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No concessions to hostage takers: White House
Date: 2014-08-22 14:07:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:886201
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - US National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said that US policy on ransom for hostage takers is clear. She said Thursday that it "does not grant concessions to hostage takers,” CNN reported ....
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PTI submits National Assembly resignations
Date: 2014-08-22 13:28:10 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:55 - ID:886134
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (MENA) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have submitted the resignations of its parliamentarians to the National Assembly Secretary. The resignations could not be submitted to NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq as he had to travel to ....
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All measures taken to save Russian kidnapped in Syria - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-08-22 09:23:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:885745
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - Moscow has taken all measures to save the life of Russian tourist Konstantin Zhuravlev, kidnapped in Syria last year, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday. “Given the delicacy of the issue, and since any ....
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More British Muslims fight for Islamic State than Britain
Date: 2014-08-22 08:57:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:885700
LONDON, Aug 22 (MENA) - It is likely that there are now more British Muslims fighting for the Islamic State than for Britain's military. Britain's Ministry of Defense confirmed to USA Today that there are approximately 600 British Muslim ....
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MH17: Plane with Malaysian bodies arrives in Kuala Lumpur
Date: 2014-08-22 07:24:34 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:21 - ID:885637
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (MENA) - The bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine in July have arrived in Kuala Lumpur, as the nation holds a day of mourning, the BBC reported. A specially chartered plane took off from ....
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Russian border guards detain Japanese whaling ship
Date: 2014-08-22 06:42:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:885596
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - Russian border guards have detained a Japanese whaling ship in the Sea of Okhotsk, a source of Sakhalin regional security authorities told ITAR-TASS on Friday. The ship, which was detained by Kamchatka border guards, was ....
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MENA agenda for Friday, August 22
Date: 2014-08-22 05:45:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:8 - ID:885533
CAIRO, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives here Friday on a two-day visit leading a Palestinian delegation to confer with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the latest developments in Gaza. SUEZ, Egypt, Beni Suef Governor Magdy el-Batity ....
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Ukraine: 19 troops killed fighting rebels
Date: 2014-08-21 21:56:22 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:152 - ID:885463
KIEV, Aug 21 (MENA) - Nineteen Ukrainian troops have died battling rebels in a strategic town east of Donetsk, UK Wired News reported Thursday. Ukraine's National Guard has sent extra mortars and anti-tank weapons to the volunteers fighting the ....
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Chuck Hagel touts long-term strategy against ISIS
Date: 2014-08-21 21:36:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:149 - ID:885449
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said U.S. military intervention in Iraq will continue for some time because the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will not be defeated quickly, the Washington Examiner reported Thursday. “We ....
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Two Ukrainian choppers down in fight with militia in Donetsk
Date: 2014-08-21 21:12:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:146 - ID:885405
KIEV, Aug 21 (MENA) - The militia of the People's Republic of Luhansk, which announced independence from Ukraine, destroyed two helicopters of the Ukrainian army in fierce fighting near the village of Georgievka, representatives of the headquarters ....
