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Norway PM works as secret taxi driver
Date: 2013-08-12 00:20:04 GMT - Norway - World - SN:76 - ID:237436
Norway/PM Norway PM works as secret taxi driver OSLO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, the BBC reported on Sunday. Stoltenberg said he had wanted ....
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NATO says 3 service members killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2013-08-11 20:43:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:66 - ID:237289
Afghanistan/Blast NATO says 3 service members killed in Afghanistan KABUL, Aug 11 (MENA) - NATO said three of its service members were killed Sunday in eastern Afghanistan but provided no further details, ABC News reported. The ....
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Spain 'to take Gibraltar dispute to UN'
Date: 2013-08-11 20:13:41 GMT - Spain - World - SN:64 - ID:237272
Spain/UK Spain 'to take Gibraltar dispute to UN' MADRID, Aug 11 (MENA) - Spain will seek to take its dispute with the UK over Gibraltar to the UN with the support of Argentina, according to Spanish media. Spanish Foreign Minister José ....
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2 dead, 16 injured after explosion in Eastern Ukraine
Date: 2013-08-11 20:03:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:237250
Russia/Ukraine 2 dead, 16 injured after explosion in Eastern Ukraine MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) – Two people were killed and 16 people injured in an explosion that tore through an apartment block in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk on Sunday, ....
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White House describes US-Russia talks as constructive
Date: 2013-08-11 12:32:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:236630
US/Russia White House describes US-Russia talks as constructive WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - The White House has described this week’s “two-plus-two” talks between Russian and US top officials as constructive, Russian Itar-Tass news agency ....
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Putin knocks Obama all around the ring in Cold War rematch – newspaper
Date: 2013-08-11 12:31:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:25 - ID:236677
UK/US/Russia Putin knocks Obama all around the ring in Cold War rematch – newspaper LONDON, Aug 11 (MENA) - More than two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Middle East is becoming the setting for a new Cold War between ....
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Ethiopian PM: Extremists should restrain from illegal activities
Date: 2013-08-10 18:22:31 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:41 - ID:235988
Ethiopia/PM Ethiopian PM: Extremists should restrain from illegal activities ADDIS ABABA, Aug 10 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said on Saturday that extremists and anti-peace elements who have been using religion as ....
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Obama sets plans to improve privacy in NSA surveillance
Date: 2013-08-09 22:32:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:235286
US/Surveillance Obama sets plans to improve privacy in NSA surveillance WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama opened Friday his news conference by outlining plans to improve privacy protections within National Security Agency ....
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2 children, pilot feared dead after plane hits Connecticut homes
Date: 2013-08-09 22:29:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:235288
US/Plane crash 2 children, pilot feared dead after plane hits Connecticut homes WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - At least two people were killed and another was missing after a twin-engine turboprop airplane crashed into two houses in the southern ....
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German police probe Mullah Krekar terror group
Date: 2013-08-09 21:41:17 GMT - Norway - World - SN:48 - ID:235251
Norway/Germany German police probe Mullah Krekar terror group OSLO, Aug 8 (MENA) - Mullah Krekar, the Norway-based Islamic extremist, is under investigation by German police for seeking to establish a Europe-wide terror network, The Local ....