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Rescue search on hold on Japan volcano
Date: 2014-09-29 22:51:59 GMT - Japan - World - SN:163 - ID:1039857
TOKYO, Sept 29 (MENA) - Rescue teams searching Japan's Mount Ontake for survivors have put operations on hold because of dangerous conditions, the BBC reported Monday. The volcano erupted on Saturday and has continued to shoot gas, rocks and ash ....
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Spain court suspends Catalonia independence referendum
Date: 2014-09-29 22:36:24 GMT - Spain - World - SN:161 - ID:1039841
MADRID, Sept 29 (MENA) - Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended Catalonia's planned independence referendum, the BBC reported Monday. The court said it first needed to consider arguments whether the 9 November vote breached the country's ....
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China warns world of interference in Hong Kong protests
Date: 2014-09-29 22:34:56 GMT - China - World - SN:159 - ID:1039853
BEIJING, Set 29 (MENA) - China has branded the Occupy Central protests in Hong Kong "illegal" and has warned the world not to "interfere in internal affairs," the BBC reported Monday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that China was ....
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US says it has 'no confirmation' of rumors of military coup in N.Korea
Date: 2014-09-29 22:24:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:158 - ID:1039829
SEOUL, Set 29 (MENA) - The United States said Monday it cannot confirm rumors of a military coup in North Korea that have spread widely amid growing questions about leader Kim Jong-un's prolonged absence from public view, Yonhap news agency reported ....
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Russia submits questions on MH17 crash to UN Security Council
Date: 2014-09-29 22:20:10 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:157 - ID:1039809
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - Russia submitted to the United Nation's Security Council a list of questions that it demands to clarify during the investigation of the Malaysian MH17 flight crash in southeastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported on ....
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Lavrov: NATO's planned expansion into Balkans is provocative
Date: 2014-09-29 21:47:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:155 - ID:1039585
MOSCOW, Sept 29 (MENA) - NATO's potential expansion to the former Yugoslav republics of Bosnia, Macedonia and Montenegro could be seen as a "provocation," Moscow Times quoted Russia's foreign minister as saying on Monday. Moscow has opposed any ....
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Ivory Coast president to visit S. Korea next week
Date: 2014-09-29 21:37:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:153 - ID:1039709
SEOUL, Sept 29 (MENA) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara will make a four-day visit to Seoul next week for talks with his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye on how to boost bilateral ties, Park's office said Monday. Park and Ouattara ....
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Iranian official underlines imminent failure of US-led anti-Daesh coalition
Date: 2014-09-29 21:15:56 GMT - Iran - World - SN:147 - ID:1039581
TEHRAN, Sept 29 (MENA) – Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani underscored Iran's might and experience in fighting terrorism, and said the US and its allies will not win the battle against the Daesh terrorist group without ....
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Merkel pledges to continue EU energy cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-09-29 21:03:59 GMT - Germany - World - SN:146 - ID:1039589
BERLIN, Sept 29 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that there were reasons for the European Union to continue its energy cooperation with Russia, despite their differences over the Ukrainian issue, Ria Novosti reported. Speaking ....
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Man arrested after report of shots near Ethiopian embassy in Washington
Date: 2014-09-29 20:44:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:141 - ID:1039485
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - The US Secret Service has arrested a man who officers believe fired a gun near the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, the Washington Post reported. US Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said in an emailed statement ....
