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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 ....
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Singapore police arrest 14 in match-fixing raids
Date: 2013-09-19 12:39:14 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:57 - ID:296927
SINGAPORE, Sept 19 (MENA) – Police in Singapore have arrested 14 people said to be part of a crime gang involved in global football match-fixing, including the alleged leader, BBC reported. Police did not confirm whether the alleged leader in ....
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Taliban ambush on Afghanistan police convoy leaves 16 dead, 24 kidnapped
Date: 2013-09-19 12:23:33 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:51 - ID:297000
KABUL, Sept 19 (MENA) - At least 16 Afghan National police officers were killed, 20 more wounded and about two dozen kidnapped late Wednesday when Taliban militants ambushed their convoy traveling through the Wardooj distract of the northern ....
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Palestine converend over growing of Israel's nuclear capabilities
Date: 2013-09-19 11:46:16 GMT - Austria - World - SN:45 - ID:296872
VIENNA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Palestinian permanent delegate at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Salah Abdel-Shafy voiced his country's concern over the increase of Israel's nuclear capabilities and its refusal to place its nuclear ....
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EU police officer killed in Kosovo
Date: 2013-09-19 11:44:56 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:44 - ID:296885
PRISTINA, Sept 19 (MENA) - A European Union police officer has been shot dead while on patrol near Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, the BBC reported. The EU mission, Eulex, condemned the "act of cowardly violence" and said a murder investigation had ....
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Police fire on protesters in strike-hit Bangladesh
Date: 2013-09-19 11:17:23 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:40 - ID:296773
DHAKA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Bangladesh police opened fire on opposition activists Thursday, killing one protester, on the second day of a nationwide strike over the death sentence given to a senior Islamist leader for mass murder, Fox news ....
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Mexico storm death toll kills 80
Date: 2013-09-19 11:13:59 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:37 - ID:296796
MEXICO CITY, Sept 19 (MENA) - The death toll of a pair of ferocious tropical systems in Mexico has increase to 80 across the country, the BBC reported on Thursday. Tens of thousands of tourists, cut off by landslides caused by Manuel, are still ....
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Sudanese MP: Washington responsible for protecting Bashir should he attend UN meetings
Date: 2013-09-19 10:48:22 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:33 - ID:296826
KHARTOUM, Sept 19 (MENA) - Washington has no legal right to ban Sudan from attending the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings in New York, and should President Omar Bashir decide to attend, the US will be held responsible for his protection, a ....
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Security Council extends mandate of UNMIl for another year
Date: 2013-09-19 09:53:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:25 - ID:296639
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - The Security Council has extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for another year, urging the Government to develop effective security agencies in a country where 150,000 people, mostly ....
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33 killed, wounded in road accident in western Turkey
Date: 2013-09-19 09:14:19 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:17 - ID:296634
ANKARA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Six people were killed and 27 wounded as a coach rear-ended a truck loaded with aluminum plates along Afyonkarahisar-Antalya intercity road, Anadolu news agency reported Thursday. The injured were carried to nearby ....