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Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia, Donetsk, Lugansk officials
Date: 2014-07-25 11:04:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:844588
MOSCOW, July 25 (MENA) - Canada announced further sanctions against Russian companies and officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, ITAR-TASS reported Friday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the sanctions ....
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Typhoon Rammasun kills 62 in China
Date: 2014-07-25 10:23:04 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:844571
BEIJING, July 25 (MENA) - The death toll from super typhoon Rammasun in China has reached 62 with another 21 people missing, according to latest figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, China's CCTV reported. The strongest typhoon to hit ....
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UN chief condemns attacking UNRWA refugee shelter in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-24 20:08:17 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:111 - ID:843946
NEW YORK, July 24 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned Thursday attacking the UNRWA shelter school for refugees in northern Gaza, the deputy spokesman for Ban Ki-Moon said. "He is appalled by the news of an attack on a UN Relief ....
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Palestine envoy in Moscow hails Egypt's role in Gaza crisis
Date: 2014-07-24 20:05:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:110 - ID:844042
MOSCOW, July 24 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador in Moscow Fayed Mustafa asserted that "Palestinians appreciates Egypt's role and hope that tension between Cairo and Hamas will not affect ceasefire efforts." "Egypt's ceasefire initiative is not the ....
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Egyptian union in Austria backs Sisi to face threats
Date: 2014-07-24 19:06:40 GMT - Austria - World - SN:103 - ID:843967
VIENNA, July 24 (MENA) - The General Union of Egyptians in Austria reiterated support for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in confronting dangers facing Egypt. The union made the pledge in a statement to express attitude on Sisi's speech marking ....
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Mali president says wreckage of Air Algerie flight spotted in north
Date: 2014-07-24 18:37:04 GMT - Mali - World - SN:98 - ID:843996
BAMAKO, July 24 (MENA) - An Air Algerie flight with 110 passengers on board, nearly half of them French citizens, crashed on Thursday after the jet disappeared over northern Mali en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers, Sky News reported Thursday. ....
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Hammond: Britain supports Egypt-US efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-24 15:00:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:843499
LONDON, July 24 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond asserted on Thursday during his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories that his country supports Egypt-US efforts aiming to reach ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ....
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Austrian FM condemns violent assaults on Israeli footballers
Date: 2014-07-24 14:54:35 GMT - Austria - World - SN:75 - ID:843593
VIENNA, July 24 (MENA) – Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz strongly condemned assaults on Israeli Maccabi Haifa players during a friendly football match against France's Lille played in the Austrian town of Bischofshofen. "The assaults on ....
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India: School bus and train crash kills 18 children
Date: 2014-07-24 11:30:48 GMT - India - World - SN:48 - ID:843011
NEW DELHI, July 24 (MENA) - At least 18 children were killed along with their driver when a school bus was hit by a train in the Indian state of Telangana, police said. The passenger train rammed into the school bus, dragging it several hundred ....
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Turkey reiterates travel warning for Libya
Date: 2014-07-24 10:43:21 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:45 - ID:842992
ANKARA, July 24 (MENA) - Turkey has reiterated its travel warning for Libya as fighting intensifies and instability deepens in Libya. A statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Ankara strongly recommends citizens to ....