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Chinese police: 5 terrorism suspects detained in northwest, bomb materials seized.
Date: 2014-05-27 05:50:33 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:745343
BEIJING, May 27 (MENA) - Police in China's restive northwest foiled a terror plot by detaining five suspects and seizing 1.8 tons of bomb-making materials, ABC news channel reported. Authorities in the Hotan section of the Xinjiang region ....
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Putin Thanks Kadyrov for help freeing Russian Journalists
Date: 2014-05-26 18:47:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:208 - ID:745041
MOSCOW, May 26 (MENA) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin called Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to express gratitude for his efforts in securing the release of two Russian journalists who had been in detention since mid-May by Ukrainian troops in ....
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Good turnout for June 30 exhibition in Turkey
Date: 2014-05-26 17:10:33 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:179 - ID:744848
ANKARA, May 26 (MENA) - Egyptian photographer Hassan Ameen said that his exhibition, currently being held in Istanbul, on the June 30 Revolution is witnessing a good turnout. In statements to MENA Monday, Ameen said that the exhibition has proved ....
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Former army chief Sisi leads as Egyptians vote for president - newspaper
Date: 2014-05-26 17:03:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:176 - ID:744849
WASHINGTON, May 26 (MENA) - Egypt's presidential candidate Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is expected to win the presidency by a landslide, according to The Christian Science Monitor. Although former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is not the only ....
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Stability in South Sudan to contribute to business contacts - Lavrov
Date: 2014-05-26 16:12:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:147 - ID:744736
MOSCOW, May 26 (MENA) - Russia and South Sudan have agreed that lasting peace and stability in South Sudan is a prerequisite for further expansion of relations in the trade, economic and other fields, according to ITAR TASS news agency. The ....
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Hague praises Ukraine's voters
Date: 2014-05-26 07:54:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:743093
LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - Ukraine's presidential election is a "decisive signal of their support for reform", William Hague declared as he praised voters for defying disruption by pro-Russian separatists. The Foreign Secretary said, as quoted by the ....
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Fire at South Korean bus terminal kills 7
Date: 2014-05-26 06:44:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:742827
SEOUL, May 26 (MENA) - A fire at a bus terminal near Seoul on Monday left seven people dead and 20 others injured, the BBC reported quoting emergency officials. The fire was suspected to have started during welding works at a construction site at ....
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King endorses coup leader
Date: 2014-05-26 05:37:22 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:742655
BANGKOK, May 26 (MENA) - Thailand's coup leader said on Monday that the country's king had officially endorsed him to run the nation after the armed forces seized power last week, the BBC reported. The announcement came one day after the junta ....
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Obama congratulates Ukraine on elections
Date: 2014-05-26 04:48:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:742611
WASHINGTON, May 6 (MENA) - President Barack Obama congratulated Ukraine on its election Sunday, particularly citizens in the east who voted despite the efforts of "Russian-backed separatist groups" that "sought to disenfranchise entire ....
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There is still little information about motives of Jewish museum shooter -- Brussels Prosecutor
Date: 2014-05-25 20:15:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:169 - ID:742435
BRUSSELS, May 25 (MENA) - There is still little information about the motives of the Jewish museum shooter, Russia Today quoted Ine Van Wymersch, a spokeswoman for Brussels Prosecutor’s Office, as saying on Sunday. Three people were killed in an ....
