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U.S. urges N. Korea to free detained Americans
Date: 2014-09-08 07:16:15 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:911264
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - The United States renewed its appeal to North Korea on Sunday to release three American citizens held in the communist nation after Pyongyang said the country's highest court will try one of them next week, Yonhap news ....
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Taliban suicide attack kills 3 Afghan policemen
Date: 2014-09-08 07:05:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:911265
KABUL, Sept 8 (MENA) - An Afghan official said a Taliban suicide bomber has killed a district police chief and his two guards in southern Kandahar province, ABC news network reported. Samim Khpolwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in ....
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Death sentences after Afghan gang rape case
Date: 2014-09-07 20:49:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:141 - ID:911072
KABUL, Sept 7 (MENA) - A court in Afghanistan has sentenced to death seven men after the gang rape and robbery of four women near the capital Kabul, the BBC reported Sunday. They were attacked as they returned from a wedding last month. There ....
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Iran commiserates with Pakistan on flood
Date: 2014-09-07 18:02:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:110 - ID:910805
TEHRAN, Sept 7 (MENA) - Iran has offered its condolences to the Pakistani nation and government over recent deadly flooding. On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham voiced regret over the floods in the Pakistani province ....
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2 NATO warships enter Black Sea
Date: 2014-09-07 18:00:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:910849
MOSCOW, Sept 7 (MENA) Two NATO’s warships - Canada’s frigate Toronto and Spain’s frigate Almirante Juan de Borbon - have entered the Black Sea to take part in the international drill Sea Breeze-2014, a military diplomatic source told ITAR-TASS on ....
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Iran's FM: fighting Daesh needs international cooperation
Date: 2014-09-07 17:02:53 GMT - Iran - World - SN:97 - ID:910807
TEHRAN, Sept 7 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that combating the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group requires international cooperation, but not through occupation and military ....
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US launches air strikes against Isis in Iraq’s Anbar province
Date: 2014-09-07 15:42:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:910577
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) - US forces launched air strikes on Sunday against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Isis or Daesh, near a crucial dam in Iraq’s western Anbar province, marking the first attack in direct ....
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Obama vows to "hunt down" extremists
Date: 2014-09-07 15:19:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:910641
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) - One day before the thirteenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, US President Barack Obama plans to address the nation on the threat posed by ISIS extremists -- telling NBC News the U.S. will “hunt down" the ....
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Poll: Majority back military action against Daesh
Date: 2014-09-07 10:53:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:910107
LONDON, Aug 7 (MENA) - Almost two thirds of the public would support some form of British military action against jihadist fighters in Iraq, an exclusive poll for The Telegraph suggested Sunday. The survey, by Opinion Research, found 60 per cent ....
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Blasts roar near Donetsk airport in Ukraine
Date: 2014-09-07 10:13:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:29 - ID:909927
KIEV, Sept 7 (MENA) - Strong explosions were heard early Sunday on the outskirts of the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine near the airport, raising new fears that a cease-fire signed two days ago is on the verge of collapse, New York Times ....
