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Australian PM orders parliamentary burka ban rethink
Date: 2014-10-03 11:20:51 GMT - Australia - World - SN:39 - ID:1061637
CANBERRA, Oct 3 (MENA) - Australian PM Tony Abbott has urged the Speaker of parliament to reverse plans to ban women who cover their faces from sitting in the main public galleries, The BBC News reported Friday. "Common sense should prevail" when ....
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UN accuses Daesh of 'gross rights abuses'
Date: 2014-10-03 09:26:23 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:30 - ID:1060893
BAGHDAD, Oct 3 (MENA) – A "staggering array" of human rights abuses has been committed by Daesh militants and associated armed groups over a nine-week period in Iraq, the BBC News cited the UN as saying. In a report, produced jointly by the UN ....
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Cameron pays surprise visit to Afghanistan's new president
Date: 2014-10-03 08:54:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:1060857
LONDON, Oct 3 (MENA) - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping ....
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Japan ready to continue dialogue with Russia
Date: 2014-10-03 08:28:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:1060661
TOKYO, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Japanese government is ready for talks with Russia, though Japan takes action in coordination with the other G7 countries over the situation in Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, adding that Japan sought to ....
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Cameron greets Muslims on Eidul Adha
Date: 2014-10-03 07:43:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:1060605
LONDON, Oct 3 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron greeted all Muslims in Britain and all over the world on the occasion of Eidul Adha. He said he would like on this occasion to remind everyone of the people who are less lucky and those ....
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George W. Bush on ISIS: America has learned its ‘lesson’ on Iraq
Date: 2014-10-03 06:39:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:1060297
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (MENA) - Former President George W. Bush is pointing to the resurgence of violence in Iraq as validating his belief that American troops should have stayed in that war-torn country instead of withdrawing in 2011. “They’re not ....
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UN chief denounces escalating tension in east Ukraine
Date: 2014-10-03 06:17:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:1060285
NEW YORK, Oct 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was saddened and disturbed to learn of the death of an international humanitarian aid worker as a result of a shell landing near the International Committee of the Red Cross Headquarters in ....
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OSCE expresses concern over death of Swiss Red Cross worker in Donetsk shelling
Date: 2014-10-02 21:09:04 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:111 - ID:1059809
MOSCOW, Oct 2 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern over the death of a Swiss Red Cross worker Laurent Etienne Du Pasquier on Thursday's shelling of Donetsk, spokesperson for the OSCE Special ....
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Putin: Russia needs true industrial breakthrough in coming years
Date: 2014-10-02 21:05:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:110 - ID:1059805
MOSCOW, Oct 2 (MENA) – Russia needs to make a "true industrial breakthrough" in the coming years and create powerful national companies in the manufacturing industry, RIA Novosti cited Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying Thursday. "Our task ....
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US-led coalition official in ME for talks
Date: 2014-10-02 21:01:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:1059705
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (MENA) - Special envoy for the US-led coalition to counter ISIL John Allen arrived in Iraq on Thursday to meet with Iraqi officials and regional leaders on U.S. support for and cooperation with Iraq in the fight against ISIL, a ....
