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Paper: Daesh holds British experienced aid worker
Date: 2014-09-04 11:27:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:906184
LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) - The British hostage threatened with death by Daesh militants was an experienced aid worker who spent years “trying so hard” to help communities ravaged by war in the Balkans. David Haines, who was identified in a video ....
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Egypt permanent delegate to UN meets UNHCR official
Date: 2014-09-04 11:24:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:905828
GENEVA, Sept 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the UN Ambassador Amr Ramadan met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres. The meeting came amid preparations for Guterres' projected visit to Egypt. During the meeting, Ramadan ....
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MiG-31 crashes in Russia, both pilots alive
Date: 2014-09-04 10:47:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:906082
MOSCOW, Sept 4 (MENA) - A MiG-31 fighter plane crashed 25 km away from the city of Armavir, southern Russia, on Thursday, according to ITAR-TASS News Agency. Both pilots bailed out. They are alive. Nobody was hurt and there was no damage on ....
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British PM: UK will not pay for British Daesh hostage
Date: 2014-09-04 09:18:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:905726
LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will not pay a ransom for a UK hostage who the so-called Islamic State also known as Daesh extremists are threatening to kill. The Prime Minister told Sky News on ....
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Troops from 15 countries to hold exercises in western Ukraine
Date: 2014-09-04 07:04:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:905495
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (MENA) - About 1,300 troops from 15 countries will participate in the Rapid Trident 2014 exercises in western Ukraine this September, representative for the U.S. armed forces’ European command Gregory Hicks told ITAR-TASS on ....
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Obama to lead UN Security Council session on September 25
Date: 2014-09-04 06:23:02 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:905492
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama will lead a UN Security Council session on the threat of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria on September 25, Radio Sawa reported. The meeting will take place at the level of heads of state or ....
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Ex-police chief says Erdogan helped Saudi terrorist enter Turkey
Date: 2014-09-03 22:03:11 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:186 - ID:905382
ANKARA, Sept 3 (MENA) - A Saudi businessman listed as a terror financier by international organizations entered Turkey with the help of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan several times even though he had been banned by the Cabinet from entering ....
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EU countries agree to take sanctions against Russia at ambassador level
Date: 2014-09-03 21:50:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:183 - ID:905361
MOSCOW, Sept 3 (MENA) - The EU countries have agreed to take sanctions against Russia through a written procedure at the ambassador level, European Commission spokesperson Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen has said. The European Commission will present its ....
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Hollande hints at military action against Daesh
Date: 2014-09-03 21:32:04 GMT - France - World - SN:181 - ID:905366
PARIS, Sept 3 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande has underlined the necessity to adopt a military response, if necessary, to confront the so-called "Islamic State" in line with the international law, Elysee said in a statement following a ....
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Hagel: US Mission to 'degrade and destroy' ISIL
Date: 2014-09-03 21:30:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:179 - ID:905365
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Wednesday unequivocally said that the US mission against the extremist group Daesh (ISIL) is to "degrade and destroy" the group. Hagel's comments came during an interview with ....
