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Students permanently occupy Bulgarian university
Date: 2013-10-26 20:26:36 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:108 - ID:356112
SOFIA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Protesting students at Bulgaria's Sofia University have decided to permanently occupy the entire central building of the school until the resignation of PM Plamen Oresharski, Sofia News Agency reported. Saturday the entrances ....
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Lavrov, Brahimi discuss preparation for Geneva-2 conference
Date: 2013-10-26 19:53:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:103 - ID:356045
MOSCOW, Oct 26 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi have agreed to continue the joint work to convene the Geneva-2 conference, including during the Russia-US-UN consultative ....
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4 last Berlin .. Merkel performed complicated balancing act over US spying allegations -- magazine
Date: 2013-10-26 19:11:54 GMT - Germany - World - SN:97 - ID:356078
The chancellor's approach illustrates the dilemma of this EU summit, said the magazine. The leaders are all in agreement that spying between friends is "just not done," as Merkel said at her appearance in Brussels. Hollande made a personal ....
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3 Berlin ... Merkel performed complicated balancing act over US spying allegations -- magazine
Date: 2013-10-26 19:10:00 GMT - Germany - World - SN:96 - ID:356077
The chancellor will hear nothing of ruling out the creation of free-trade agreement with the US in protest of the spying, as some have suggested. "Those who walk away must have an idea of how they plan to return," she said, adding that perhaps ....
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2 Berlin .. Merkel performed complicated balancing act over US spying allegations -- magazine
Date: 2013-10-26 19:08:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:95 - ID:356074
But the crisis over alleged spying by US intelligence agencies on her mobile phone has just begun, requiring her to perform a complicated balancing act, said the magazine. "The chancellor must appear outraged enough to reflect German and European ....
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Merkel performed complicated balancing act over US spying allegations -- magazine
Date: 2013-10-26 19:06:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:94 - ID:356046
BERLIN, Oct 26 (MENA) - While at the EU summit in Brussels, German Chancellor Merkel has been forced to perform a diplomatic balancing act. She must express the appropriate amount of indignation over allegations she was spied on by the US, but she ....
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Inflation and weak rial push Iran’s middle class towards poverty -- Report
Date: 2013-10-26 18:07:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:355979
LONDON, Oct 26 (MENA) - Maintaining a decent lifestyle is increasingly challenging for middle-class Iranians especially after Iran’s annual inflation of 40 per cent (unofficial estimates say the real figure is double this) and have been affected by ....
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Kerry and Lavrov discuss planned Syria conference
Date: 2013-10-26 17:30:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:355958
MOSCOW, Oct 26 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday, Voice of Russia quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying. Kerry and Lavrov discussed "aspects of Russian-American ....
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Czech Social Democrats party on track to win general elections
Date: 2013-10-26 17:02:09 GMT - Czech - World - SN:78 - ID:355899
PRAGUE, Oct 26 (MENA) - The Social Democratic Party is set to win the country’s general election but failed to secure a decisive victory sought by party leader Bohuslav Sobotka, Radio Prague reported on Saturday The party had hoped to gain ....
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Obama to meet Iraqi PM Friday -- statement
Date: 2013-10-26 16:58:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:355861
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama met on Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki, said a White House statement on Saturday. The talks will take on bilateral ties as part of a joint strategic action agreement along with ....