

    Date: 2013-11-14 08:26:26 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:34 - ID:385978

    MANILA, Philippines Nov 14 (MENA) – Philippine Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said it may take six weeks before the first typhoon-hit towns get their electric power back, ABC News reported. Speaking at Cebu airport Wednesday night, Petilla said ....

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