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UN rights experts call for transparency in the use of armed drones, citing risks of illegal use
Date: 2013-10-25 22:17:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:103 - ID:354790
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (MENA) - Two United Nations human rights experts Friday called on States to be transparent in their use, to investigate allegations of unlawful killings and to respect the full range of applicable international law, the UN News ....
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Ethiopian official says dam construction runs as schedule
Date: 2013-10-25 22:15:36 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:102 - ID:354834
ADDIS ABABA,Oct 25 (MENA) - Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project Simegnew Bekele said on Friday that main works on the construction of the dam are underway as per schedule. These works include the diversion of the river and installation of ....
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French Premier discusses bilateral relations with Italian counterpart
Date: 2013-10-25 20:54:33 GMT - France - World - SN:97 - ID:354768
PARIS, Oct 25 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault held a meeting Friday with Italian counterpart Italian prime minister Enrico Letta. They discussed bilateral relations ahead of a France-Italy summit in February. The Italian prime ....
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2 last New York .. Security Council’s leadership role vital to end ‘appalling suffering’ in Syria – UN official
Date: 2013-10-25 19:35:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:89 - ID:354744
On 2 October, the Council, in a Presidential Statement, urged the Syrian Government to immediately allow cross border aid deliveries, and also called on all parties to the conflict to agree on humanitarian pauses in the fighting, with special ....
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Security Council’s leadership role vital to end ‘appalling suffering’ in Syria – UN official
Date: 2013-10-25 19:34:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:88 - ID:354689
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (MENA) – The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator urged the Security Council to show leadership to ensure cooperation for delivery of food and medicines, and protection measures to civilians trapped by heavy fighting, the UN ....
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M7.6 quake strikes off coast of Japan, triggers tsunami alert
Date: 2013-10-25 19:12:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:84 - ID:354720
TOKYO, Oct 25 (MENA) - An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude 7.6 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture early Saturday morning, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an alert for tsunami of 1 meter high for Japan's ....
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Germany and France propose talks with US to rein in spying -- report
Date: 2013-10-25 19:11:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:354692
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (MENA) - The leaders of Germany and France offered on Friday to hold talks with the United States in an effort to come up with mutually acceptable rules for surveillance operations, easing a trans-Atlantic spying dispute that has ....
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Ex-US intelligence chief off the record conversation gets live tweeted by liberal activist
Date: 2013-10-25 18:48:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:354687
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (MENA) - Former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden had a taste of some decidedly low-tech surveillance. Tom Matzzie, the founder of the Ethical Electric Company, was taking an Amtrak Acela train outside of Philadelphia today ....
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Japan, US eye Vice President Biden's visit to Tokyo in early Dec.
Date: 2013-10-25 15:37:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:59 - ID:354464
TOKYO, Oct 25 (MENA) - US Vice President Joseph Biden is expected to visit Japan in early December for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on economic and defense cooperation, a Japanese government source said. Biden had originally planned ....
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3 Killed in Bangladesh as Opposition, Police Clash
Date: 2013-10-25 15:35:33 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:58 - ID:354398
DHAKA, Oct 25 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh on Friday when security officials clashed with opposition supporters trying to defy a ban on protests, just two days before a planned national general strike, ....
