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  • Hollande to meet Sisi in New York

    Date: 2014-09-22 18:17:39 GMT - France - World - SN:135 - ID:991845

    PARIS, Sept 22 (MENA) - French President François Hollande will meet on Tuesday with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in New York, sources at the Elysée said. The meeting comes on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings. (MENA) AR/AH ....

  • Chinese FM to make UN, Mexico, US trip

    Date: 2014-09-22 17:19:21 GMT - China - World - SN:128 - ID:991069

    BEIJING, Sept 22 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will start a nine-day trip from Wednesday to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, visit Mexico and the United States, Xinhua quoted a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman as saying on ....

  • Chinese, Indonesian defense ministers meet

    Date: 2014-09-22 17:03:59 GMT - China - World - SN:124 - ID:991065

    BEIJING, Sept 22 (MENA) - Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan held talks with visiting Indonesian counterpart Purnomo Yusgiantoro on bilateral ties on Monday, Xinhua reported. The presidents of the two countries have agreed to lift bilateral ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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