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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 ....
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Putin to attend G20 Summit in Australia
Date: 2014-09-22 12:58:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:989509
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin plans to attend a Group of 20 summit in the Australian city of Brisbane despite calls for the hosts to prevent him attending because of Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis. "The president is ....
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Russia to raise fees for Ukrainian goods 10 days after EU AA starts being implemented
Date: 2014-09-22 12:39:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:989165
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russia will raise customs duties for goods coming from Ukraine within 10 days after the start of implementation of the association agreement with the European Union, according to a decree by the Russian government. In ....
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UN convoy into western Libya delivers food, relief supplies to displaced people
Date: 2014-09-22 11:35:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:62 - ID:988137
GENEVA, Sept 22 (MENA) - A convoy from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) loaded with food and humanitarian supplies arrived in western Libya to help thousands of families displaced from the recent ....
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Australia to prohibit secret service agents from torturing suspected terrorists
Date: 2014-09-22 10:03:23 GMT - Australia - World - SN:46 - ID:987105
CANBERRA, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Australian government has bent to public pressure by proposing a specific prohibition on secret service officers torturing suspected terrorists, ABC News reported. The government had planned to indemnify Australian ....
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Obama to lead U.N. effort to halt movement of terror recruits
Date: 2014-09-22 08:59:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:986929
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - President Obama will preside this week over an unusual meeting of the United Nations Security Council poised to adopt a binding resolution that would compel all countries to put in place domestic laws to prosecute those ....
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Tony Blair on Islamic State: 'Don't rule out ground troops'
Date: 2014-09-22 08:25:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:986933
LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that sending in combat troops to fight Islamic State militants on the ground should not be ruled out. Blair said in a BBC interview: "Unless you're prepared to fight these people ....
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Fiji's military ruler sworn in as elected leader
Date: 2014-09-22 08:01:23 GMT - Fiji - World - SN:29 - ID:986433
SUVA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Fiji's military ruler was sworn in as the South Pacific nation's elected leader Monday after results confirmed his big win in the first election since he led a coup eight years ago, the ABC News reported. Voreqe Bainimarama ....
