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Germany says prepared to send weapons to Iraq's Kurds
Date: 2014-08-21 11:32:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:884270
LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government cleared the way for Germany to supply Iraqis with weapons to fight Islamic State militants, dropping a post-World War II taboo on arms shipments to conflict areas, The Financial Times ....
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Former Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds dies
Date: 2014-08-21 06:57:48 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:17 - ID:883959
DUBLIN, Aug 21 (MENA) - Ireland's former prime minister Albert Reynolds has died at the age of 81, the BBC reported Thursday. He played a key role in advancing the Northern Ireland peace process, including the 1994 IRA ceasefire. The Fianna ....
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Obama to host U.N. Security Council
Date: 2014-08-21 05:09:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:883883
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - President Barack Obama will host a United Nations Security Council Summit next month during the U.N. General Assembly, an administration official confirmed, CNN reported. The administration official noted it will be ....
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US offers $30 million in search for Haqqani leaders
Date: 2014-08-21 04:43:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:883865
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - The United States offered a total $30 million on Wednesday in return for information on key leaders of the feared Haqqani militant network, blamed for numerous bloody attacks in Afghanistan. "The Department has ....
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Head of Guatemalan military dies in chopper crash
Date: 2014-08-20 21:20:46 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:183 - ID:883751
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - The head of the Guatemalan military's Joint Chiefs of Staff died in a helicopter crash Wednesday near the border with Mexico, the ABC News reported. Interior Secretary Mauricio Lopez said Gen. Rudy Ortiz was killed ....
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Military considering sending additional troops to Iraq, officials say
Date: 2014-08-20 20:36:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:174 - ID:883719
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) – The US military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional US troops to Baghdad, US officials said. The US military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional ....
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Death toll from Ebola virus in West Africa rises to 1,350: WHO
Date: 2014-08-20 19:38:28 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:161 - ID:883681
ABUJA, Aug 20 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed Wednesday that the death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 1,350. At least 576 cases has died in Liberia alone, the organization said in a statement released ....
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ISIS has no place in 21 century - Obama
Date: 2014-08-20 19:29:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:159 - ID:883691
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The United States stood firm Wednesday in its fight with Islamic State militants who beheaded a US journalist in Iraq, pledging to continue attacking the group despite its threats to kill another American hostage, ....
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Austria police hold nine jihadist suspects
Date: 2014-08-20 19:22:26 GMT - Austria - World - SN:158 - ID:883685
VIENNA, Aug 20 (MENA) - Nine people have been arrested by police in Austria on suspicion of planning to join Islamist militant groups in Syria, according to The BBC. The suspects were detained close to the country's border and were being ....
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German media outlets spotlight Egypt's retrieve of stolen samples from Germany
Date: 2014-08-20 18:58:26 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:154 - ID:883666
CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - The various German media outlets spotlighted German's move to hand over to Egypt samples of King Khufu's cartouche, taken illegally by two German archaeologists from a room found inside the Great Pyramid. A sample of the ....
