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Friedman says world of disorder biggest challenge to US
Date: 2014-08-24 09:53:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:888307
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (MENA) - US writer Thomas Friedman stressed that the biggest challenge for the world of order today is collaborating to contain these vacuums and fill them with order. In his article at The New York Times, Friedman said the United ....
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Ukraine army parade to mark independence day
Date: 2014-08-24 09:05:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:37 - ID:888380
KIEV, Aug 24 (MENA) - Ukraine is marking its independence day with a military parade in Kiev as fighting continues in the east, the BBC reported. The parade will feature hundreds of marching servicemen and military hardware. Critics say that it ....
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6.6 earthquake in Chile, U.S. Geological Survey says
Date: 2014-08-24 09:01:20 GMT - Chile - World - SN:35 - ID:888359
SANTIAGO, Chile — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the region around Valparaiso, Chile on Saturday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No injuries or serious damage from the strong quake that occurred at 7:23 p.m. ET were reported, but ....
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Death toll from mudslides in Hiroshima reaches 50
Date: 2014-08-24 07:37:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:888284
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - The death toll from the deadly mudslides in the city of Hiroshima rose to 50 on Sunday, with 38 still missing, as rain forced rescue workers to suspend operations in the early hours due to safety concerns, Kyodo News Agency ....
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First Briton tests positive in Sierra Leone
Date: 2014-08-24 06:28:11 GMT - Sierra Leone - World - SN:11 - ID:888223
FREETOWN, Aug 24 (MENA) - A British national living in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the deadly virus Ebola, the BBC reported quoting the Department of Health. It is the first reported case of a Briton contracting the virus. The overall ....
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China says 8 convicted terrorists executed in west
Date: 2014-08-23 19:19:50 GMT - China - World - SN:86 - ID:887953
BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - Chinese state media said Saturday that eight convicted terrorists were executed in the far western region of Xinjiang, where ethnic conflicts have left dozens of people dead this year, according to ABC News. Among those ....
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India, Pakistan trade gunfire in Kashmir; 4 dead
Date: 2014-08-23 08:46:41 GMT - India - World - SN:14 - ID:886783
NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (MENA) - India and Pakistan traded gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region early Saturday, killing two villagers on each side and wounding several others, ABC News reported. Dharmendra Pareek, a top official of India's ....
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Putin: Further delays of aid delivery to Ukraine would have been unacceptable
Date: 2014-08-22 21:49:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:118 - ID:886611
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that further delays in the delivery of Russian aid to eastern Ukraine, which is facing a humanitarian disaster, would have been unacceptable, Russia Today reported. Putin ....
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Response to ISIL wouldn't be limited to geographic boundaries: White House
Date: 2014-08-22 21:17:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:115 - ID:886604
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - White House Deputy National Security advisor Ben Rhodes on Friday said that the US would not be limited in its response to ISIL by “geographic boundaries”. “We don’t rule anything out when it comes to the protection ....
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Kiev says Russia smuggled aid into its territories
Date: 2014-08-22 21:14:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:113 - ID:886613
KIEV, Aug 22 (MENA) - Russia began smuggling humanitarian aid to Ukraine, ignoring established international rules, procedures and agreements, without the consent and escort of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Ukrainian Foreign ....
