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French president, Saudi minister discuss boosting cooperation
Date: 2014-06-18 19:20:17 GMT - France - World - SN:140 - ID:785737
PARIS, June 18 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande held a meeting on Wednesday with Saudi Prince Meteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Minister of the National Guard to discuss ways to enhance bilateral ties, Saudi News Agency reported. The ....
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Spain king signs his abdication
Date: 2014-06-18 19:07:44 GMT - Spain - World - SN:139 - ID:785738
MADRID, June 18 (MENA) - The reign of King Juan Carlos of Spain is in its final hours after he signed the bill formally abdicating in favour of his son, Prince Felipe, the BBC reported Wednesday. Juan Carlos, 76, signed the bill at a ceremony in ....
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Liberman vows to help Africa fight terror
Date: 2014-06-18 18:31:27 GMT - Israel - World - SN:135 - ID:785734
GAZA CITY, June 18 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, who is in the midst of a visit to several African countries, on Wednesday urged African leaders to join the struggle against Islamist extremism and terrorism by al-Qaeda, global ....
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EBRD president visits Tunisia
Date: 2014-06-18 18:22:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:133 - ID:785689
LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Sir Suma Chakrabarti will visit Tunisia on 23 June to underscore the Bank’s strong support for the country’s future economic development, the Bank's news ....
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Tony Blair: World is repulsed by kidnapping of Israeli teanagers
Date: 2014-06-18 18:11:52 GMT - Israel - World - SN:130 - ID:785577
GAZA CITY, June 18 (MENA) - The international community is repulsed by the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers, Middle East Quartet Envoy Tony Blair said Wednesday, according to the Jerusalem Post. “We condemn without any hesitation at all the ....
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Talks underway to facilitate aid access into Syria - amb.
Date: 2014-06-18 17:30:03 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:123 - ID:785578
NEW YORK, June 18 (MENA) - Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said Wednesday that talks are underway with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and representatives of Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan to ....
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British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East meets Palestine PM
Date: 2014-06-18 16:59:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:119 - ID:785392
LONDONM, June 18 (MENA) - British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Hugh Robertson held on Wednesday talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah about the political developments and the issue of kidnapping of three ....
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Livni praises Abbas for condemnation of kidnappings
Date: 2014-06-18 16:36:20 GMT - Israel - World - SN:112 - ID:785545
GAZA CITY, June 18 (MENA) – Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who for eight months led Israel’s negotiation team with the Palestinians, lauded Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s condemnation Wednesday of the kidnappings of the three Israeli ....
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Hillary Clinton: Al-Maliki must go
Date: 2014-06-18 15:35:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:785393
WASHINGTON, June 18 (MENA) - The Iraqi people need to think seriously about the kind of leader they need to try to unite Iraqis against what is a terrible, imminent threat," former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said. Clinton called for ....
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US rules out Iraq airstrikes for now
Date: 2014-06-18 15:16:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:785368
NEW YORK, June 18 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama decided against immediate air strikes on marauding Sunni extremists in Iraq, opting instead to pursue strategies such as providing intelligence to the Iraqi military, addressing the country's ....
