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  • UNSC condemns Lebanon blast

    Date: 2013-07-10 10:06:19 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:17 - ID:195262

    UN/Lebanon/Condemnation UNSC condemns Lebanon blast NEW YORK, July 10 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council condemned the bomb blast that targeted a south Beirut suburb on Tuesday, injuring dozens of people at the start of the ....

  • Koreas start talks on future of joint industrial park

    Date: 2013-07-10 09:24:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:195217

    Koreas/Talks Koreas start talks on future of joint industrial park SEOUL, July 10 (MENA) - South and North Korea began working-level talks on Wednesday to discuss the future of an inter-Korean industrial complex that has remained idle for ....

  • Colombia extradites drug lord Daniel Barrera to US

    Date: 2013-07-10 09:24:31 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:11 - ID:195239

    Colombia/Drugs Colombia extradites drug lord Daniel Barrera to US BOGOTA, July 10 (MENA) - Colombia has extradited one of the country's most notorious drug lords to the US, the BBC reported quoting officials. Daniel Barrera, known ....

  • Japan extends anti-piracy mission

    Date: 2013-07-10 08:10:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:3 - ID:195141

    Japan/Somalia Japan extends anti-piracy mission TOKYO, July 10 (MENA) - The Japanese government decided Tuesday to extend by another year the dispatch of Maritime Self-Defense Force escort vessels to combat piracy in waters off Somalia, ....

  • EU sanctions 3 new projects in Alexandria

    Date: 2013-07-09 19:35:12 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:94 - ID:194501

    Egypt/EU EU sanctions 3 new projects in Alexandria CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Head of the General Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Ahmed el-Wakeel said that the EU has approved three new projects in Alexandria in addition to five ....

  • UNHCR's chief expresses concern over escalation of political crisis in Egypt

    Date: 2013-07-09 19:21:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:87 - ID:194375

    Switzerland/Egypt/UNHCR UNHCR's chief expresses concern over escalation of political crisis in Egypt GENEVA, July 9 (MENA) - Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), voiced concern over rapid escalation of the political ....

  • S. Korea voices 'deep concern' over crisis in Egypt

    Date: 2013-07-09 12:24:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:194089

    S.Korea/Egypt S. Korea voices 'deep concern' over crisis in Egypt SEOUL, July 9 (MENA) - South Korea expressed "deep concern" over escalating violence in Egypt on Tuesday, calling for all relevant parties to exercise maximum restraint, ....

  • Somali car explodes in Mogadishu's Bakara market

    Date: 2013-07-09 11:19:26 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:20 - ID:193977

    Somalia/Blast Somali car explodes in Mogadishu's Bakara market MOGADISHU, July 9 (MENA) - A car has exploded inside the main market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the BBC quoted the police as saying. There are no details on any ....

  • Canada train death toll expected to rise

    Date: 2013-07-09 09:36:38 GMT - Canada - World - SN:12 - ID:193863

    Canada/Train/Accident Canada train death toll expected to rise QUEBEC, July 9 (MENA) - Police have found another four bodies after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, bringing the death-toll ....

  • OIC chief urges warring Muslims to stop bloodshed in Ramadan

    Date: 2013-07-08 23:46:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:158 - ID:193635

    Arabia/OIC OIC chief urges warring Muslims to stop bloodshed in Ramadan JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, July 8 (MENA) – Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin İhsanoglu urged Monday all warring parties in ....

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