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Berlusconi says Napolitano has time to grant his pardon
Date: 2013-11-05 17:39:43 GMT - Italy - World - SN:78 - ID:371991
ROME, Nov 5 (MENA) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday said that there is still time for President Giorgio Napolitano to pardon him for his fraud conviction. "They tell me that the sentence must begin before the pardon ....
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China's nuclear negotiator visits North Korea
Date: 2013-11-05 16:52:21 GMT - China - World - SN:75 - ID:371987
BEIJING, Nov 5 (MENA) – China said Tuesday that its top nuclear envoy is in North Korea to discuss stalled six-nation talks aimed at ending that country's nuclear program, Fox News reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that ....
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Bangladesh mutiny death sentences
Date: 2013-11-05 10:06:16 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:38 - ID:371356
DHAKA, Nov 5 (MENA) - A court in Bangladesh has sentenced at least 150 soldiers to death over a bloody border guard mutiny in 2009, the BBC reported Tuesday. More than 150 others, mostly border guards, were given life. Verdicts are still being ....
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25 people injured in clashes between opposition, police in Bangladesh
Date: 2013-11-05 07:23:35 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:12 - ID:371080
DHAKA, Nov 5 (MENA) - At least 25 people were injured in clashes between opposition activists and police in northwestern district of Rajshahi, ABC News reported. It said three activists were detained over involvement in riots. An ....
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Shots fired in New Jersey mall
Date: 2013-11-05 07:13:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:371046
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - A shooter opened fire at a New Jersey mall late Monday, sending panic through the shopping center and igniting a massive police response, CNN reported. The gunman inside Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, New ....
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'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack
Date: 2013-11-04 22:03:07 GMT - Norway - World - SN:170 - ID:370858
LONDON, Nov (MENA) - Police said a man wielding a knife has hijacked a bus in western Norway and killed three passengers, the BBC reported. The suspect, said to be in his 50s and of foreign origin, has been arrested, police said. The victims ....
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Hagel: Netanyahu threats, economic sanctions pushed Iran to negotiating table
Date: 2013-11-04 21:59:17 GMT - Israel - World - SN:167 - ID:370925
GAZA CITY, Nov 4 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's threats to strike Iran's nuclear sites – coupled with pressure from economic sanctions – pushed the Islamic Republic to ....
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OSCE chief condemns violence
Date: 2013-11-04 21:52:48 GMT - Austria - World - SN:164 - ID:370817
VIENNA, Nov 4 (MENA) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has strongly condemned the violence in northern Mitrovica that marred yesterday's poll, the organization said on its ....
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Park to seek futuristic economic cooperation in summit with France
Date: 2013-11-04 21:25:57 GMT - France - World - SN:158 - ID:370819
PARIS, Nov 4 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye and French President Francois Hollande held a summit Monday to discuss ways to strengthen financial and high-tech cooperation as the two countries seek new engines to power future growth, ....
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Recent terrorist attack on Iranian border guards led by US, Pakistani spy agencies- source
Date: 2013-11-04 21:24:28 GMT - Iran - World - SN:157 - ID:370854
TEHRAN, Nov 4 (MENA) - An Iranian parliamentary sources said on Monday that the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jeish al-Adl terrorist group which killed 14 border guards in a recent attack in Southeastern Iran is led by the US and Pakistani intelligence ....