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Iran welcomes efforts to ensure regional peace
Date: 2013-10-16 17:49:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:78 - ID:340902
Iran/Middle East Iran welcomes efforts to ensure regional peace TEHRAN, Oct 16 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic welcomes any initiative that can help the ....
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49 feared dead in plane crash in Laos
Date: 2013-10-16 17:38:27 GMT - Laos - World - SN:76 - ID:340865
Laos/Plane crash 49 feared dead in plane crash in Laos VIENTIANE, Oct 16 (MENA) - A Laos Airlines flight crashed Wednesday in the Southeast Asian nation, apparently killing all 49 people aboard, including passengers from 11 countries, the ABC ....
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Iran nuclear checks most detailed ever – Ashton
Date: 2013-10-16 17:35:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:75 - ID:340879
Switzerland/Iran Iran nuclear checks most detailed ever – Ashton GENEVA, Oct 16 (MENA) - EU's top foreign policy official Catherine Ashton said Wednesday that world powers and Iran have had "their most detailed talks ever" on Iran's nuclear ....
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Iran FM: Nuclear talks constructive, fruitful
Date: 2013-10-16 17:28:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:74 - ID:340862
Switzerland/Iran Iran FM: Nuclear talks constructive, fruitful GENEVA, Oct 16 (MENA) - Iran Foreign Minister Zarif said Wednesday that talks held by representatives of Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France ....
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Sigrid Kaag to lead Syria chemical weapons mission
Date: 2013-10-16 17:23:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:71 - ID:340863
UN/Syria Sigrid Kaag to lead Syria chemical weapons mission New York, Oct 16 (MENA) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Dutch Mideast expert Sigrid Kaag to lead the team charged with destroying Syria's chemical weapons and announced ....
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US Senate reaches fiscal deal
Date: 2013-10-16 17:12:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:340861
US/Budget US Senate reaches fiscal deal WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (MENA) - Republican and Democratic leaders of the US Senate struck Wednesday a cross-party deal to end a partial government shutdown and raise the US debt limit, the BBC News ....
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Pakistan bomber kills 8, including local official
Date: 2013-10-16 16:27:42 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:68 - ID:340785
Pakistan/Security Pakistan bomber kills 8, including local official ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (MENA) - A suicide bomber shot his way into the residence of a provincial government minister Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, killing the official ....
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Iran, G5+1 wrap up third meeting in Geneva, to hold fourth
Date: 2013-10-16 14:23:50 GMT - Iran - World - SN:59 - ID:340649
Iran/EU Iran, G5+1 wrap up third meeting in Geneva, to hold fourth TEHRAN, Oct 16 (MENA) - The representatives of Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) ended their session of talks on Wednesday and ....
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Iranian, Swiss FMs confer in Geneva
Date: 2013-10-16 11:06:02 GMT - Iran - World - SN:38 - ID:340380
Iran/Switzerland Iranian, Swiss FMs confer in Geneva TEHRAN, Oct 16 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, discussed bilateral ties as well as ....
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Norway PM tenders government’s resignation
Date: 2013-10-16 10:08:00 GMT - Norway - World - SN:28 - ID:340268
Norway/Cabinet/Resignation Norway PM tenders government’s resignation OSLO, Oct 16 (MENA) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Monday handed in the government’s resignation following his centre-left coalition’s election defeat to ....