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Military jets escort Qatar Airways plane to Manchester Airport
Date: 2014-08-05 20:01:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:194 - ID:860284
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after military jets were called to escort a passenger plane to Manchester Airport, the BBC News reported. The Qatar Airways plane was escorted in to land by ....
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Resigned UK minister says couldn't change gov't policy on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-05 19:47:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:191 - ID:860287
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) – Resigned UK Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi said on Tuesday that she couldn't change the government's policy on Gazaand that was the reason for resigning. "Over the last four weeks I have done everything that I can, ....
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U.S. general killed, other troops wounded in Afghanistan attack, Pentagon says
Date: 2014-08-05 19:14:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:188 - ID:860241
KABUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - A gunman believed to be an Afghan soldier opened fire at a training facility in Kabul Tuesday and killed an American general -- one of the highest-ranked military deaths since 9/11, a Pentagon spokesman said. "Perhaps up to ....
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Mahlab receives Coca-Cola company's Chairman
Date: 2014-08-05 18:39:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:180 - ID:860240
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) – Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has met with Coca-Cola's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent on the sidelines of U.S.-Africa Summit. During the meeting, the two sides have discussed ways to pump more ....
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Putin orders government to consider retaliation for western sanctions
Date: 2014-08-05 18:19:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:179 - ID:860160
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government on Tuesday to consider measures in retaliation to western sanctions against Russia, ITAR-TASS said. "I have formulated this instruction today,” Putin said at a ....
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Erdogan most-affected by Egypt's June 30 revolution: Fuller
Date: 2014-08-05 18:03:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:176 - ID:860106
ANKARA, Aug 5 (MENA) – Former US intelligence officer Graham Fuller has said that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan was the most-affected by the June 30 revolution which toppled Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. In his latest book ....
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Situation in Luhansk and Donetsk on brink of humanitarian disaster — Russian FM
Date: 2014-08-05 17:56:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:170 - ID:860158
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - The situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine is on the brink of humanitarian disaster, while the Ukrainian authorities refuse to admit this, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The United Nations, the ....
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Afghan attack kills US major general, wounds 15
Date: 2014-08-05 16:16:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:139 - ID:860017
KABUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on NATO troops at a military base, killing a US two-star general and wounding some 15 people, the ABC News reported. Among the injured are a German brigadier general ....
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Man arrested after 'hoax bomb threat' on Qatar Airways flight
Date: 2014-08-05 15:52:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:132 - ID:860000
MANCHESTER, Aug 5 (MENA) - A suspected hoax bomber was arrested at Manchester Airport today after an RAF fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a flight from Qatar, Mail online said Tuesday. Concerns were raised about Qatar Airways flight QR23, ....
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Britsh PM regrets Baroness Warsi resignation over Gaza
Date: 2014-08-05 14:28:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:113 - ID:859711
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) – British Prime Minister David Cameron has thanked resigned minister Baroness Warsi for her "excellent work", adding that he wanted an "unconditional ceasefire" in Gaza, the BBC reported. "Our policy has always been ....
