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S. Korea denounces delay of planned family reunions by northern neighbor
Date: 2013-09-21 20:18:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:101 - ID:300726
SEOUL, Sept 21 (MENA) – South Korea denounced Saturday the postponement of the planned reunions for families separated for six decades since the Korean War by its northern neighbor, Yonhap News Agency reported. North Korea abruptly postponed the ....
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N.Korean coast guard opens fire on Russian vessel, Moscow asks explanation
Date: 2013-09-21 20:16:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:100 - ID:300810
MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) - North Korea’s coast guard has opened fire on a Russian fishing vessel in the Sea of Japan, a spokesman for the fishing company said. No one was injured in the shooting, and the vessel, the Altai, was not damaged, he ....
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Russia may change its stance on Syria if Assad is cheating - Kremlin
Date: 2013-09-21 15:47:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:300304
MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) - Russia can change its stance on Syria if it understands that Bashar Assad is cheating, Sergei Ivanov, the head of the Russian presidential administration, said. "I am now saying theoretically and hypothetically, but we ....
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Lavrov to discuss with Kerry and Brahimi situation in Syria
Date: 2013-09-21 15:44:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:300296
MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will discuss ways to settle the Syrian crisis with US Secretary of State John Kerry and the UN–Arab League special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on the sidelines of the meetings of the ....
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US nearly detonated atomic bomb over N. Carolina – paper
Date: 2013-09-21 15:42:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:300305
LONDON, Sept 21 (MENA) – A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today, reveals that the US Air Force came dramatically close to detonating an atom bomb over North Carolina that would have been 260 times ....
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4 gunmen killed in US drone strike eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2013-09-21 13:34:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:300101
KABUL, Sept 21 (MENA) - A US drone attack claimed the lives of four gunmen including a top Taliban leader in eastern Afghanistan. The strike targeted Ghaziabad area on Friday evening, Head of the region's police Abdullah Habib Said Khail was ....
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French president receives Qatar Emir
Date: 2013-09-21 13:18:54 GMT - France - World - SN:48 - ID:300100
PARIS, Sept 21 (MENA) – French President Fancois Hollande met on Saturday with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad AL-Thani, at the Elysee Palace here. The French President and the Emir of Qatar discussed a number of regional and international ....
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Washington makes careful review of Syria's initial document on chemical weapons – spokesperson
Date: 2013-09-21 00:34:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:137 - ID:299490
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Friday that the United States and other nations that have joined the chemical weapons organization "will be making a careful and thorough review of the initial document," ....
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Nigerian village attack by extremists leaves 140 dead
Date: 2013-09-21 00:24:46 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:135 - ID:299488
ABUJA, Sept 20 (MENA) - At least 140 bodies have been recovered after an attack by Boko Haram fighters in north-east Nigeria, according to officials, The Guardian reported on Friday. Boko Haram fighters in military fatigues attacked in about 20 ....
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Multiple rockets fired at Ankara police facilities, no casualties reported
Date: 2013-09-20 23:37:39 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:130 - ID:299472
ANKARA, Sept 20 (MENA) - A police facility in the Turkish capital of Ankara was targeted in an attack involving three rockets, Anadolu Agency reported. The Turkish Health Ministry reported no casualties, though the rockets damaged the police ....
