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Friedman says disintegration of Iraq "defined" Middle East for century
Date: 2014-06-15 10:49:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:778716
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - US writer Thomas Friedman said that the disintegration of Iraq and Syria is upending an order that has defined the Middle East for a century. It is a huge event, and we as a country need to think very carefully about ....
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Parliamentary candidate shot dead in Kosovo
Date: 2014-06-15 10:09:02 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:43 - ID:778768
PRISTINA, June 15 (MENA) - Kosovo police say a parliamentary candidate from Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's ruling party was shot dead in an apparent assassination as he walked out of a restaurant, ABC News reported. Police said in a statement ....
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Iranian FM stresses promotion of South-South cooperation
Date: 2014-06-15 10:06:53 GMT - Iran - World - SN:38 - ID:778692
TEHRAN, June 15 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday underlined the need for reinforcing South-South cooperation to tackle terrorism. Zarif made the remarks at a joint press conference with visiting South African Minister of ....
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Road accident leaves 13 dead, 10 injured in Haiti
Date: 2014-06-15 08:14:06 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:26 - ID:778457
PORT AU PRINCE, June 15 (MENA) - A lawmaker's car crashed into a transport van in northern Haiti, killing 13 people and injuring 10. A two-month old infant and his mother, who had been sitting near the front of one of the vehicles, were among ....
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British jihadists threat UK, West
Date: 2014-06-15 07:46:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:778391
LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - Britons fighting for the al-Qaeda splinter group terrorizing the Middle East have made a series of menacing threats against the UK and the West, The Sunday Times said on Sunday. One fighter — unmasked today as a computer ....
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S. Korea, US to hold high-level talks on OPCON transfer
Date: 2014-06-15 07:00:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:778335
SEOUL, June 15 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States will hold high-level talks this week in Seoul to discuss when and under what conditions to transfer wartime control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul, Yonhap quoted South Korean ....
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Airstrikes kill about 100 militants in Pakistan
Date: 2014-06-15 06:52:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:778349
ISLAMABAD, June 15 (MENA) - Pakistani military jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan early Sunday morning, officials said as quoted by the Voice of America, killing as many as 100 militants in the ....
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Western UNSC members block Russia’s draft resolution on Kiev embassy attack
Date: 2014-06-15 06:00:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:12 - ID:778298
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - Western countries in the United Nations Security Council have blocked Moscow's draft resolution condemning the attack on the Russian embassy in Kiev, Novosti reported quoting a source in the UN. “Western delegations in ....
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S.Korean president to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan this week
Date: 2014-06-15 05:34:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:778270
SEOUL, June 15 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye is scheduled to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan this week to promote her vision for a united Eurasia and expand economic cooperation with the Central Asian nations, Yonhap ....
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UN chief condemns shooting of Ukrainian plane, 49 aboard killed
Date: 2014-06-15 04:51:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:778251
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the downing of a Ukrainian military airplane today in the eastern city of Lugansk, killing all 49 people aboard. “The continuing violence in ....
