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Tu-95 bomber fires new cruise missiles at Kamchatka range in training
Date: 2014-06-20 15:08:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:788687
MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - A Tu-95MS strategic bomber in exercises on Friday fired six new high precision cruise missiles at targets in Kamchatka, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told ITAR-TASS. The ground targets in the Kura firing ....
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Russian troops not beefed up on border with Ukraine- presidential aide
Date: 2014-06-20 12:58:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:788406
MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone conversation with Hollande and Merkel that Russian troops were not beefed up on the border with Ukraine, only the contingent of border guards was being reinforced, ....
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Ukraine military close off border with Russia
Date: 2014-06-20 12:30:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:788357
KIEV, June 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian forces have completed an operation to close off the country's eastern border with Russia, CNN reported Friday. The remarks were made by Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov in Ukraine's Parliament session, citing Ukraine's ....
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Egyptian association in Austria welcomes UK decision to ban 5 terrorist organizations
Date: 2014-06-20 10:48:59 GMT - Austria - World - SN:24 - ID:788163
VIENNA, June 20 (MENA) - The association of Egyptian expats in Austria has welcomed a decision by the British government to ban five terrorist organizations, atop of which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The association told MENA ....
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7 Ukrainian troops killed in overnight fighting
Date: 2014-06-20 09:11:22 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:788017
KIEV, June 20 (MENA) - Seven Ukrainian troops were killed in overnight fighting in the restive east, Ukrainian officials said Friday. Clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels continued two days after President Petro Poroshenko ....
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Global refugees hit 50 million --UN report
Date: 2014-06-20 07:46:29 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:787882
NEW YORK, June 20 (MENA) - A major new report has revealed that the numbers of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has soared to 50 million people for the first time since the Second World War. The figure is ....
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MPs ban five Syria-linked jihadist groups in UK
Date: 2014-06-19 21:29:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:787626
LONDON, June 19 (MENA) - Five Syria-linked jihadist groups, including the the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have been banned in the UK by MPs, the BBC News reported. Security minister James Brokenshire set out the motion, which was ....
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Pope Tawadros II calls for enforcing law, reforming media and education
Date: 2014-06-19 19:30:27 GMT - Norway - World - SN:109 - ID:787527
OSLO, June 19 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said Thursday addressing the current problems in Egypt required a plan of three elements: enforcing law, reforming education and media. Earlier in the day, Pope ....
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Obama to deploy Special Forces to Iraq
Date: 2014-06-19 19:19:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:787490
WASHINGTON, June 19 (MENA) – U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he’s prepared to deploy up to 300 special forces to Iraq, as militants who have plunged the country into chaos consolidate their gains, The Time Magazine ....
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Ongoing situation in Iraq "catastrophic": Moussa
Date: 2014-06-19 19:06:33 GMT - France - World - SN:104 - ID:787400
PARIS, June 19 (MENA) – Former Arab League chief and Egypt's former foreign minister Amr Moussa described as "catastrophic" and "regrettable" the ongoing situation in Iraq after the Islam State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) control over a number of ....
