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World Health Organization says Ebola crisis ‘vastly’ underestimated
Date: 2014-08-15 18:24:07 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:95 - ID:875721
GENEVA, Aug 15 (MENA) - The magnitude of the Ebola crisis in West Africa is “vastly” underestimated, the World Health Organization warned this week, as the death toll steadily climbed. Ebola has infected at least 1,975 people in Nigeria, Guinea, ....
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Russia, Finland pledge to seek ceasefire, dialogue in Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-15 18:19:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:92 - ID:875691
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia and Finland would exert every effort to seek the earliest end of conflict in eastern Ukraine, ITAR-TASS News Agency reported. “We are going to do everything ....
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Russia, Germany find all effort needed for aid delivery to Ukraine — Russia FM
Date: 2014-08-15 17:20:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:88 - ID:875697
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russian and German Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier found all effort should be taken to ensure a safe and urgent delivery of Russian humanitarian aid to Ukrainian regions ravaged in hostilities, ....
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S. Korea proposes inter-Korean management program for rivers, mountains
Date: 2014-08-15 17:12:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:85 - ID:875669
SEOUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - South Korean president Park Geun-hye proposed Friday an inter-Korean joint management program of the Korean Peninsula rivers and mountains, Yonhap News Agency reported. Park made the remarks in a speech to commemorate ....
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S.Korea sends medical team to Nigeria for Ebola virus
Date: 2014-08-15 14:01:16 GMT - south korea - World - SN:66 - ID:875477
SEOUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - South Korea announced it sent medical staff to Nigeria to take the necessary measures to face the fatal Ebola virus, Yonhap News Agency reported. South Korea on Friday issued a special travel advisory for Nigeria's Ebola-hit ....
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S. Korea deplores Abe's offering to Yasukuni shrine
Date: 2014-08-15 13:54:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:64 - ID:875505
SEOUL, Aug 15(MENA) - South Korea's foreign ministry deplored the Japanese Prime Minister for sending ritual offerings to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, calling on the Japanese government and politicians to sincerely repent for the country's ....
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MENA agenda for Friday, August 15
Date: 2014-08-15 05:38:46 GMT - all over the world - World - SN:1 - ID:874765
BERLIN, The Egyptian embassy here receives samples stolen from the Great Pyramid of Giza last year by two German researchers. CAIRO, EgyptAir, the national flag carrier, operates five flights to Tunisia’s Qabis airport to bring back nationals who ....
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Egypt content with Russia talks – ambassador
Date: 2014-08-14 19:22:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:178 - ID:874540
MOSCOW, Aug 14 (MENA) - Egypt is content with the way the country's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was greeted on his first official visit to Russia and with the results of Russia-Egypt talks, the Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Elbadri told ....
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Putin: Accusations of 'Crimea annexation' ungrounded, silly
Date: 2014-08-14 17:13:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:163 - ID:874484
MOSCOW, Aug 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied grounds to call Crimea’s reunification with Russia an “annexation”, according to RIA Novosti. “There wasn’t and there isn’t an annexation of Crimea, this was the will of ....
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Disputes over Gaza conflict reportedly mark new low in US influence over Israel
Date: 2014-08-14 16:46:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:159 - ID:874380
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - Disputes over the conduct of Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip have left the US President Barack Obama administration with little influence over Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu's government and kept the ....