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Pakistan fires 23 rockets in Afghanistan's Kunar
Date: 2014-08-16 19:18:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:99 - ID:877124
KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - At least 23 rockets were fired from Pakistan in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan in the latest spate of cross-border shelling from the other side of Durand Line, khaama Press reported. Provincial police chief Abdul ....
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Spiegel: BND focus on Turkey nets Kerry, Clinton
Date: 2014-08-16 18:30:26 GMT - Germany - World - SN:94 - ID:877085
BERLIN, Aug 16 (MENA) - The magazine Der Spiegel says Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency tapped a satellite phone call made by US Secretary of State John Kerry last year. It resulted from BND spying on Turkey, begun in 2009, Deutsche Welle ....
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Russian ambassador discusses Ukraine at Britain’s Foreign Office
Date: 2014-08-16 18:08:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:877086
LONDON, Aug 16 (MENA) - Russia’s ambassador in Britain Aleksandr Yakovenko was summoned to the Foreign Office on Friday for a meeting with Acting Permanent Under-Secretary Matthew Rycroft, a statement by the Russian embassy here was quoted by ....
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UN peacekeeper killed in north Mali; 5 wounded
Date: 2014-08-16 17:58:00 GMT - Mali - World - SN:91 - ID:877073
BAMAKO, Aug 16 (MENA) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says one of its patrols was attacked, killing a peacekeeper and wounding five others, ABC news reported on Saturday. The statement released Saturday by the U.N. mission says the suicide ....
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U.S. evacuates diplomats' families from Sierra Leone
Date: 2014-08-16 17:43:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:877060
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (MENA) - The U.S. began evacuating families of embassy personnel in Sierra Leone on Thursday, citing concerns that local medical facilities have become overwhelmed by the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, the Wall Street Journal ....
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El Gouna receives UNEP Global Green City award
Date: 2014-08-16 14:27:22 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:62 - ID:876725
BOGOTA, Aug 16 (MENA) – El Gouna City has received the Global Green City award sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Development Holding Engineer Samih Sawiris received the ....
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Merkel to Putin: Halt flow of arms to Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-15 21:45:35 GMT - Germany - World - SN:123 - ID:875939
BERLIN, Aug 15 (MENA) - The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel has pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the flow of military goods and personnel into Ukraine ahead of a weekend meeting of foreign ministers aimed at easing ....
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Doctors Without Borders: Six months to contain Ebola
Date: 2014-08-15 21:38:51 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:121 - ID:875928
ABUJA, Aug 15 (MENA) - Head of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) said Friday that it will take about six months to bring under control the Ebola epidemic. Speaking to reporters in Nigeria, international president of Doctors ....
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UK condemns abductions in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-15 21:36:50 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:120 - ID:875933
ABUJA, Aug 15 (MENA) - The United Kingdom condemned Friday abduction of over 100 people in Nigeria and pledges continued UK support in fight against Boko Haram. "The UK stands firmly with Nigeria as it faces the scourge of Boko Haram", UK ....
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Russian assures Hagel on Ukrainian relief
Date: 2014-08-15 21:29:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:875929
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu "guaranteed" US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday that no Russian troops are involved in the transport of humanitarian relief supplies to eastern Ukraine, ABC News quoted a ....
