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Korea, China, Japan to resume three-way free trade talks this week
Date: 2014-08-25 11:35:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:62 - ID:890334
SEOUL, Aug 25 (MENA) - South Korea, China and Japan will hold a new round of three-way free trade talks later this week in Beijing, a Seoul diplomat said Monday, despite frayed diplomatic relations between Japan and the two Asian neighbors over ....
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France’s Hollande orders cabinet reshuffle amid economy row
Date: 2014-08-25 10:33:25 GMT - France - World - SN:49 - ID:890178
PARIS, Aug 25 (MENA) - France was thrown into fresh crisis on Monday after President François Hollande asked his prime minister to form a new government following an open feud within his cabinet over the country’s economic direction, France 24 ....
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Thai Junta leader assumes prime minister post
Date: 2014-08-25 07:11:34 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:17 - ID:889769
BANGKOK, Aug 25 (MENA) - Thailand's junta leader, who seized power in a military coup three months ago, officially assumed his new post as prime minister on Monday following an endorsement from the country's monarch, ABC new network ....
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S. Korean FM to visit Mongolia this week
Date: 2014-08-25 06:35:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:889709
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (MENA) - South Korea's foreign minister will visit Mongolia this week to discuss the promotion of the countries' bilateral strategic partnership and the situation in Northeast Asia, Yonhap news agency reported quoting the government ....
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India temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh kills 10
Date: 2014-08-25 06:31:09 GMT - India - World - SN:12 - ID:889678
NEW DELHI, Aug 25 (MENA) - At least 10 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in central India, BBC quoted local officials as saying. Scores were injured in the crush at the Kamtanath Pahad temple in Satna district in Madhya ....
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Large 6.9 earthquake reported in central Peru
Date: 2014-08-25 06:24:22 GMT - Peru - World - SN:10 - ID:889679
LIMA, Aug 25 (MENA) - A large 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck a sparsely populated area of central Peru, the U.S. Geological Survey said Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, said Mario Casareto, spokesman for Peru's ....
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'Vacation' Over, back to White House for Obama
Date: 2014-08-24 19:49:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:130 - ID:889501
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama's summer vacation off the Massachusetts coast is nearing an end. The president was due back at the White House late Sunday after spending two weeks with his family on the island of Martha's ....
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UK appoints security envoy to Iraq's Kurdistan
Date: 2014-08-24 18:18:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:889417
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) – Britain has appointed a security envoy to Iraq's Kurdistan region as part of efforts to defeat militants of the Islamic State group. Prime Minister David Cameron's office says Lt.-Gen. Simon Mayall, the government's Middle ....
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Crowd-funded site may have just exposed ISIL using Google maps
Date: 2014-08-24 12:50:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:888962
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) - A crowd-funded website run by the British expert, who exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his bedroom in Leicester more than 3,000 miles away, claims to have found the location of an Islamic State (ISIL) training camp using ....
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Iran’s military might solely defensive: Rouhani
Date: 2014-08-24 11:08:08 GMT - Iran - World - SN:56 - ID:888661
TEHRAN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reiterated that Tehran’s military might is solely aimed at defending the country and maintaining regional security, Press TV reported. “Our defense capability will never be used for ....
