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  • Moscow metro crash kills at least 20, mourning day declared

    Date: 2014-07-15 19:54:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:138 - ID:829257

    MOSCOW, July 15 (MENA) - At least 20 people died and scores of others were injured after a metro train derailed in Moscow during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, the Russian Health Ministry said. "Nineteen people died on the spot, one more died ....

  • 'Trojan horse' school trustees quit

    Date: 2014-07-15 19:39:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:135 - ID:829190

    LONDON, July 15 (MENA) - The board of trustees at the centre of the alleged "Trojan Horse" Muslim takeover plot has resigned, the BBC News reported Tuesday. Park View Educational Trust chairman Tahir Alam said the decision had been made in the ....

  • Karzai and UNAMA condemns attack on presidential palace employees

    Date: 2014-07-15 16:44:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:106 - ID:829064

    KABUL, July 15 (MENA) - Afghanistan president Hami Karzai and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned attack on presidential palace employees in Kabul, Khaama Press reported. President Karzai said attack on innocent ....

  • Moderate quake hits northern Iran

    Date: 2014-07-15 16:13:10 GMT - Iran - World - SN:101 - ID:829007

    TEHRAN, July 15 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4.0 on Richter scale jolted Gorgan in the northeastern province of Golestan on Tuesday morning, Irna news agency reported. The seismological base affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran ....

  • Erdoğan claims Israel’s mentality ‘no different from Hitler’

    Date: 2014-07-15 15:40:32 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:95 - ID:828893

    ANKARA, July 15 (MENA) - Israel’s approach to the Palestinians is no different to the mentality of Adolf Hitler, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, accusing Israel of committing “systematic atrocity and state terror” against the ....

  • Resistance to further cement unity among Palestinians: diplomat

    Date: 2014-07-15 15:36:40 GMT - Iran - World - SN:94 - ID:828768

    TEHRAN, July 15 (MENA) - Palestineˈs Ambassador to Tehran Salah Zawawi said here on Tuesday that resistance would further consolidate national unity of the Palestinian nation, Irna news agency reported. He said the Gaza events were certainly the ....

  • Taliban rejects involvement in Paktika attack that left 89 dead

    Date: 2014-07-15 15:18:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:89 - ID:828805

    KِِِِِِِِِABUL, July 15 (MENA) - The Taliban group in Afghanistan rejected involvement behind the deadly suicide attack in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan which left 89 civilians dead, local media reported. Taliban group spokesman, ....

  • Abdullah, Ghani to hold talks on national unity government

    Date: 2014-07-15 14:50:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:86 - ID:828666

    KABUL, July 15 (MENA) - Presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will meet today to discuss the formation of national unity government, Khaama Press reported quoting local reports. The electoral teams of the two ....

  • Afghan market car bomb kills 89 in Paktika province

    Date: 2014-07-15 14:34:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:77 - ID:828723

    KABUL, July 15 (MENA) - At least 89 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack at a busy market in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province, the BBC quoted local officials as saying. They say the attacker drove a 4x4 vehicle ....

  • EP elects Juncker to head EU commission

    Date: 2014-07-15 14:21:10 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:73 - ID:828716

    BRUSSELS, July 15 (MENA) - A majority in the European Parliament has approved former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to be President of the European Commission, reported the BBC. He got 422 votes out of the 729 total cast in the ....

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