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China willing to expand agricultural produce trade with Russia
Date: 2014-08-18 18:24:37 GMT - China - World - SN:139 - ID:880202
BEIJING, Aug 18 (MENA) - Chinese companies exported 2.1 billion US dollars worth of agricultural produce to Russia last year, and China is willing to work with Russia to expand two-way agricultural produce trade, Xinhua quoted a Ministry of Commerce ....
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Russia names conditions for bilateral ceasefire
Date: 2014-08-18 18:20:47 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:136 - ID:880158
KIEV, Aug 18 (MENA) - The Ukrainian side insists on a bilateral ceasefire, but Moscow has refused to give any guarantee on its part, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavel Klimkin. According ....
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Japanese likely held in Syria said to have accompanied rival group
Date: 2014-08-18 18:17:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:134 - ID:880144
TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - A Japanese man who is feared to have been captured in northern Syria by the Islamic State extremist group is believed to have been travelling with a rival Islamist militant group fighting the regime of President Basher ....
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Pro-Russian rebels fire on fleeing civilians
Date: 2014-08-18 18:04:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:131 - ID:880230
KIEV, Aug 18 (MENA) - Officials claim pro-Russian rebels have fired rockets and mortars at civilians attempting to flee from intense fighting in eastern Ukraine, Sky News reported. The attack apparently took place between the towns of Svitlivka and ....
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Japan, China agree to seek improved ties
Date: 2014-08-18 17:18:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:126 - ID:880209
TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - A group of Japanese lawmakers agreed Monday with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao that both countries need to make efforts to mend bilateral relations badly damaged over territorial and historical issues, according to Kyodo ....
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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 ....
