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  • S. Korea sends protest letter to NTSB over plane crash probe: sources

    S. Korea sends protest letter to NTSB over plane crash probe: sources

    Date: 2013-07-15 11:21:28 GMT - south korea - International - SN:21 - ID:201308

    SEOUL (MENA) - South Korea has sent a letter to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in protest to what it views as excessive disclosure of information linked to the ongoing investigation of the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in ....

  • N. Ireland's First Minister calls for end to violence

    N. Ireland's First Minister calls for end to violence

    Date: 2013-07-15 09:33:37 GMT - Ireland - International - SN:6 - ID:201118

    BELFAST (MENA) - Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has appealed for an end to violence following two nights of rioting in north Belfast. Almost 40 police officers and an MP were injured after being attacked. More than 30 arrests ....

  • Netanyahu: Israel's main concern in Egypt is to preserve peace

    Netanyahu: Israel's main concern in Egypt is to preserve peace

    Date: 2013-07-15 09:28:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:201113

    WASHINGTON (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel's main concern about what is happening in Egypt is to make sure that peace is preserved. Netanyahu said on Sunday on "Face the Nation" program aired on CBS channel ....

  • Spain opposition demands prime minister resign

    Spain opposition demands prime minister resign

    Date: 2013-07-15 09:26:09 GMT - Spain - International - SN:4 - ID:201110

    MADRID (MENA) - Spanish opposition leaders on Sunday urged Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign after a newspaper published what it said were text messages Rajoy sent to his party's former treasurer after the treasurer was accused of making slush ....

  • Zimbabwe early voting starts amid chaos

    Zimbabwe early voting starts amid chaos

    Date: 2013-07-15 09:21:04 GMT - Zimbabwe - International - SN:3 - ID:201104

    HARARE (MENA) - Officials of Zimbabwe's election commission say early voting has started for police and security personnel who will be on duty during the nation's crucial elections on July 31. The officials acknowledged there was chaos at many ....

  • Netanyahu: Israel must offer credible military option against nuclear Iran

    Netanyahu: Israel must offer credible military option against nuclear Iran

    Date: 2013-07-14 12:25:13 GMT - Israel - International - SN:13 - ID:200054

    GAZA CITY (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet "now is the time to intensify pressure" over Iran's nuclear program, as world powers prepare to meet in Brussels to debate opening up direct talks with Tehran. ....

  • Russian military inspectors to fly over Estonia, Finland

    Russian military inspectors to fly over Estonia, Finland

    Date: 2013-07-14 10:55:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:199917

    MOSCOW (MENA) - MOSCOW (MENA) - Russian military inspectors will make surveillance flights over the territories of Estonia and Finland under the international Open Skies Treaty starting from Sunday, RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as ....

  • Bhutan PDP opposition party wins election

    Bhutan PDP opposition party wins election

    Date: 2013-07-14 10:37:02 GMT - Bhutan - International - SN:9 - ID:199877

    THIMPHU (MENA) - The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has won the second-ever parliamentary election in Bhutan, the BBC reported. The PDP beat the ruling Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) party, which has strong links to the king. The ....

  • Myanmar Burma signs treaty with Wa ethnic group

    Myanmar Burma signs treaty with Wa ethnic group

    Date: 2013-07-14 10:35:15 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - International - SN:8 - ID:199875

    YANGOON (MENA) - Myanmar's government and rebels from the ethnic Wa guerrilla group have reached a peace deal, the BBC reported. A delegation was sent to the remote Wa region in Shan state, which borders China, said the Kyemon Daily newspaper. ....

  • S. Korea preps for crucial talks with N. Korea on Kaesong complex

    S. Korea preps for crucial talks with N. Korea on Kaesong complex

    Date: 2013-07-14 10:04:58 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:199846

    SEOUL (MENA) - South Korea prepared Sunday for another round of talks with North Korea on setting conditions for reopening a suspended joint industrial complex after the sides failed to narrow differences in two previous rounds of negotiations, ....

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