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  • Gunmen kill 8 deminers, injure 3 in east Afghanistan

    Date: 2014-06-10 19:33:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:147 - ID:771594

    KABUL, June 10 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen have shot dead eight deminers and wounded three others in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, local media reported. According to local Afghan officials, the incident took place around 11:00 a.m. ....

  • Ban welcomes elections in Kosovo

    Date: 2014-06-10 17:12:56 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:125 - ID:771375

    NEW YORK, June 10 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon welcomed Tuesday conducting the elections of the Assembly of Kosovo on Sunday, the UN posted a statement to this effect on its website. "The Secretary-General welcomes the successful ....

  • Sisi receives cables of congratulation from world leaders

    Date: 2014-06-10 17:04:49 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:121 - ID:771383

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Tuesday cables of congratulation on winning the presidential election from world leaders. He received greeting cables from Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince ....

  • Czech President refuses to apologise over statements linking Islam to violence

    Date: 2014-06-10 16:29:29 GMT - Czech - World - SN:115 - ID:771297

    PRAGUE, June 10 (MENA) - Czech President Miloš Zeman has refused to make an apology for statements he made linking “Islamic ideology” to violence, the Czech News Agency reported on Tuesday. The international Organization of Islamic Cooperation ....

  • We came out of White House in debt - Hillary Clinton

    Date: 2014-06-10 14:15:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:771089

    WASHINGTON, June 8 (MENA) - Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said that she and her husband former president Bill came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt. In an interview with CBS News, she added: "We had no ....

  • FAO announces 2nd Int'l conference on nutrition

    Date: 2014-06-10 13:50:48 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:78 - ID:770975

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that it had started preparations for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). The ICN2 is an inclusive inter-governmental meeting on nutrition jointly ....

  • Turkey freezes assets of Boko Haram

    Date: 2014-06-10 13:15:48 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:72 - ID:770999

    ANKARA, June 10 (MENA) - A Turkish Ministerial Council decision on the freezing of assets owned by Nigeria's Boko Haram has been published in the Official Gazzette, the official TRT reported. Turkey's cabinet decision was taken in accordance with ....

  • India-Russia missile successfully test fired from Indian warship

    Date: 2014-06-10 13:03:58 GMT - India - World - SN:70 - ID:770962

    MOSCOW, June 10 (MENA) - India’s armed forces successfully test launched a BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile, developed jointly with Russia, from the country’s newest warship INS Kolkata, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. The ....

  • Obama lied, Americans in Afghanistan died: US magazine

    Date: 2014-06-10 12:55:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:770768

    WASHINGTON, June 10 (MENA) - After presiding for six years over a war in which over 1,600 Americans were killed fighting the Taliban, Obama did not mention the enemy during his West Point Commencement Address, US Front Page Magazine reported ....

  • King Juan Carlos abdicates for political, economic reasons - Paper

    Date: 2014-06-10 12:50:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:770860

    LONDON, June 10 (MENA) - The private secretary of Spain King Juan Carlos said the king, whose popularity has slumped in recent years following a series of scandals, had been considering abdicating since his 75th birthday in January last year, the ....

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