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France condemns Israel for settlement project in Al Quds
Date: 2014-10-02 19:30:28 GMT - France - World - SN:104 - ID:1059409
PARIS, Oct 2 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Thursday condemned Israel for a project to create a new settlement in Arab East Jerusalem and build 2,610 new housing units there. In an unusually strong statement, Fabius said ....
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UNSC affirms committment to Libya's sovereignty
Date: 2014-10-02 18:14:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:93 - ID:1058629
NEW YORK, Oct 2 (MENA) - United Nations Security Council (UNSC) welcomed on Thursday the UN-sponsored meeting held in the Libyan city of Ghadames last Monday. The meeting was held to reach an immediate cease-fire across Libya. The council ....
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No serious progress in ME without Russia’s participation: Jordan's king
Date: 2014-10-02 17:02:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:1058849
MOSCOW, Oct 2 (MENA) - Without Russia, it is impossible to make serious headway in the settlement process in the Middle East, where the Russian Federation plays an important role, Jordanian King Abdullah II said Thursday at a meeting with Russian ....
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Hammond: 'Significant progress' on Ebola effort
Date: 2014-10-02 16:15:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:1058493
LONDON, Oct 2 (MENA) - The UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Thursday said a conference on dealing with the Ebola virus had seen "significant progress". The meeting in London focused on the international community’s response to halt the ....
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Former aide to Tony Blair calls for holding talks with Daesh
Date: 2014-10-02 15:47:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:1058325
LONDON, Oct 2 (MENA) - Jonathan Powell, a former aide to Tony Blair, urged the British government and its allies to hold negotiations with the terrorist Daesh group. In statements to BBC Radio, Powell said that the experience in dealing with the ....
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21 Taliban militants, Afghan soldiers killed
Date: 2014-10-02 14:00:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:1057369
KABUL, Oct 2 (MENA) - At least nineteen militants of Taliban were killed in a military operation of the Afghan army and two Afghan soldiers were killed in an explosive bomb blast. Military operations were executed in different provinces during the ....
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ICSR: Brit jihadists wealthier, better educated than Europ's counterparts
Date: 2014-10-02 12:35:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:1056297
LONDON, Oct 2 (MENA) - British jihadists are better educated, more affluent and have fewer criminal convictions than their European counterparts, researchers have suggested. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalization, at King’s ....
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2 British Tornados pound Daesh truck in Iraq
Date: 2014-10-02 09:56:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:1055297
LONODN, Oct 2 (MENA)- Royal Air Force Tornados have conducted further operations in support of Kurdish ground forces engaged in combat with ISIL in north west Iraq, according to UK Ministry of Defense's statement. Overnight, 2 GR4s provided vital ....
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Kerry urges Hong Kong to handle protests with restraint
Date: 2014-10-02 08:03:12 GMT - China - World - SN:24 - ID:1054493
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (MENA) - US State Secretary John Kerry urged Hong Kong to handle the protests - seen as a challenge to Beijing - with restraint, the BBC reported on Thursday. This came during Kerry's meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang ....
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3 soldiers killed in suicide attack on Afghan troops' vehicles
Date: 2014-10-02 07:46:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:1054357
KABUL, Oct 1 (MENA) -- Three Afghan soldiers were killed Thursday when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle -- the third such attack in the last 24 hours, CNN reported. The latest incident took place in Kabul and injured eight other Afghan ....
