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Russia slams Netherlands over diplomat's beating
Date: 2013-10-08 21:40:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:129 - ID:329435
Russia/Netherlands/Statements Russia slams Netherlands over diplomat's beating MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Netherlands to apologize for the alleged assault and detention of a Russian diplomat in ....
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Argentina President Cristina Fernandez surgery 'went well'
Date: 2013-10-08 20:47:57 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:123 - ID:329289
Argentina/President Argentina President Cristina Fernandez surgery 'went well' BUENOS AIRES, Oct 8 (MENA) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has undergone surgery to treat bleeding on her brain, at a hospital in Buenos Aires, ....
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Political prisoners released in Myanmar
Date: 2013-10-08 20:45:24 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:120 - ID:329291
Myanmar/Prisoners Political prisoners released in Myanmar NAYPYIDAW, Oct 8 (MENA) – Myanmar, formerly Burma, released Tuesday another 56 political prisoners, bringing the total such releases since the military handed over power to a civilian ....
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Israel opposes Iran seat in UN committee
Date: 2013-10-08 20:20:02 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:114 - ID:329333
Israel/Iran/UN Israel opposes Iran seat in UN committee NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor has condemned the selection of Iran to serve as rapporteur of the UN General Assembly’s Committee on Disarmament and ....
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EU to launch Mediterranean-wide migrant boats mission
Date: 2013-10-08 19:39:52 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:110 - ID:329290
Bulgaria/EU EU to launch Mediterranean-wide migrant boats mission SOFIA, Oct 8 (MENA) - Brussels proposed Tuesday a Mediterranean-wide search and rescue mission to intercept migrant boats, Sofia News Agency reported. The move came hours after the ....
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has surgery
Date: 2013-10-08 16:28:58 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:90 - ID:328866
Argentina/President Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has surgery BUENOS AIRES, Oct 8 (MENA) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandezde Kirchner is undergoing surgery to treat bleeding on her brain at a hospital in Buenos Aires, the BBC ....
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Higgs boson scientists win Nobel prize in physics
Date: 2013-10-08 15:27:25 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:74 - ID:328655
Britain/Nobel Higgs boson scientists win Nobel prize in physics LONDON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Nobel committee decided Englert and Higgs should jointly take the accolade for the boson, discovered at Cern in 2012, the BBC reported ....
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Lampedusa boat disaster: Death toll rises to 232
Date: 2013-10-08 13:17:47 GMT - Italy - World - SN:46 - ID:328058
Italy/Accident Lampedusa boat disaster: Death toll rises to 232 ROME, Oct 8 (MENA) - Italian divers have recovered dozens more bodies from a boat carrying African migrants that sank on Thursday, the BBC reported Tuesday. ....
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US blacklists Egypt terror commander
Date: 2013-10-08 13:01:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:42 - ID:328425
US/Terrorism US blacklists Egypt terror commander WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The US has blacklisted as a terrorist an Egyptian Islamist military commander with links to al-Qaeda, accusing him of setting up training camps in Egypt and Libya, ....
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Four million Russians unemployed in Russia in August, September
Date: 2013-10-08 12:51:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:328244
Russia/Unemployment Four million Russians unemployed in Russia in August, September MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) – about four million Russians are unemployed over August and September, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. ....