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South Korea conscripts die in apparent suicides
Date: 2014-07-29 07:36:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:849445
SEOUL, July 29 (MENA) - Two South Korean conscripts died in apparent suicides on Sunday, the military says, weeks after another soldier shot five members of his unit, the BBC reported. The two men, both privates, were found hanged in separate ....
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Japan says won't nationalize radioactive storage site
Date: 2014-07-28 20:39:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:105 - ID:849288
TOKYO, July 28 (MENA) - The Japanese government has said it will allow landowners to keep their property rights for the land where it will build temporary storage facilities for radioactive debris in Fukushima Prefecture. It had originally planned ....
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Ebola outbreak: Liberia shuts most border points
Date: 2014-07-28 19:15:55 GMT - Liberia - World - SN:100 - ID:849230
MONROVIA, July 28 (MENA) - Most border crossings in Liberia have been closed and communities hit by an Ebola outbreak face quarantine to try to halt the spread of the virus, the BBC reported. Screening centres are also being set up at the few ....
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UK dispatches 1350 troops to Poland for Nato exercise
Date: 2014-07-28 16:46:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:849043
LONDON, July 28 (MENA) - The UK is to send a "full battle group" of 1,350 military personnel for exercises in Poland, amid rising tension with Russia over Ukraine, the BBC has reported. They will take part in Nato manoeuvres in October to support ....
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Gaza in critical condition, says UN's Ban Ki-moon
Date: 2014-07-28 16:06:11 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:77 - ID:849085
NEW YORK, July 28 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged an immediate halt to violence in Gaza, saying the Palestinian territory is in a "critical condition", according to the BBC. "In the name of humanity, the violence must stop," ....
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Kerry's cease-fire draft revealed: US plan would let Hamas keep its rockets - Haaretz
Date: 2014-07-28 15:35:51 GMT - Israel - World - SN:75 - ID:849045
GAZA CITY, July 28 (MENA) - The ceasefire draft US Secretary of State John Kerry presented to Israel contained practically no mention of Israel's security needs or of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip of rockets and heavy weaponry or of the need of ....
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Japan announces additional sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
Date: 2014-07-28 14:21:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:71 - ID:848973
TOKYO, July 28 (MENA) - Japan will impose additional sanctions on Russia for failing to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, where the recent downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet killed all 298 people aboard, the government said on Monday. Assets held in ....
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Gaza war to accelerate Israel collapse: IRGC commander
Date: 2014-07-28 14:21:32 GMT - Iran - World - SN:70 - ID:848953
TEHRAN, July 28 (MENA) - Gaza war will accelerate Israeli regimeˈs collapse, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami said on Monday. In statements carried by IRNA News Agency, Salami noted ....
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Iran condemns attacks on Quds day Rallies in Nigeria
Date: 2014-07-28 14:21:14 GMT - Iran - World - SN:69 - ID:848954
TEHRAN, July 28 (MENA) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry deplored the attack by the Nigerian troops on peaceful rallies by Muslims on the International Quds Day, FARS News Agency reported. "The Islamic Republic of Iran assumes the armed attacks on the ....
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Cameron: 'British Muslims have shown what Islam is all about'
Date: 2014-07-28 13:33:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:848948
LONDON, July 28 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has greeted Muslims in the United Kingdom and across the world on the advent of Eidul Fitr, noting that "This Ramadan, British Muslims have shown what Islam is all about." In a video ....
