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World Bank grants Ethiopia USD 205 mln to improve water, sanitation services
Date: 2014-03-25 06:17:05 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:2 - ID:628769
The World Bank has granted Ethiopia a USD 205 million grant to support efforts to expand and extend better access to clean drinking water as well as enhance sanitation services for rural and urban poor, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. ....
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Armed conflict in Syria can be stopped by dialogue - Russia's Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-03-24 18:13:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:81 - ID:628404
Russia has called for preventing armed escalation in Syria and settling the conflict by peaceful means, Itar-Tass reported. Commenting on the latest events in the north of Syria, the Foreign Ministry said it was necessary to act in strict ....
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Obama, China's Xi hold talks on Ukraine, N. Korea in The Hague
Date: 2014-03-24 18:10:35 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:78 - ID:628398
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in the Netherlands on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and North Korea's nuclear program among the main issues. Bilateral friction over human rights issues and China's ....
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US Secretary of State visits OPCW
Date: 2014-03-24 15:55:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:73 - ID:628200
US Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a visit Monday to The Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The US top diplomat held a meeting with the organization's Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu, the US ....
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Malaysian PM: Missing plane 'ended' in Indian ocean
Date: 2014-03-24 15:26:47 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:68 - ID:628136
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced Monday evening that new satellite data has concluded missing Malaysian flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew went down in the Indian Ocean, the VOA reported. He said Malaysia Airlines had told ....
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Lavrov, Jordanian king to discuss situation in Syria, nuclear project
Date: 2014-03-24 15:25:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:66 - ID:628133
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and King Abdullah II of Jordan will meet on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit for talks on key international and regional issues, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Monday as quoted by ....
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Obama: Russia must suffer cost for action on Crimea
Date: 2014-03-24 12:32:15 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:59 - ID:627680
US President Barack Obama arrived in Europe Monday for a week-long trip during which he will try to shape the crisis in Ukraine by strengthening international support for measures to isolate Russia, The Wall Street Journal said. Obama’s first ....
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Japan, Netherlands agree to reject Russia's annexation of Crimea
Date: 2014-03-24 08:29:39 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:29 - ID:626923
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte agreed Sunday to reject Russia's annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea region, Kyodo reported quoting a Japanese official. Abe told Rutte that Japan has been telling Russia ....
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Deadly Ebola virus reaches Guinea capital Conakry - UN
Date: 2014-03-24 08:15:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:25 - ID:626891
An outbreak of the Ebola virus - which has already killed 59 people in Guinea - has reached the capital Conakry, the UN's children agency has warned. Unicef said the haemorrhagic fever had spread quickly from southern Guinea, hundreds of ....
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Malaysia Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Hong Kong
Date: 2014-03-24 08:12:33 GMT - Hong Kong - International - SN:21 - ID:626870
A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Incheon Airport in Seoul was forced to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong last night after an electricity generator failed, ABC news reported. Flight MH066 took off from the Malaysian capital at ....
