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Park arrives in Brussels for summit with Belgian PM
Date: 2013-11-07 18:58:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:120 - ID:375545
BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Brussels on Thursday for summit talks with Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and meetings with top European Union leaders, Yonhap News Agency reported. The two-day trip begins ....
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Syria is world’s most dangerous country for journalists, says activist group
Date: 2013-11-07 18:56:55 GMT - France - World - SN:119 - ID:375582
PARIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - Syria is now the world’s most dangerous country for journalists, a Paris-based activist group said on Thursday. According to a Reporters Without Borders tally, more than 110 news providers have been killed in the course of ....
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Bulgaria 'regrets' having to build border fence with Turkey
Date: 2013-11-07 18:55:26 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:118 - ID:375557
SOFIA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Bulgaria “is not happy” having to build a fence on part of its border with Turkey over the ongoing refugee influx, Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov has said, according to Sofia News Agency on Thursday. “We are not ....
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UN official says Syrian crisis affects Lebanon's stability
Date: 2013-11-07 18:20:59 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:115 - ID:375525
BEIRUT, Nov 7 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly on Thursday said the Syrian crisis was the major effective factor entailing Lebanon's stability, state-run Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Addressing a seminar ....
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Over 83,000 websites illegally blocked in Russia – study
Date: 2013-11-07 17:32:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:108 - ID:375486
MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) – About 85,000 websites ended up on the Russian Internet blacklist over the past year, 98 percent of them blocked without a valid reason, a new study said. Since November 2012, Russian state agencies have been able to ....
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Russia, Italy begin active phase of Ioniex naval exercise
Date: 2013-11-07 13:40:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:375000
MOSCOW, November 7 (MENA) – Russian and Italian warships started joint training missions in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the Ioniex-2013 exercise, a spokesman for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet said on Thursday. “Russian frigate Smetlivy as well as ....
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Greek police clear former broadcaster ERT's offices
Date: 2013-11-07 12:25:26 GMT - Greece - World - SN:63 - ID:374663
ATHENS, Greece, Nov 7 (MENA) – Greek riot police have cleared the headquarters of the former state broadcaster ERT, using tear gas to gain entry and arresting several people, the BBC reported. Police formed a cordon round the building in Athens, ....
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N. Korea to open embassy in Spain: media report
Date: 2013-11-07 09:20:56 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:30 - ID:374321
SEOUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - North Korea is expected to open an embassy in Spain, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported Thursday. According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Madrid's foreign ministry recently gave North Korea the green light to set up a ....
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French FM: New proof that French reporters held in Syria alive
Date: 2013-11-07 09:06:45 GMT - France - World - SN:27 - ID:374400
PARIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that there is a new proof that four French journalists who have been kidnapped in war-torn Syria in June are alive. In an interview with a French TV channel, the minister stressed ....
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Tajik President Rakhmon re-elected
Date: 2013-11-07 06:51:45 GMT - Tajikistan - World - SN:14 - ID:374226
DUSHNOBE, Nov 7 (MENA) - Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmon has won another seven-year term in office, the BBC quoted electoral officials as saying Thursday. They said he secured 83.6% of the vote in Wednesday's elections. Turnout was nearly ....
