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Security Council condemns beheading of French national in Algeria
Date: 2014-09-24 22:53:48 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:217 - ID:1008205
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - The UN Security Council decried the beheading of a French national by terrorists in Algeria. In a statement issued to the press, the Council strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly murder” of d’Hervé Gourdel, ....
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Obama urges actions after UN adopts resolution on foreign fighters
Date: 2014-09-24 21:28:14 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:211 - ID:1007921
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged all countries to take "concrete" actions against terrorism, after UN Security Council adopted a resolution aimed at tackling foreign terrorist fighters. The UN Security Council ....
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Israel's number one baby name is Mohamed: Daily Mail
Date: 2014-09-24 21:26:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:209 - ID:1007861
LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) - Mohamed has been revealed as the most popular baby name in Israel – despite authorities trying to keep it hidden from the annual official list, Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The Population and Immigration Authority has ....
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Security Council adopts resolution against foreigners recruitment in Daesh
Date: 2014-09-24 19:55:06 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:199 - ID:1007677
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) – The Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution aiming at preventing and suppressing recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups in Iraq and Syria. UN Secretary ....
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Obama failed to give his UN address 'peace-striving' appeal- Lavrov
Date: 2014-09-24 19:43:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:198 - ID:1007581
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has failed to convey his 'strive for peace' in the address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, RIA Novosti cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying. Lavrov said the US ....
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British PM, Iran president hold first talks since 1979
Date: 2014-09-24 19:24:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:194 - ID:1007541
LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday held talks with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in New York. The meeting, which took place at the British mission office at the United Nations, is the first meeting between ....
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UK Foreign Office establishes team to support British pilgrims
Date: 2014-09-24 18:34:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:183 - ID:1006505
LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) - A dedicated team of staff from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been established to accompany British pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood said Wednesday. "The Foreign and ....
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Parliament to discuss taking military action against Daesh: British PM
Date: 2014-09-24 18:25:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:180 - ID:1007241
LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said that House of Commons will hold a session on Friday to discuss taking military action against the “Islamic State” (known as Daesh), Cameron said on his Twitter account. “The ....
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Hollande affirms execution of French hostage in Algeria
Date: 2014-09-24 18:16:04 GMT - France - World - SN:178 - ID:1007061
PARIS, Sept 24 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday affirmed the execution of the French hostage who was being held by terrorists in Algeria. Ahead of his speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Hollande said "Our ....
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UN: H5N6 avian flu strain 'particularly worrisome' as it sweeps southeast Asia
Date: 2014-09-24 17:32:26 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:169 - ID:1006493
CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - The United Nations warned Wednesday that a new strain of avian influenza virus that has stricken poultry across Southeast Asia, the latest in a string of deadly diseases to ravish foul in recent years, the UN's Food and ....
