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UN chief welcomes temporarily truce in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-17 16:55:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:86 - ID:832456
NEW YORK, July 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon welcomed Thursday the humanitarian pause in Gaza and appreciates that it has mostly been respected by all parties, the UN said in its website. This temporary ceasefire, brokered by his ....
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Malaysia Airlines plane crashes in Ukraine in 60 km from Russian border- source
Date: 2014-07-17 16:47:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:832469
MOSCOW, July 17 (MENA) - Boeing 777 passenger airplane of Malaysia Airlines crashed on the territory of Ukraine in 60 km from the Russian border, ITAR-TASS News Agency reported Thursday. According to Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services ....
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British deputy PM condemns Israel for "deliberately disproportionate" attacks In Gaza
Date: 2014-07-17 16:18:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:832434
LONDON, July 17 (MENA) - Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip in retaliation for militant rocket attacks on its territory amounts to a "deliberately disproportionate form of collective punishment", British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The ....
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Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border
Date: 2014-07-17 16:15:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:77 - ID:832396
KIEV, July 17 (MENA) - A passenger jet has reportedly crashed in eastern Ukraine in an area where separatist rebels have been engaging Ukrainian army forces in recent weeks. The Malaysia Airlines plane, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, ....
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Palestinian FM in talks with China envoy over Gaza
Date: 2014-07-17 16:01:58 GMT - palestine - World - SN:75 - ID:832370
RAMALLAH, July 17 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad el-Malki met on Thursday with Chinese Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Wu Sike for talks on the situation in Gaza. Maliki discussed with the Chinese envoy Egypt's efforts in ....
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700 workers protesting in Myanmar say South Korean factory closed without paying them
Date: 2014-07-17 15:39:59 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:72 - ID:832378
NAY PYI TAW, July 17 (MENA) -More than 700 workers protested Thursday in front of the South Korean Embassy in Myanmar to demand officials help them after a Korean-owned factory closed without paying their wages, according to Fox News. The workers ....
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Sisi protected Egypt against collapse: Putin
Date: 2014-07-17 14:26:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:832201
MOSCOW, July 17 (MENA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin praised on Thursday the role played by Egypt's President Abdel Fatah El Sisi, saying he protected the country from arriving at the same destiny of Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq. There are ....
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Taliban attack on Kabul airport 'over'
Date: 2014-07-17 07:10:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:831289
KABUL, July 17 (MENA) - Heavily armed militants who attacked Kabul International Airport with grenades and automatic weapons have been repelled, BBC quoted Afghan officials as saying. The four insurgents who took part are dead, the authorities ....
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Thailand’s former PM given permission to leave country
Date: 2014-07-17 07:07:28 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:831303
BANGKOK, July 17 (MENA) - Thailand’s military rulers have given permission to former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to leave the country on a private trip on condition she does not get involved in politics, the BBC reported quoting officers ....
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5 dead after helicopter crash in South Korea
Date: 2014-07-17 06:34:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:831264
SEOUL, July 17 (MENA) - A firefighting helicopter crashed Thursday near an apartment complex and school in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju, killing five people, ABC news reported. The helicopter was returning to headquarters in the ....
