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Germany to organize conference on refugee crisis
Date: 2014-09-22 16:38:58 GMT - Germany - World - SN:120 - ID:991245
BERLIN, Sept 22 (MENA) – Germany's Foreign Ministry has said it is organizing an international conference on the refugee crisis resulting from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, ABC News reported. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli said ....
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Afghan soldiers missing from Massachusetts base
Date: 2014-09-22 16:37:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:119 - ID:991013
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Three Afghan soldiers taking part in an annual military training exercise in Massachusetts were missing after a trip to a shopping mall Sunday, officials said. US military officials said the soldiers aren’t thought to ....
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Kremlin denies discussing plans to cut Russia off Internet
Date: 2014-09-22 16:32:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:991021
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia’s Security Council that convened on Monday did not discuss the issue of isolating the Russian segment of the Internet from the global network, Itar-Tass reported ....
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China, Korea open new free trade deal talks
Date: 2014-09-22 16:28:25 GMT - China - World - SN:114 - ID:991025
BEIJING, Sept 22 (MENA) – China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) kicked off the 13th round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in Beijing on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. The five-day negotiation will cover wide-ranging ....
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Australia PM: Security may come before some freedoms
Date: 2014-09-22 16:21:58 GMT - Australia - World - SN:109 - ID:990657
CANBERRA, Sept 22 (MENA) – Australian PM Tony Abbott says certain freedoms may have to be forfeited in the name of security, after major anti-terror raids last week, the BBC reported. His government would seek broad powers to fight the rising ....
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Japan business delegation visits China amid thaw hopes
Date: 2014-09-22 16:17:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:106 - ID:990745
TOKYO, Sept 22 (MENA) - A delegation of around 200 executives from major Japanese firms arrived Monday in Beijing with the hope of opening a path for improved bilateral relations, Japan's Kyodo reported. The visit comes less than two months before ....
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13 Afghan soldiers missing following Taliban attack in Herat
Date: 2014-09-22 15:32:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:105 - ID:990641
KABUL, Sept 22 (MENA) - At least 2 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred and 13 others are missing following an attack by Taliban militants in Herat province. According to local security officials, Taliban militants launched an attack ....
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Kiev says some 1,200 hostages released in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-09-22 14:33:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:96 - ID:989949
KIEV, Sept 22 (MENA) - Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council spokesman said Monday 1,200 people, both servicemen and civilians, have been freed after being held hostage in eastern Ukraine, Itar-Tass reported. "In the past 24 hours, 28 ....
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France condemns terrorist attack outside Egypt foreign ministry
Date: 2014-09-22 14:15:59 GMT - France - World - SN:91 - ID:989537
PARIS, Sept 22 (MENA) - France has strongly condemned the bomb blast which took place Sunday near Egypt's Foreign Ministry and killed two policemen and a conscript and injured others. The blast occurred in the Boulaq Abu Eila neighborhood, a ....
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IS fighters close in on Syria border town as thousands flee
Date: 2014-09-22 13:57:40 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:89 - ID:989621
ANKARA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Islamic State militants closed in on Syria's third-largest Kurdish town on Sunday as tens of thousands of people fled in terror across the border into Turkey. The UN refugee agency said as many as 70,000 Syrian Kurds had ....
