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TEPCO to purify all radioactive water at Fukushima nuclear plant by March 2015
Date: 2013-09-20 22:28:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:125 - ID:299416
TOKYO, Sept 20 (MENA) - The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it will purify all the radioactive water at the site by March 2015, local media reported on Friday. But observers say that won't be easy. Tokyo Electric ....
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Lavrov, Kerry talk on Syrian chemical weapons
Date: 2013-09-20 21:45:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:119 - ID:299393
MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - The situation around Syria in the context of the agreement to place its chemical weapons under international control was in the focus of telephone conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary ....
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13 people injured in Chicago shooting
Date: 2013-09-20 20:07:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:299181
CHICAGO, US, Sept 20 (MENA) - Chicago police said Friday no one was killed in a gang-related shooting that injured 13, including a 3-year-old boy, at a South Side Chicago park Thursday night, ABC news reported. The weapon used in the shooting was ....
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Ban calls for teaching children tolerance and mutual respect
Date: 2013-09-20 19:54:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:103 - ID:299183
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) – The UN Secretary General has called for teaching children worldwide the values of tolerance and mutual respect, the UN news center reported. He also urged to invest in education that encourages children to embrace ....
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Yemen's transportation minister heads for Canada
Date: 2013-09-20 19:16:00 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:94 - ID:299179
SANAA, Sept 20 (MENA) - Yemen's Transportation Minister Waed Bazeb left here on Friday for Canada to attend the 38th meeting of the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The meeting, which will be held on Monday, will ....
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Rouhani to meet Hollande in Iran’s latest charm coup
Date: 2013-09-20 19:09:00 GMT - France - World - SN:91 - ID:299241
Rouhani to meet Hollande in Iran’s latest charm coup PARIS, Sept 20 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande will meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week, in the latest move by the ....
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Turkey rejects allegations on Syria chemical weapons
Date: 2013-09-20 15:40:50 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:63 - ID:298901
ANKARA, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected allegations that chemical weapons have been sent to neighboring Syria via Turkey, saying the charges are “impossible to take seriously,” according to Today's Zaman. “It is ....
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Russia, Belarus begin strategic biannual exercises
Date: 2013-09-20 15:33:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:298910
MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) – About 12,000 Russian servicemen will take part in joint biannual military exercises of Russia and Belarus beginning on Friday, RIA Novosti reported. The six-day drills, code named Zapad 2013 (West 2013), will be held on ....
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UN nuclear meeting rejects Arab push for Israel to join weapons pact
Date: 2013-09-20 14:43:46 GMT - Austria - World - SN:51 - ID:298776
VIENNA, Sept 20 (MENA) - Member states of the UN nuclear agency voted down an Arab-backed resolution targeting the Jewish state for criticism over its clandestine nuclear weapons arsenal, RIA Novosti reported on Friday. Fifty-one countries voted ....
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Arab Group submits draft resolution on Israel’s nukes
Date: 2013-09-20 12:51:45 GMT - Austria - World - SN:33 - ID:298593
VIENNA, Sept 20 (MENA) – Representative of the Arab Group at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Badr bin Mohammed called for keeping the “Israeli nuclear capacities” file under discussion within the body. The Arab Group will resubmit ....
