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  • Attacks kill 3 Afghan policemen, 4 soldiers

    Date: 2014-09-02 09:58:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:34 - ID:902392

    KABUL, Sept 2 (MENA) - Attacks in Afghanistan have killed three policemen and four Afghan soldiers, officials said Tuesday. A suicide car bombing killed three policemen in the eastern Nangarhar province, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman for ....

  • Kremlin denies again Russian troops interference in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-09-02 09:55:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:902401

    MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Kremlin has stated that it is not involved in Ukraine's internal conflict, and said that the crisis could only be resolved through a comprehensive political dialogue. A quote about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ....

  • 2 persons killed, injured in clashes on Syrian-Turkish borders

    Date: 2014-09-02 09:25:10 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:29 - ID:902202

    ANKARA, Sept 2 (MENA) – Fierce clashes erupted between Turkish border guards and a number of cigarette and fuel smugglers in Kilis Province. The clashes erupted after smugglers attempted to illegally enter Turkey via the Syrian village of ....

  • Britons urged to be vigilant in Pakistan

    Date: 2014-09-02 09:20:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:902240

    LONDON, Sept 2 (MENA) - The British Government urged its citizens in Pakistan to stay vigilant as protesters led by opposition leaders Imran Khan and firebrand Muslim cleric Tahir ul-Qadri have been on the streets for weeks. "You should avoid this ....

  • Bodies of 9 victims killed in MH17 crash brought to Malaysia World

    Date: 2014-09-02 09:07:41 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:27 - ID:902297

    KUALA LAMPUR, Sept 2 (MENA) - A special flight bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has brought bodies of nine victims killed in Boeing crash in Ukraine, including bodies of two Dutch nationals, ITAR-TASS reported Tuesday. A commemorative event ....

  • 3 Chinese Inmates Kill Guard, Break out of Jail

    Date: 2014-09-02 06:05:41 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:902024

    BEIJING, Sept 2 (MENA) - Three inmates, including one sentenced to death, escaped in a rare jailbreak in China's northeast after killing a guard early Tuesday morning, state media reported. The escape at from Yanshou county jail outside the city ....

  • Iranian president to clerics: The Internet's not that bad

    Date: 2014-09-01 21:38:04 GMT - Iran - World - SN:166 - ID:901952

    TEHRAN, Sept 1 (MENA) – Iran's president Monday urged the country's clerics to be more tolerant of the Internet and new technologies, which are often the target of criticism by influential hard-liners in the Islamic Republic, CBS news ....

  • Afghan intelligence foils suicide attack plots

    Date: 2014-09-01 20:54:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:161 - ID:901919

    KABUL, Sept 1 (MENA) – Afghan intelligence operatives foiled two separate suicide bombing plots in western Farah province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday that a suicide bomber along with ....

  • NATO favors good relations with Russia: Chief

    Date: 2014-09-01 20:17:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:154 - ID:901907

    MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) – NATO believes good relations with Russia are important but the alliance has to adapt to the situation given Russia’s position towards NATO, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday, RIA Novosti reported. ....

  • Cabinet reshuffle in Austria

    Date: 2014-09-01 19:24:09 GMT - Austria - World - SN:150 - ID:901822

    VIENNA, Sept 1 (MENA) – As part of the Austrian government reshuffle, Economics Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner was sworn in as Vice Chancellor and Hans Joerg Schelling became the new finance minister. A leadership crisis in the Austrian ....

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