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Karachi airport reopens after Pakistan Taliban assault
Date: 2014-06-09 21:23:48 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:154 - ID:769919
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan's largest airport has resumed operations after an assault by militants which left at least 30 people, including the attackers, dead, the BBC reported. The assault on Jinnah international airport in Karachi began late on ....
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Boko Haram kidnaps more women near Chibok, reports say
Date: 2014-06-09 20:49:27 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:150 - ID:769920
ABUJA, June 9 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in north-east Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the Islamic militants abducted nearly 300 girls in April, most of whom are still ....
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UN chief condemns latest terrorist attacks in Pakistan
Date: 2014-06-09 20:24:48 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:147 - ID:769897
NEW YORK, June 9 (MENA) – Strongly condemning Sunday’s attacks in Pakistan – which reportedly left more than 50 people dead in the wake of separate assaults on the country’s main airport in Karachi, and on busloads of Shia pilgrims in Baluchistan – ....
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Greek PM replaces finance minister in reshuffle
Date: 2014-06-09 20:17:21 GMT - Greece - World - SN:146 - ID:769894
ATHENAS, June 9 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras replaced his finance minister with a finance and economics professor during a broad Cabinet reshuffle Monday following the conservative-led coalition government's weak showing in European ....
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Eurofighter jet crashes near Spanish air base
Date: 2014-06-09 20:04:59 GMT - Spain - World - SN:141 - ID:769851
MADRID, June 9 (MENA) - Spain's Defense Ministry said an air force combat jet crashed just before a planned landing at a base in southern Spain, killing the pilot, ABC آews reported. Ministry spokesman Miguel Morer said the Eurofighter Typhoon ....
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Russia urges new OSCE envoy to Ukraine to engage in reconciliation efforts
Date: 2014-06-09 18:34:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:129 - ID:769805
MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) new envoy to Ukraine should actively engage in reconciliation efforts and promote dialogue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. The ministry reiterated ....
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Libya's envoy lashes out at gov't at UNSC
Date: 2014-06-09 16:55:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:112 - ID:769667
NEW YORK, June 9 (MENA) - Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Omar al-Dabashi lashed out at his country's government and accused it of blackmailing and squandering public funds. During a session held by the UN Security Council on ....
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UNSC urged to impose ceasefire in Syria
Date: 2014-06-09 15:03:26 GMT - Qatar - World - SN:89 - ID:769506
DOHA, June 9 (MENA) - Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Naser bin Kahlifa al-Thani urged Monday the UN Security Council to impose a ceasefire in Syria and intervene to end the deadly conflict that he said threatens regional stability. "It ....
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S. Korea shuts down nuclear reactor over problem with control rod
Date: 2014-06-09 14:12:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:73 - ID:769381
SEOUL, June 9 (MENA) - A nuclear reactor on South Korea's eastern coast was temporarily shut down Monday due to a problem in one of its control rods, operators said. The reactor unit 1 at Hanwool Nuclear Power Plant in Uljin, 330 kilometers ....
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Rouhani meets Gul, Erdogan in Ankara
Date: 2014-06-09 14:07:23 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:71 - ID:769369
ANKARA, June 9 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday. Rohani is on the first visit to Turkey by an Iranian president since 1996. The ....
