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Turkey, Japan sign formal agreement to build second nuclear plant in Sinop
Date: 2013-10-30 08:39:10 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:32 - ID:361636
ANKARA, Oct 30 (MENA) - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe signed Tuesday the official agreement for building Turkey's second nuclear plant in the Black Sea province of Sinop, Milliyet newspaper reported ....
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Obama may ban spying on heads of allied states - NYT
Date: 2013-10-30 08:16:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:361549
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama is poised to order the National Security Agency to stop eavesdropping on the leaders of American allies, administration and congressional officials said, responding to a deepening diplomatic ....
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Israeli PM approves 1,500 new housing units in East Jerusalem
Date: 2013-10-30 08:16:00 GMT - Israel - World - SN:29 - ID:361578
GAZA CITY, Oct 30 (MENA) - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved tenders for the construction of 1,500 additional housing units in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported Wednesday. He said ....
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Bus fire in southern India leaves 44 dead
Date: 2013-10-30 08:08:00 GMT - India - World - SN:27 - ID:361581
NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (MENA) - A fierce blaze on board a bus triggered by an exploding fuel tank has killed at least 44 passengers in southern India, Skynews reported Wednesday. The fire broke out after the bus crashed into a central reservation on a ....
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5.3-magnitude quake hits Hunchun city in China
Date: 2013-10-30 07:24:59 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:361518
BEIJING, Oct 30 (MENA) - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Hunchun city in northeast China's Jilin Province on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter, with a depth of 539 kilometers, was determined to be at ....
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Uruguay to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from Haiti
Date: 2013-10-30 07:16:06 GMT - Uruguay - World - SN:17 - ID:361527
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 30 (MENA) - Uruguay's president said he plans to remove his country's nearly 1,000 peacekeeping troops from Haiti, ABC news reported. Jose Mujica said Tuesday he'll withdraw the contingent but isn't giving a date. He said he ....
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NSA chief: We didn't spy on European citizens
Date: 2013-10-29 23:23:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:132 - ID:361368
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) - National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith Alexander said foreign press reports that the NSA has collected millions of French and Spanish phone records are "completely false," the CBS News reported on ....
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Lost Da Vinci mural found in Milan castle
Date: 2013-10-29 22:30:53 GMT - Italy - World - SN:123 - ID:361350
ROME, Oct 29 (MENA) - A 15th-century Leonardo da Vinci mural has been discovered in a Milan castle, the ABC News reported on Tuesday Traces of the mural were found in Sforza Castle. The mural, which depicts a canopy of mulberry trees, has been ....
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Seoul rejects reports on 'virtual acceptance' of Japan's military moves
Date: 2013-10-29 22:10:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:117 - ID:360947
SEOUL, Oct 29 (MENA) - South Korea dismissed media reports Tuesday that it is virtually accepting Japan's controversial moves to beef up military capacity, saying Seoul will take a wait and see stance on the issue, Yonhap News Agency reported. A ....
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Australian PM signals symbolic end in Afghanistan
Date: 2013-10-29 13:29:23 GMT - Australia - World - SN:61 - ID:360514
SYDNEY, Oct 29 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has signalled a symbolic end to Australia's involvement in Afghanistan, Sky News said Tuesday quoting the Australia Defence Association (ADA). But ADA executive director Neil James ....
