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Police in Ferguson arrest, threaten more journalists
Date: 2014-08-18 16:32:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:114 - ID:880121
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Since chaos erupted in the streets of Ferguson city more than a week ago, journalists from all over the world have flocked to the scene. They have also, increasingly, become the target of police arrests, The Washington ....
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Sainsbury's London takes kosher food off shelves during pro-Palestinian protest
Date: 2014-08-18 15:33:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:105 - ID:880032
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Kosher food was taken off shelves in a London Sainsbury’s branch that became a target of anti-Israel protests amid fears it would be vandalized, the Independent reported on Monday. The decision to remove Jewish products ....
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N. Korea launches new model of tactical rockets: Seoul source
Date: 2014-08-18 14:48:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:99 - ID:879986
SEOUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - North Korea has introduced and test-fired new tactical rockets that can pose a threat to South Korea's major military facilities, a military source in Seoul said Monday. "The five short-range projectiles that North Korea ....
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Afghan intelligence foil coordinated attacks in capital Kabul
Date: 2014-08-18 14:02:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:86 - ID:879759
KABUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - The Afghan intelligence foiled plot by terrorist networks to carry out coordinated attacks during the Independence Day in capital Kabul. National Directorate of Security (NDS), following a statement, said Monday that 3 ....
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Iran rejects Turkey's complaint about gas supply prices as 'baseless'
Date: 2014-08-18 13:23:30 GMT - Iran - World - SN:80 - ID:879729
TEHRAN, Aug 18 (MENA)- Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araqi denied Monday that Iran is selling its gas to Turkey at higher than international market prices as groundless, Fars News Agency reported. Araqi's ....
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Britain is dragged deeper into the Iraq conflict: 150 more special forces are on the way
Date: 2014-08-18 12:19:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:879290
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Britain was dragged deeper into the Iraq crisis last night as it emerged another 150 special forces troops are being deployed, The Daily Mail reported. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said the mission had escalated beyond a ....
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2,000 illegal migrants rescued off Italy
Date: 2014-08-18 12:14:38 GMT - Italy - World - SN:65 - ID:879376
ROME, Aug 14 (MENA) - Italian Coast Guard vessels rescued about 2,000 migrants in separate operations. A statement issued by "Mare Nostrum" humanitarian military command reported Monday that about 7,000 migrants arrived in Salerno, South of Italy, ....
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German ambassador summoned to Turkish Foreign Ministry over spying allegations
Date: 2014-08-18 10:50:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:50 - ID:879430
ANKARA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Germany’s ambassador in Ankara, Eberhard Pohl, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday over a report in German weekly Der Spiegel which suggested that the German secret service, the BND, has been spying on Turkey. ....
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Seoul urges N. Korea to accept offer of high-level talks
Date: 2014-08-18 10:29:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:41 - ID:879289
SEOUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - South Korea again called on the North on Monday to accept its proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks amid heightened bilateral tensions over Seoul's joint military exercises with Washington and Pyongyang's military ....
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave embassy 'soon'
Date: 2014-08-18 10:09:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:879235
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced Monday that after spending two years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London he will "soon" leave the diplomatic safe harbor, USA Today reported. He made the comments during a joint ....
