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Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers land in Nicaragua
Date: 2013-10-31 15:23:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:364114
MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) – Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers arrived in Nicaragua on Thursday after taking off from an airbase in Venezuela, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The nuclear-capable bombers “flew above the neutral waters ....
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Seoul, Washington fail to agree on defense cost sharing
Date: 2013-10-31 13:11:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:76 - ID:363941
SEOUL, Oct 30 (MENA) – South Korea and the United States failed to iron out differences on Thursday over the renewal of a bilateral pact on how to share the costs of keeping American troops here, Yonhap News Agency reported. The sixth round of ....
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Three dead in first US drone strike in Pakistan since leaders met
Date: 2013-10-31 10:16:32 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:38 - ID:363678
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (MENA) – Missiles fired by a US drone killed three people in Pakistan early on Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, the first such attack since Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked US President Barack Obama to ....
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No one believes US assurances that "tapping" is over - Russian MP
Date: 2013-10-31 09:36:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:363516
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (MENA) - Alexei Pushkov, chairman of the Russian Duma's foreign affairs committee, has said he does not believe Washington's assurances that it stopped monitoring phone calls of foreign political figures, Voice of Russia ....
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Indonesian workers stage nationwide strike over pay
Date: 2013-10-31 09:35:05 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:35 - ID:363500
JAKARTA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Workers across Indonesia begin a two-day strike on Thursday to demand higher salaries, the latest industrial action in the Southeast Asian economy as people push for a greater share of the profits from stellar growth, the ....
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US spy agency denies that it eavesdropped on Vatican
Date: 2013-10-31 09:32:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:363475
LOS ANGELES, Oct 31 (MENA) - The National Security Agency, responsible for U.S. electronic eavesdropping, said on Wednesday that it does not target the Vatican and called an Italian media report that it had done so "not true", Los Angeles newspaper ....
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3 killed in fresh wave of violence in north India
Date: 2013-10-31 09:22:24 GMT - India - World - SN:28 - ID:363518
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (MENA) – Indian officials said that Clashes between two north Indian villages have killed three people, ABC news reported Thursday. Three Muslim men were beaten to death Wednesday night in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar ....
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Afghan envoys to meet former Taliban deputy in Pakistan – paper
Date: 2013-10-30 22:41:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:181 - ID:363257
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - Afghan peace envoys will travel to Pakistan to meet the Afghan Taliban's former deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Mullah Baradar was released in September from ....
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US administration asks Congress to keep Washington’s aid to Egypt flowing
Date: 2013-10-30 22:19:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:179 - ID:363256
WAHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - The US administration asked Congress on Tuesday to find a legislative work-around that would keep Washington’s aid to Egypt flowing, calling the assistance crucial to US interests in the region, the Washington Post ....
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Obama only 2nd most powerful behind Putin - Forbes
Date: 2013-10-30 21:45:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:178 - ID:363235
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) – US President Obama has fallen to second place in Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's most powerful people — trailing Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, The US Today reported Wednesday. Forbes began its ....