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  • Egypt succeeded to protect 'the family' at UN human rights council: diplomat

    Date: 2014-06-30 11:36:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:804812

    GENEVA, June 30 (MENA) - The Permanent Delegation of Egypt at the UN seat in Geneva has succeeded to lead the Arab, Islamic, African and developed countries in a bid to protect "the family", Egypt's delegate Walid Mahmoud Abdel-Nasser has said. The ....

  • Iranian deputy FM arrives in Moscow

    Date: 2014-06-30 11:34:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:804846

    MOSCOW, June 30 (MENA) - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Moscow on Monday, according to IRNA News Agency. Amir-Abdollahian is scheduled to confer with the Russian officials ....

  • Helicopter with 14 on board crashes in Russia: officials

    Date: 2014-06-30 09:35:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:804631

    MOSCOW, June 30 (MENA) - Some 14 people were missing on Monday after their helicopter crashed in the Russian Far East, officials said, the latest aviation tragedy to hit the country. The Mi-8 helicopter carrying firefighters crashed near the ....

  • Cameron says drive for European Union reform remains on track

    Date: 2014-06-30 09:21:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:25 - ID:804609

    LONDON, June30 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has declared that he can “do business” with European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker, insisting that Britain’s drive for European Union reform remains on track, reported the Daily ....

  • Landslide inChina leaves 1 dead, 15 missing

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:51:30 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:804527

    BEIJING, June 30 (MENA) - A landslide killed at least one person and left 15 missing in a village in China's mountainous southwest on Monday, the local government was quoted by ABC News as saying. Two people also were injured in the disaster in ....

  • 60 militants killed during clashes with Afghan army soldiers

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:19:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:804481

    KABUL, June 30 (MENA) - At least 60 militants were killed during clashes with the Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers in various parts of Afghanistan, reported Khaama website. Officials in the ministry of defense of Afghanistan said the militants ....

  • N. Korean leader Kim guides test-launch of rockets: KCNA

    Date: 2014-06-30 07:08:15 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:8 - ID:804347

    PYONGYANG, June 30 (MENA) - North Korean state media reported Monday its leader Kim Jong-un has guided the recent test launches of ballistic rockets to boost deterrence. The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim "guided a ....

  • 1 killed in mosque attack in Thailand

    Date: 2014-06-30 06:52:43 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:4 - ID:804336

    BANGKOK, June 30 (MENA) - A group of gunmen on Monday opened fire at a mosque in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, killing one man and injuring another after the start of Ramadan on the weekend, police said as quoted by the ABC. Police Col. ....

  • Combat will intensify after end of truce on Monday - Lugansk People's Republic head

    Date: 2014-06-29 22:35:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:144 - ID:804189

    KIEV, June 29 (MENA) - Combat actions in east Ukraine will only intensify after the truce comes to an end on Monday, Itar-TASS cited head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic Valery Bolotov as saying on Sunday. Kiev’s ....

  • 26 dead in India building collapse

    Date: 2014-06-29 22:34:18 GMT - India - World - SN:143 - ID:804188

    NEW DELHI, June 29 (MENA) – The death toll from an Indian building collapse rose to 26 people, according to latest news reports from New Delhi. Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday as rescuers using gas ....

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