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Qatar condemns ISIL killing of US journalist
Date: 2014-08-21 14:47:30 GMT - Qatar - World - SN:108 - ID:885046
DOHA, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Qatari Foreign Ministry condemned Thursday the beheading of US journalist James Foley by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The ministry "expressed in the strongest terms its condemnation of the killing of ....
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US attorney general vows thorough probe of Ferguson shooting
Date: 2014-08-21 14:46:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:885027
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US Attorney General Eric Holder sought to assure residents in Ferguson that the US Justice Department was thoroughly probing the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer. During a daylong visit, Holder ....
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Authorities analyze voice in hunt for US journalist's killer
Date: 2014-08-21 14:29:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:884992
LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Police and security services are using voice-recognition software and other technology, as well as human tips, as they scramble to identify the militant recorded on a video showing the killing of American journalist James ....
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US commanders want more Iraq airstrike power - newspaper
Date: 2014-08-21 14:01:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:884938
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US military commanders in the Middle East are urging the Pentagon to intensify the air war against Islamic State targets in Iraq, two Defense Department officials said, according to USA Today. Top officers at Central ....
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Japanese flag to fly at half-mast tomorrow at embassy in Kuala Lumpur
Date: 2014-08-21 13:23:15 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:89 - ID:884902
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Japanese flag will fly at half-mast at the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, which will be a day of national mourning as a mark of respect for victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, according ....
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Dick Cheney: Deal with ISIL or face attack far worse than 9/11
Date: 2014-08-21 12:59:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:884790
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney warns that if the United States doesn't deal with the Islamic State (ISIL) terrorist group that beheaded an American journalist, it faces an attack much larger than 9/11. "That's ....
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ISAF service member killed in Afghanistan stabbing
Date: 2014-08-21 12:18:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:69 - ID:884450
KABUL, Aug 21 (MENA) - A coalition service member died Wednesday after being stabbed in the neck -- allegedly by a Taliban member -- near the international airport in Afghanistan's capital, a spokesman for Kabul's police chief said. The name and ....
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Ebola affected communities in West Africa at risk of severe food shortages
Date: 2014-08-21 12:03:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:66 - ID:884532
NEW York, Aug 21 (MENA) - Up to 1.3 million people require food assistance in areas worst affected by the Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The agency says populations in areas that have been ....
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Mitt Romney: Obama worse than even i expected
Date: 2014-08-21 11:49:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:884471
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a crowd of supporters on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is doing a “good deal worse than even I expected.” Romney, who lost to Obama by 126 electoral votes ....
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'75%' of Ebola victims are women - newspaper
Date: 2014-08-21 11:44:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:884592
LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - About 75 per cent of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders, health officials have said, according to The Independent. The disease, which has claimed the ....
