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Isis terror group to be banned in Britain: report
Date: 2014-06-16 20:43:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:154 - ID:781809
LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - Five Syrian terror organisations, including Isis, the al-Qaida affiliate behind the current insurgency in Iraq, are to be banned in Britain, The Guardian reported on Monday. The move comes as the foreign secretary, ....
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Egypt purchases 60,000 tons of wheat from Russia
Date: 2014-06-16 17:46:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:131 - ID:781599
MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) – Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities has purchased 60,000 tons of wheat from a Russian company, Ria Novosti reported. The price of the wheat hit 262,12 dollars per ton, including the shipment price, said ....
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Lavrov urges intl community to push Ukrainian crisis to political course
Date: 2014-06-16 17:18:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:127 - ID:781564
MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - The international community must ask Kiev to ensure security for diplomats and embassies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying Monday. "The International community must require of the ....
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US diplomats visit family of abducted Israeli teen
Date: 2014-06-16 16:56:58 GMT - Israel - World - SN:122 - ID:781521
GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) - Diplomats from the US Embassy in Israel visited abducted teen Naftali Frenkel's family at their home in Nof Ayalon, Ynet news reported on Monday. Frenkel, who was kidnapped on Thursday along with two classmates, has a ....
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UK in talks with Iran on ISIS Iraq threats
Date: 2014-06-16 15:10:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:103 - ID:781241
LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - UK government has said it plans to hold talks with Iran on means of settling the threat posed by terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who are in control of large areas in Iraq. A spokesman at the UK ....
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Egypt's ambassador to UNESCO underlines role of world heritage committee
Date: 2014-06-16 14:19:41 GMT - France - World - SN:92 - ID:781236
PARIS/DOHA, June 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to UNESCO Mohamed Amr underlined the importance of the role played by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to preserve culture heritage sites of great international value. Amr, who is also the head ....
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Roadside bomb Kills 5 civilians in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-06-16 14:01:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:90 - ID:781051
KABUL, June 16 (MENA) - A roadside bomb planted by the Afghan Taliban killed 5 civilians from the same family in the southern Kandahar province on Monday, ABC News quoted the Afghan Interior Ministry. In a statement, the ministry condemned the ....
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Israel faces another mass release of Palestinian prisoners after abduction of Jewish teens
Date: 2014-06-16 14:00:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:780941
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - Israel, amid efforts to restrict prisoner exchanges, faces the prospect of another massive release of Palestinian insurgents, according to WorldTribune Newspaper. Israeli sources said the government of Prime Minister ....
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US navy ship with 550 Marines on board entering Gulf
Date: 2014-06-16 13:30:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:781096
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - The USS Mesa Verde with 550 Marines on board entered the Gulf on Monday to support possible US action to help Iraq's Shi'ite-led government combat a Sunni Islamist insurgency that has overtaken large areas of the ....
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West’s refusal to condemn attack on Russian Embassy in Kiev double standards — diplomat
Date: 2014-06-16 12:18:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:780910
MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - Russia’s high-ranking diplomat said Western partners’ refusal to condemn the attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev is the policy of double standards. “We can say the Western partners demonstrated the policy of double ....
