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  • 15 gunmen, five civilians killed in fresh violent acts in Nigeria

    Date: 2013-10-06 08:23:38 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:5 - ID:324544

    Nigeria/Attack 15 gunmen, five civilians killed in fresh violent acts in Nigeria ABUJA, Oct 6 (MENA) - Fifteen Boko Haram gunmen and five civilians were killed in fresh acts of violence in Nigeria's Borno State. In press statements on ....

  • Economist asks if Erdogan's reform package will Satisfy Turks

    Date: 2013-10-06 00:12:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:160 - ID:324465

    Britain/Turkey/Magazine Economist asks if Erdogan's reform package will Satisfy Turks LONDON, Oct 5 (MENA) - Is the grand reformer back? The Economist asked on Saturday, in reference to reform package announced by the Turkish prime ....

  • Iran urges world to cooperate with it in campaign against drugs

    Date: 2013-10-06 00:04:28 GMT - Iran - World - SN:159 - ID:324373

    Iran-Minister-Statements Iran urges world to cooperate with it in campaign against drugs TEHRAN, Oct 5 (MENA) - Iran's Interior Minister and Head of the country’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli called on the world ....

  • Small Plane crashes in Colombia, 4 dead

    Date: 2013-10-05 23:26:58 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:154 - ID:324376

    Colombia-Plane crash Small Plane crashes in Colombia, 4 sead BOGOTA, Oct 5 (MENA) - A small plane has crashed during an anti-drug mission involving Americans in a remote region near the Panama border, killing four of six people aboard, ....

  • Police arrest 13 for drugs at Listen Out music festival

    Date: 2013-10-05 23:22:00 GMT - Australia - World - SN:152 - ID:324427

    Australia-Drugs Police arrest 13 for drugs at Listen Out music festival CANBERRA, Oct 5 (MENA) - Police sniffer dogs pounced on 13 people who were arrested for drug offences at the Listen Out festival, Herlad Sun reported. Officers ....

  • Hagel recalls most defense department workers

    Date: 2013-10-05 22:49:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:148 - ID:324363

    US-Pentagon Hagel recalls most defense department workers WASHINGTON, ct 5 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a surprise announcement on Saturday that he would reinstate almost all of the 400,000 civilian employees of the ....

  • Madagascar arrests 19 over deaths of European tourists

    Date: 2013-10-05 21:13:57 GMT - Madagascar - World - SN:134 - ID:324271

    Madagascar-Security Madagascar arrests 5 more over deaths of European tourists ANTANANARIVO, Oct 5 (MENA) - Police in Madagascar detained five more people on Saturday after an angry mob killed two Europeans and a local man earlier this ....

  • Russia to increase LNG supplies to Japan from 2018

    Date: 2013-10-05 20:27:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:120 - ID:324241

    Russia/Japan Russia to increase LNG supplies to Japan from 2018 MOSCOW, Oct 5 (MENA) - Russia will increase its supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan by several million tonnes a year beginning from approximately 2018, Russia's Deputy ....

  • Iran at least one year from building nuclear bomb -- Obama

    Date: 2013-10-05 17:57:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:96 - ID:324012

    US/Iran Iran at least one year from building nuclear bomb - Obama WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama said US intelligence estimates show Iran is "a year or more away" from building a nuclear weapon, The Voice of America ....

  • Zarif: Obama used language insulting to Iranian people

    Date: 2013-10-05 17:10:58 GMT - Iran - World - SN:79 - ID:323898

    Iran/US Zarif: Obama used language insulting to Iranian people TEHRAN, Oct 5 (MENA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the US President Barack Obama to abide by his remarks on interactions with Iran based on mutual ....

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