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Vatican pope calls on EU favouring political solution for Syrian crisis
Date: 2013-09-19 16:07:39 GMT - Italy - World - SN:114 - ID:297430
VATICAN, Sept 19 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis called on the European Union (EU) to activate the political solution for the Syrian crisis via dialogue and negotiations. This remark came during the pope's meeting with Lithuania's Prime Minister ....
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UK concerned over use of death penalty in Bangladesh
Date: 2013-09-19 14:51:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:297140
LONDON, Sept 19 (MENA) – UK Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi expressed deep concern over the use of the death penalty in Bangladesh. “I am deeply concerned at the decision by the Bangladesh Supreme Court to pass the death penalty ....
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Moscow, Cairo share viewpoints on Egypt's plans to achieve stability--Russian official
Date: 2013-09-19 14:48:36 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:92 - ID:297160
BEIRUT, Sept 19 (MENA) - Deputy Russian Foreign Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov affirmed Cairo and Moscow share viewpoints on Egypt's plans to achieve stability and promote the principle of religious ....
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Pentagon proposes training moderate Syrian rebels
Date: 2013-09-19 14:12:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:297285
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) – The Pentagon has "put a proposal on the table" for U.S. military forces to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition forces for the first time, two Obama administration officials told CNN. If approved, it would ....
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Qirbi to lead Yemen delegation to UNGA meetings next week
Date: 2013-09-19 13:51:42 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:79 - ID:296797
SANAA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi will lead his country's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly meetings, which will start on Tuesday. Al-Qirbi sad that he will deliver Yemen's speech on behalf of ....
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Japan to build surveillance facility in Pacific
Date: 2013-09-19 13:36:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:72 - ID:297159
TOKYO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Japan's Defense Ministry plans to build a communications intelligence facility on an outlying island in the Pacific Ocean to enhance surveillance on the growing Chinese military presence in the ocean, a government source said ....
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Morocco's king, 5 African presidents arrive in Mali to attend inauguration of Malian president
Date: 2013-09-19 13:32:40 GMT - Mali - World - SN:70 - ID:296998
BAMAKO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI and five African presidents arrived here Thursday to attend the inauguration ceremony of Mali's new president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Twenty-six African heads of state are expected to attend the ....
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Putin spokesman: Kremlin will not enter into debate with McCain
Date: 2013-09-19 13:24:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:297082
MOSCOW, Sept 19 (MENA) – The spokesman for the Russian president Dmitri Peskov ruled out that the Kremlin enters into debate with US Senator John McCain, who published Thursday an article in the "Pravda" newspaper in response to an article which the ....
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PMs of Britain, New Zealand discuss sitaution in Syria, Afghanistan
Date: 2013-09-19 13:22:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:297106
LONDON, Sept 19 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key the latest developments in Syria and Afghanistan during a meeting on Thursday. Cameron's spokesman said in press statements after ....
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Kuwaiti PM to meet UN chief Sunday - permanent delegate at UN
Date: 2013-09-19 13:05:46 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:61 - ID:296795
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 19 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad Al-Sabah will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday, on the sidelines of the the 68th UN General Assembly session, said Kuwaiti Permanent Delegate at the UN ....
