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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 ....
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Congresswoman calls for increasing military support to Peshmerga forces in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-18 10:04:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:879247
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard called for increasing the US military support to Peshmerga forces in its war against the Islamic State in northern Iraq. Washington should provide them with heavy weapons, she told the ....
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OFID approves emergency grant to fight Ebola in West Africa
Date: 2014-08-18 09:30:31 GMT - Austria - World - SN:32 - ID:879108
VIENNA, Aug 18 (MENA) - The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved an emergency assistance grant of US$500,000 to support the activities of the World Health Organization (WHO) in stopping the spread of the deadly Ebola virus ....
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Pope Francis calls for forgiveness, unity on Korean Peninsula
Date: 2014-08-18 07:14:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:878892
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (MENA) - Pope Francis called on the divided Koreas Monday to unite in the spirit of mutual forgiveness, saying they are "members of one family, one people," Yonhap reported. "All Koreans are brothers and sisters, members of one ....
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Nepal flood toll hits 101, fears of disease rise
Date: 2014-08-18 06:45:48 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:14 - ID:878899
KATHMANDU, Aug 18 (MENA) - Nepalese authorities said Monday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed more than 100 people, ABC News reported. The swirling ....
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Obama takes break from vacation for high-level White House meetings on undisclosed topics
Date: 2014-08-18 05:44:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:878842
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - President Obama is taking a break from his summer vacation to return to Washington for series of high-level, but unspecified, White House meetings, Fox News reported. Obama will leave his first family vacation on ....
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Israel needs bipartisan support in US -- paper
Date: 2014-08-17 21:22:47 GMT - Israel - World - SN:150 - ID:878737
GAZA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Israel needs bipartisan support in America and Netanyahu's meddling in internal politics threatens the allies' relationship, not only today but into the next presidency, Yediot Ahronot reported. During one of his last ....
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Indonesian tourist boat sinking leaves 15 missing, 10 tourists rescued
Date: 2014-08-17 20:14:11 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:138 - ID:878687
JAKARTA, Aug 17 (MENA) - At least 10 foreign tourists and five Indonesian crew are missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia, the BBC news reported. Ten people were rescued after the boat foundered off Sumbawa, between Lombok ....
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S. Korea completes evacuation of citizens from Libya
Date: 2014-08-17 20:10:51 GMT - south korea - World - SN:137 - ID:878690
SEOUL, Aug 17 (MENA) - With a South Korean Navy destroyer carrying its last batch of South Korean citizens out of Libya on Sunday, the country completed its evacuation mission in the war-ravaged African country, a foreign ministry official said, ....
