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US president in Poland
Date: 2014-06-03 08:37:01 GMT - Poland - World - SN:20 - ID:757999
WARSAW, June 3 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama is in Poland for security talks - with the Ukraine crisis likely to top the agenda, BBC reported. Obama is also expected to reiterate America's support for its Nato allies in Europe and keep up ....
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UK firm evacuates staff from Sierra Leone over Ebola threat
Date: 2014-06-03 07:26:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:757787
LONDON, June 3 (MENA) - A British firm has evacuated "non-essential" personnel from Sierra Leone following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, BBC reported. The first company to go public on such a move, London Mining said production at its ....
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Indian minister dies in car crash
Date: 2014-06-03 05:51:40 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:757693
NEW DELHI, June 3 (MENA) - Gopinath Munde, India's newly-appointed Rural Development Minister, has died in a car crash in the capital, Delhi, the BBC reported. Munde was on his way to the airport to take a flight to his home state of Maharashtra ....
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British ex-premier: Some Scots to say Yes in referendum due to British officials statements
Date: 2014-06-02 21:03:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:156 - ID:757546
LONDON, June 2 (MENA) – Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said some Scots have been pushed towards a Yes vote by the way Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne have behaved in the referendum debate, the Scottish ....
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Accused of spying and setting up church, South Korean sentenced in North Korea
Date: 2014-06-02 20:41:50 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:153 - ID:757545
PYONGYANG, June 2 (MENA) - North Korea's Supreme Court has sentenced a South Korean man to life of hard labor for commiting "hostile acts" against the country, CNN reported. The South Korean, identified as Kim Jong Uk, averted the death sentence ....
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UN chief praises Spain's king
Date: 2014-06-02 20:08:04 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:147 - ID:757504
NEW YORK, June 2 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his sincere gratitude to King Juan Carlos of Spain for his personal engagement and valuable contributions to the work of the United Nations, including in the context of the ....
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Bus with Nepal pilgrims falls into river; 10 dead
Date: 2014-06-02 19:24:39 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:143 - ID:757502
KATHMANDU, June 2 (MENA) - A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims veered off a mountain road and fell into a river in western Nepal on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 25 others, ABC News reported. Police said the bus rolled about 100 ....
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16 killed in helicopter crash in Russian Murmansk region
Date: 2014-06-02 19:05:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:140 - ID:757479
MOSCOW, June 2 (MENA) - Sixteen people were killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in the Murmansk region, northwest of Russia, the Interstate Aviation Committee reported. There were five crewmembers and 13 passengers onboard. The crash killed 16 ....
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China fires back at US criticism over Asia-Pacific instability - Time mag.
Date: 2014-06-02 19:01:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:138 - ID:757475
WASHINGTON, June 2 (MENA) - Diplomatic platitudes took a backseat to tough talk in Singapore over the weekend, as Beijing slammed Washington for investing in a “containment fantasy” after the US accused China of overseeing “destabilizing” maneuvers ....
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Brussels shooting raises fears over European fighters returning from Syria - paper
Date: 2014-06-02 12:49:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:756306
LONDON, June 2 (MENA) - The arrest of Mehdi Nemmouche on suspicion of killing three people in an attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels will enhance the fear of repercussions as European volunteer fighters return from Syria, the Guardian said on ....
