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Putin's shorter-than-expected visit prompts criticism over diplomatic etiquette
Date: 2013-11-13 19:49:50 GMT - south korea - World - SN:190 - ID:385493
SEOUL, Nov 13 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's shorter-than-expected visit to South Korea Wednesday has prompted criticism that it is in breach of diplomatic etiquette to expect Seoul to adjust its plans according to his tight schedule, ....
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Norway boosts aid to the Philippines
Date: 2013-11-13 19:28:36 GMT - Norway - World - SN:186 - ID:385387
OSLO, Nov 13 (MENA) - The government of Norway announced that it is giving 20 million kroner in immediate humanitarian aid to the Philippines. "I want to express my sympathy with the Filipino people who had been hard-hit by this catastrophe. We ....
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Bosnia: US Embassy shooter seeks reduced sentence
Date: 2013-11-13 19:25:27 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:182 - ID:385564
SARAJEVO, Nov 13 (MENA) - A Bosnian man who was imprisoned for 18 years for shooting at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo and wounding a local policeman there has asked a court to reduce his sentence, ABC News reported Wednesday. Mevlid Jasarevic told ....
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Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines rises to 2275
Date: 2013-11-13 19:24:29 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:181 - ID:385491
MANILA, Nov 13 (MENA) – A Philippine official said Wednesday that the death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has risen to 2,275, Xinhua reported. Eduardo del Rosario, the executive director of National Disaster Risk Reduction and ....
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Ukraine to resume Russian gas imports "when needed" - Minister
Date: 2013-11-13 18:51:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:179 - ID:385392
KIEV, Nov 13 (MENA) - Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that his country has enough natural gas to last until the end of the year and has no need for immediate purchases of the fuel from Russia, Ria Novosti reported. Eduard Stavytsky said ....
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Italians' privacy never breached- Letta
Date: 2013-11-13 18:16:17 GMT - Italy - World - SN:174 - ID:385393
ROME, Nov 13 (MENA) - Italian Premier Enrico Letta vowed Wednesday that the privacy of Italian citizens and government officials has not been breached by United States agents, ANSA reported. "He underlined that there wasn't a single violation," ....
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Congressional approval sinks to record low: Gallup center
Date: 2013-11-13 17:52:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:164 - ID:385303
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (MENA) - Americans' approval of the way Congress is handling its job has dropped to 9%, the lowest rate in 40 years, Gallup Poll center said Wednesday. Public displeasure with Congress is equally rampant across political ....
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Polish President Apologizes for Attack on Russian Embassy
Date: 2013-11-13 17:52:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:169 - ID:385307
MOSCOW, Nov 13 (MENA) - The president of Poland apologized to Russia on Wednesday for the attack by a nationalist mob on the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, calling the episode outrageous and unjustifiable, Ria Novosti reported. "We need to apologize ....
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Chinese official due in Seoul for strategic talks
Date: 2013-11-13 17:28:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:162 - ID:385308
SEOUL, Nov 13 (MENA) - A senior Chinese official is due in Seoul next Sunday for high-level bilateral strategic talks, sources said Wednesday. Yang Jiechi, China's state councilor who handles foreign affairs, is expected to arrive on Sunday for a ....
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Pakistan tells US Iran pipeline contractual obligation: minister
Date: 2013-11-13 17:28:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:161 - ID:385305
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (MENA) - Pakistan’s Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that Pakistan has told the United States that it is under "contractual obligations" to complete the Iran gas pipeline project, IRNA News Agency reported ....
