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Karzai asks Pakistani PM for immediate halt to cross-border shelling
Date: 2014-05-29 18:30:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:186 - ID:750832
KABUL, May 29 (MENA) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked the Pakistani prime minister for an immediate halt to cross-border shelling in eastern Afghanistan, the Khaama Press reported. The Presidential Palace media office following a ....
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FAO: 840 million people are chronically hungry in the world
Date: 2014-05-29 17:29:47 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:175 - ID:750889
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Graziano da Silva, head of the United Nations' lead agency on food security, nutrition and agriculture issues, pointed out on Thursday that 840 million people were chronically hungry, and more than 160 million children ....
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Iran ready for joint campaign against extremism: Zarif
Date: 2014-05-29 15:48:19 GMT - Algeria - World - SN:153 - ID:750390
ALGIERS, May 29 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is ready to cooperate with independent and moderate countries in the campaign against extremism and violence. Commenting on the crisis in Syria, ....
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AL chief, Zarif discuss Syrian situation
Date: 2014-05-29 15:42:45 GMT - Algeria - World - SN:150 - ID:750389
ALGIERS, May 29 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif has discussed with Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby in Algeria a number of issues of common concern, especially the situation in Syria. Zarif and Araby exchanged ....
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1 missing after explosion sparks fire on oil tanker off Japanese coast
Date: 2014-05-29 14:15:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:136 - ID:750578
TOKYO, May 29 (MENA) - An explosion on an oil tanker off the Japanese coast set off a huge fire and left the vessel's captain missing. Ships and aircraft battled the blaze on the Shoko Maru, a 998-ton tanker anchored about 5 kilometers (3 miles) ....
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5 farmers killed in Mosul
Date: 2014-05-29 12:27:01 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:115 - ID:750162
BAGHDAD, May 29 (MENA) -Five farmers were killed on Thursday in an attack by gunmen in Nineveh, east of Mosul. The gunmen killed the framers while they were at their field in al-Shamsiyat village, a security source said. Nineveh witnesses violence ....
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Ukraine army helicopter shot down near Sloviansk
Date: 2014-05-29 12:22:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:113 - ID:750373
KIEV, May 29 (MENA) - Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have shot down a military helicopter near Sloviansk, killing 14 people, the country's outgoing president says. Olexander Turchynov said the rebels used a Russian-made anti-aircraft ....
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Former VP Cheney: Obama 'very, very weak president'
Date: 2014-05-29 11:41:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:104 - ID:750210
WASHINGTON, May 29 (MENA) - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News that he believes President Barack Obama is a “very, very weak president” who does not understand America's obligations around the world. Cheney said in an interview ....
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N. Korea agrees to reinvestigate abductions: Abe
Date: 2014-05-29 11:17:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:97 - ID:750172
TOKYO, May 29 (MENA) - North Korea has agreed to reinvestigate its past abductions of Japanese citizens, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. The announcement came a day after the two countries ended their latest round of intergovernmental ....
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About 300 Ukrainian mercenaries from Syria fighting in south-eastern Ukraine — source
Date: 2014-05-29 11:14:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:94 - ID:750173
MOSCOW, May 29 (MENA) - About 300 Ukrainian mercenaries who fought in Syria on the opposition side against Bashar Assad returned to Ukraine in March-April and are now participating in the punitive operation of Ukrainian government forces in the ....
