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Syria's Assad says government, opposition talks depend on not supporting terrorists
Date: 2013-10-30 17:38:49 GMT - Syria - World - SN:142 - ID:362823
DAMASCUS, Oct 30 (MENA) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that the success of the proposed talks between the government and opposition in Geneva depends on stopping all support for terrorists, according to Sky News. Assad's remarks ....
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Iranian FM to visit France, Turkey, Switzerland next week
Date: 2013-10-30 17:34:03 GMT - Iran - World - SN:140 - ID:362828
TEHRAN, Oct 30 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is slated to attend the 37th session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday, Fars News Agency ....
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Putin urges zero tolerance to corruption
Date: 2013-10-30 17:26:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:138 - ID:362824
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that anti-corruption behavior should be adopted throughout society and criticized present anti-corruption legislation as too soft, Russia Today reported. Speaking at a session of ....
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Agreement between Russia and Japan on streamlining visa procedures takes effect on Wednesday
Date: 2013-10-30 13:09:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:362062
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (MENA) - An Agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and Japan on streamlining the procedures for the issue of visas to the citizens of the RF and Japan enters into force on Wednesday, an RF Foreign Ministry ....
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Train crashes into Kenyan bus; 11 dead
Date: 2013-10-30 11:30:46 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:63 - ID:361885
NAIROBI, Oct 30 (MENA) - A train crashed into a passenger bus as it passed through a rail crossing in the capital, Nairobi, killing at least 11 people, ABC reported quoting emergency officials. Kenya's National Disaster Operation Centre said ....
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Abe pledges nuclear safety as Japan wins bid to build Turkish plant
Date: 2013-10-30 11:14:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:59 - ID:361939
TOKYO, Oct 30 (MENA) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Tuesday to boost Japan's efforts to ensure the safety of nuclear power as one of its firms jointly won an order to build a Turkish atomic power plant, the first such order for a Japanese ....
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Four French hostages freed in Niger
Date: 2013-10-30 09:02:57 GMT - Niger - World - SN:38 - ID:361672
NIAMEY, Oct 30 (MENA) - Four French hostages kidnapped in Niger in 2010 have been released, the BBC quoted France's President Hollande as saying. The men boarded a French government plane on Wednesday from Niger's capital Niamey. They are ....
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Peru prime minister to resign
Date: 2013-10-30 08:41:31 GMT - Peru - World - SN:36 - ID:361627
LIMA, Oct 30 (MENA) - Peru's prime minister, Juan Jimenez, has announced his resignation, saying he will hand over to Cesar Villanueva, the regional president of the northern department of San Martin, euronews reported Wednesday. Jimenez departs ....
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7 missing in vessel collision on China sea
Date: 2013-10-30 08:40:20 GMT - China - World - SN:34 - ID:361649
BEIJING, Oct 30 (MENA) - At least seven people went missing after a Chinese fishing vessel collided with a freighter from the Republic of Korea on Bohai Strait near east China's Shandong Province, Yonhap reported quoting officials. The collision ....
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Senators warn Obama that Maliki may be leading Iraq back toward civil war
Date: 2013-10-30 08:40:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:361629
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - A bipartisan group of foreign policy leaders in the Senate warned in unusually blunt terms Tuesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki may be pulling his country back toward civil war, The Washington Post ....
