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Obama has strategy concerning Midlle East -- Commentary
Date: 2014-08-31 06:38:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:898922
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) – "US President Barack Obama’s critics often claim he does not have a strategy in the greater Middle East. That’s wrong. Like it or loathe it, he does, and he’s beginning to implement it against ISIS (Daesh)," Peter Beinart ....
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National security chief planning U.S. visit: source
Date: 2014-08-31 06:06:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:898932
SOUL, Aug 31 (MENA) - South Korea's top national security adviser is expected to visit the United States next month to discuss North Korea sanctions and other pending issues concerning the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported quoting a ....
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Amnesty: Belgrade and Pristina to carry out investigation into the missing
Date: 2014-08-30 16:30:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:898578
LONDON, Aug 30 (MENA) - Amnesty International called upon authorities in Belgrade and Pristina to carry out prompt, efficient and unbiased investigation into all who have been suspected of being involved in abduction of people before, during and ....
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Senior Taliban leaders among 28 killed in Nuristan operations
Date: 2014-08-30 15:38:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:73 - ID:898547
KABUL, Aug 30 (MENA) - At least 28 Taliban militants were killed following military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces to retake the control of Du-Aab district in Nuristan province, Khaama Press reported. The Ministry of ....
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China's President Xi Jinping urges army to create strategy for information warfare
Date: 2014-08-30 15:31:52 GMT - China - World - SN:71 - ID:898490
BEIJING, Aug 30 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has said China will spur military innovation and called on the army to create a new strategy for "information warfare" as the country embarks on military reform, state media said on ....
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Taliban militants execute 11 civilians in Farah province
Date: 2014-08-30 14:47:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:65 - ID:898474
KABUL, Aug 30 (MENA) - Taliban militants executed at least eleven civilians in western Farah province of Afghanistan early Saturday, Khaama newspaper quoting local officials said. Provincial governor spokeman, Jawid Afghan, said the civilians who ....
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19 confirmed dead after SW China landslide
Date: 2014-08-30 14:40:15 GMT - China - World - SN:62 - ID:898465
BEIJING, Aug 30 (MENA) - Nineteen people have been confirmed dead while four others remain missing on Saturday, three days after a landslide hit a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Another landslide in the small hours of Saturday ....
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Iranian warships repel pirates' attacks on 2 cargo ships in high seas
Date: 2014-08-30 14:01:27 GMT - Iran - World - SN:59 - ID:898416
TEHRAN, Aug 30 (MENA) - Iranian Navy warships rescued two cargo ships in Bab el-Mendeb and the Gulf of Aden after tough battles with pirates in the high seas. In the first battle, the timely presence and action of the Iranian Navy's 31st Flotilla ....
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Pentagon confirms ISIL captured tanks, building ‘faster’ military force
Date: 2014-08-30 13:55:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:898376
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - The United States has determined that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) was building an armored force. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community detected a presence of U.S. and Russian-origin armored ....
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Several buildings afire in Donetsk after Ukrainean army artillery strike
Date: 2014-08-30 12:10:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:46 - ID:898220
DONESTK, Aug 30 (MENA)- A district was afire in Donetsk after it was hit by incendiary shells in artillery strikes, Itar-tass news agency reported quoting witnesses as having said. Several big buildings were ablaze, including a bakery. Two city ....
