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Indonesians missing after boat sinks
Date: 2014-06-18 11:26:40 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:53 - ID:784619
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (MENA) - A boat carrying 97 Indonesians has sunk off Malaysia, with at least 61 people missing, the BBC reported. Dozens of Indonesian migrant workers remain missing after a boat capsized in waters off Malaysia. Rescue ....
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Afghan president hopeful demands halt of vote count
Date: 2014-06-18 10:54:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:47 - ID:784617
KABUL, June 18 (MENA) - Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah has demanded an immediate halt to vote-counting over allegations of widespread fraud, the BBC reported. Abdullah said ballot boxes had been stuffed to the benefit of ....
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UK Counterterror police on alert over Iraq violence
Date: 2014-06-18 10:27:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:784514
LONDON, June 18 (MENA) – British Police are on heightened alert for terror plots directed or inspired by the jihadist group leading the brutal campaign of violence in Iraq, the country’s most senior counterterrorism officer said Tuesday as quoted by ....
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Ukraine's Poroshenko offers unilateral ceasefire
Date: 2014-06-18 10:17:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:38 - ID:784474
KIEV, June 18 (MENA) - Ukraine's president has proposed a unilateral ceasefire by his troops to allow pro-Russian separatists to lay down their weapons. Petro Poroshenko said the peace plan would be implemented "shortly", BBC reported. His ....
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Russia hopes for objective report on human rights in Ukraine – Churkin
Date: 2014-06-18 07:49:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:784139
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia hopes for the objective assessment of the situation in Ukraine in the next UN report on human rights, which will be submitted this week, The Voice of Russia quoted the Russian permanent representative at the world ....
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Key Ukraine gas pipeline hit by blast
Date: 2014-06-18 07:20:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:784090
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Ukrainian police officials said the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod Pipeline, also known as the Trans-Siberian Pipeline, was damaged in the northeastern Lokhvytsia region, Itar Tass reported. Nobody appeared to be injured and ....
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S. Korea to send troops to peacekeeping drill in Mongolia
Date: 2014-06-18 07:17:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:784078
SEOUL, June 18 (MENA) - South Korea will dispatch troops to an annual multinational peacekeeping exercise set to kick off in Mongolia this week, Yonhap reported quoting the Marine Corps here Wednesday. Some 34 South Korean Marines as well as ....
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S. Korea, Saudi Arabia agree to expand direct air route
Date: 2014-06-18 07:07:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:783981
SEOUL, June 18 (MENA) - South Korea and Saudi Arabia have agreed to more than double the number of weekly flights between the two countries, Yonhap news agency said Wednesday quoting the transport ministry here. In a recent aviation meeting, the ....
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Afghan President Karzai dismisses 'al-Qaeda comeback'
Date: 2014-06-18 07:07:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:783980
KABUL, June 18 (MENA) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed the possibility of al-Qaeda linked groups making a comeback in his country in a similar way to Iraq, the BBC reported Wednesday. Asked whether what was happening in Iraq could ....
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UN chief names new commander for UN mission in S. Sudan
Date: 2014-06-17 21:06:28 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:173 - ID:783790
NEW YORK, June 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed on Tuesday Ethiopian Lt.-Gen. Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam to head the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Tesfamariam will succeed Maj.-Gen. Delali Johnson ....
