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Conservatives have to listen to 'anger and anxiety' of those who voted for UKIP: Osborne
Date: 2014-05-24 18:32:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:134 - ID:740501
LONDON, May 24 (MENA) - The Conservatives had to listen to the "anger and anxiety" of those who voted for UKIP in Thursday's local elections, chancellor George Osborne told the BBC on Saturday. He said he respects Nigel Farage but the UKIP leader ....
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3 dead in shooting at Jewish Museum of Belgium
Date: 2014-05-24 18:29:50 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:133 - ID:740465
BRUSSELS, May 24 (MENA) - Three people were killed and another was seriously injured in a shooting on Saturday at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in central Brussels, CNN quoted Belgian Interior Minister Joelle Milquet as saying. The circumstances ....
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Iran's Araqchi acknowledges foreign ministerˈs strong stand in nuclear talks
Date: 2014-05-24 16:26:31 GMT - Iran - World - SN:109 - ID:740354
TEHRAN, May 24 (MENA) - Senior member of the Iranian negotiating team Abbas Araqchi on Saturday acknowledged Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strong stand in the nuclear talks held in Vienna last week, IRNA news agency reported. Talking in a ....
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Thai coup likely to ruin economy - Paper
Date: 2014-05-24 16:05:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:739735
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - Soldiers armed with automatic weapons are in the streets, a nationwide curfew installed and news broadcasts censored, but Thailand is still safe for the millions of tourists planning to visit, the Time said on ....
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Russia, China to cooperate to develop Far East regions
Date: 2014-05-24 15:50:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:97 - ID:740202
MOSCOW, May 24 (MENA) - Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao said on Saturday that Russian and Chinese will cooperate to develop border regions in the Far East may turn them into a large economically region in East Asia, Itar-Tass reported. The ....
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Japan seeks accord with N. Korea over reinvestigation of abductees
Date: 2014-05-24 15:10:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:86 - ID:740199
TOKYO, May 24 (MENA) - Japan aims to get North Korea to agree during negotiations from Monday in Sweden to reinvestigate the fates of Japanese it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s, government sources said Saturday. Japan is considering easing ....
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Ukrainian vote could mark turning point in relations with Russia, one way or another – report
Date: 2014-05-24 15:09:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:740090
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - Sunday's election in Ukraine could be a step to end the crisis that has enveloped the West's relations with Russia over the past three months or it could be the start of far more serious and widespread international ....
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Thai coup leaders dissolve Senate
Date: 2014-05-24 13:59:30 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:76 - ID:740117
BANGKOK, May 24 (MENA) - Thailand's coup leaders are dissolving the country's Senate and will assume all lawmaking power, ABC News reported on Saturday. The decision was read out on television, strips away the last democratic institution in the ....
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7 dead in California drive-by shootings
Date: 2014-05-24 13:01:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:739932
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - Seven people, including a suspected gunman, died in drive-by shootings Friday night in a small Southern California college town, a rampage that authorities believe to be "premeditated," Santa Barbara County sheriff's ....
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Malawian President Joyce Banda 'annuls election'
Date: 2014-05-24 12:28:36 GMT - Malawi - World - SN:60 - ID:739913
LILONGWE, May 24 (MENA) - Malawi's President Joyce Banda says she is annulling this week's general election - in which she was a candidate - because of voting "irregularities". Banda had earlier said Tuesday's vote had been marred by rigging, ....
