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US general Harold Greene killed by Afghan soldier
Date: 2014-08-06 07:55:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:860533
KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - A US general has been killed in an attack by an Afghan soldier at a British-run military academy near Kabul, the BBC said Wednesday quoting US officials. Maj Gen Harold Greene is the highest ranking US military official to ....
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United flight makes emergency landing in Canada after 'small fire' breaks out
Date: 2014-08-06 07:26:51 GMT - Canada - World - SN:16 - ID:860542
OTTAWA, Aug 6 (MENA) - United Airlines jet on its way to Brussels made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia after a small fire aboard the Boeing 777 airliner, ABC news reported quoting a spokesman for the airport. No-one was injured on ....
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China earthquake toll reaches 589
Date: 2014-08-06 06:30:03 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:860487
BEIJING, Aug 6 (MENA) - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in China rose dramatically on Wednesday as rescuers reached deeper into the most heavily damaged areas, Fox news reported. Some 589 people were killed in the quake, which struck ....
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Egyptians union abroad hails Foreign Ministry's efforts in evacuating nationals from Libya
Date: 2014-08-05 21:35:22 GMT - Austria - World - SN:208 - ID:860393
VIENNA, Aug 5 (MENA) – The Egyptian Union Abroad praised Tuesday the efforts exerted by the Foreign Ministry to bring stranded nationals in Tunisia, fled from fighting in Libya, back home. The union hailed the move of Foreign Minister Sameh ....
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Mahlab meets World Bank Group president
Date: 2014-08-05 21:30:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:207 - ID:860391
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) – Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the sidelines of the US-African summit in Washington. They discussed ways of boosting cooperation between Egypt and ....
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Jordan circulates revised UN resolution on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-05 20:34:39 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:200 - ID:860156
NEW YORK, Aug 5 (MENA) - Jordan has circulated a revised UN Security Council resolution calling for a durable cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to reporters at the UN HQ, Britain's UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the current Security ....
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Russia voices concern over Jen Psaki's poor geography knowledge
Date: 2014-08-05 20:07:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:196 - ID:860271
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) – A shortage of “basic geography knowledge” displayed by spokesperson for US Department of State Jen Psaki raises concerns and the US official should study maps before making statements, ITAR-TASS news agency quoted a spokesman ....
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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 ....
