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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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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Turkish parliament approves amenedment to army internal service act
Date: 2013-07-14 10:02:13 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:4 - ID:199841
ANKARA (MENA) - The Turkish parliament approved an amendment to Article 35 of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) Internal Service Act, which had long served as a ground for overthrowing elected government and interfering in politics. The new change ....
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Iran dismisses MKO allegation of secret nuclear site near Tehran
Date: 2013-07-13 09:08:55 GMT - Iran - International - SN:3 - ID:198837
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has rejected allegations by the banned Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) accusing Tehran of building a secret nuclear site, Press TV reported. Reacting to the allegation on Friday, the ministry’s spokesman, ....
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EU foreign policy chief to meet P5+1 officials over talks with Iran
Date: 2013-07-12 14:04:09 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:12 - ID:198123
EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton is to meet top officials from the P5+1 group of world powers to discuss the bloc’s future talks with Iran, Press TV reported on Friday. Ashton is to host the meeting - to be attended by senior officials ....