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German FM summons US amb. over tapping Merkel's cell phone
Date: 2013-10-24 12:04:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:79 - ID:352498
BERLIN, Oct 24 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Thursday took the unusual step of summoning the American ambassador to Germany to an afternoon meeting in Berlin in the wake of reports that the US might have spied on Chancellor ....
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Ban urges more unity on UN Day
Date: 2013-10-24 11:51:20 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:70 - ID:352509
CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged for more unity in the world on the United Nations Day that falls on October 24. In his message, Ban said "in a world that is more connected, we must be more united. On United Nations ....
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Pakistan secretly approved of US drone attacks, Washington Post says
Date: 2013-10-24 10:04:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:352337
WASHINGTON Oct 24 (MENA) – Pakistan for years secretly approved of US drone attacks on its territory despite public denunciations, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing secret documents. Despite repeatedly denouncing the CIA’s drone ....
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Germany summons U.S. ambassador over Merkel phone tapping
Date: 2013-10-24 09:51:34 GMT - Germany - World - SN:41 - ID:352277
BERLIN, Oct 24 (MENA) -Germany's Foreign Minister has summoned the United States' ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, to discuss information obtained by Berlin that the U.S. may have monitored Angela Merkel's mobile phone, the BBC reported ....
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4 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack
Date: 2013-10-24 09:42:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:37 - ID:352196
KABUL, Oct 24 (MENA) - An Afghan official says a nighttime Taliban attack on a security outpost has killed four policemen in the country's west. Police chief Sharafuddin Sharaf said on Thursday that the attack the previous night took place in the ....
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US denies spying on David Cameron
Date: 2013-10-24 09:03:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:352160
LONDON, Oct 24 (MENA) - The White House has explicitly said US spies never monitored David Cameron's communications but refused to say whether it had ever tapped Angela Merkel's phone in the past, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported ....
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2 children killed in China school wall collapse
Date: 2013-10-24 07:00:41 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:351938
BEIJING, Oct 24 (MENA) - Two Chinese children were killed and another four injured after a wall at their primary school collapsed, the BBC reported Thursday. The victims, a girl named Wang Yuzhen and a boy named An Zhengguo, both 12, died as they ....
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Bus crash kills 22 on temple visit in northern Thailand
Date: 2013-10-24 06:59:32 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:7 - ID:351937
BANGKOK, Oct 24 (MENA) - A bus carrying worshippers home from a temple at the end of Buddhist Lent plunged into a ravine in northern Thailand, killing 22 passengers, ABC news reported quoting police Thursday. The bus driver lost control of the ....
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Paris Mayor names library after researcher Arkoun
Date: 2013-10-23 22:17:12 GMT - France - World - SN:179 - ID:351804
PARIS, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Paris Mayor launched on Wednesday a library in the name of the Algerian researcher and thinker Mohammed Arkoun. "This is a moment of gratitude for a man who contributed to enriching humanity," said the mayor in ....
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Ethiopia says Nile Basin countries to benefit from controversial dam
Date: 2013-10-23 22:03:04 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:178 - ID:351830
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 23 (MENA) - Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Alemayehu Tegenu said on Wednesday that upper stream countries have a lot to benefit once the construction of a huge dam comes to successful end. Tegenu was ....
