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Thailand troops deployed to prevent anti-coup protest
Date: 2014-06-01 06:30:50 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:11 - ID:754136
BANGKOK, June 1 (MENA) - Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed around the Thai capital, Bangkok, to try to prevent anti-coup protesters from gathering, the BBC reported on Sunday. Parts of the city centre have been blocked off to ....
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Opposition leader Lebedko to run for Belarus president in 2015
Date: 2014-06-01 06:30:02 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:10 - ID:754137
MINSK, June 1 (MENA) - The United Civil Party, one of Belarus' oldest opposition groups, on Saturday re-elected Anatoly Lebedko as its leader and elected him as the party's candidate for president of Belarus to run in next year's election, Interfax ....
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Abkhazia's president rejects parliament for urging him to resign
Date: 2014-06-01 05:35:46 GMT - Abkhazia - World - SN:6 - ID:754088
SUKUHUMI, May 31 (MENA) - Abkhazia's president on Saturday slammed parliament for a vote of no confidence in the Cabinet and for urging him to step down, the Voice of Russia reported on Saturday. "I categorically disagree with this. Decisions of ....
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Bin Hammam pays '$5m to FIFA officials to award Qatar 2022 World Cup
Date: 2014-06-01 04:49:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:3 - ID:754076
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - Fifa is facing fresh allegations of corruption over its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The Sunday Times has obtained millions of secret documents - emails, letters and bank transfers - which ....
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Young man suspected of terror offences arrested at Heathrow Airport
Date: 2014-05-31 20:38:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:122 - ID:753964
LONDON, May 31 (MENA) - UK Police at Heathrow Airport arrested a 19-year-old man suspected of terror offences. He was detained on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism, the BBC quoted a spokesman as saying. The police said it had ....
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Labour Party has no agenda under Miliband: Former Blair aide
Date: 2014-05-31 19:17:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:111 - ID:753856
LONDON, May 31 (MENA) – British Labour Party, under Ed Miliband, does not have an agenda concerning major issues currently facing UK, a former aide to Tony Blair said on Saturday. In a conference, Nita Clarke said this allowed ruling coalition to ....
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Women 'outraged' at India gang rape 'collusion' by authorities
Date: 2014-05-31 18:47:08 GMT - India - World - SN:105 - ID:753747
NEW DELHI, May 31 (MENA) - The chief minister of a northern Indian state where two teenage cousins were gang raped and hanged has recommended a federal inquiry into the incident, the BBC reported. The girls were found hanged from a tree in Badaun ....
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Donetsk People's Republic has evidence that Kiev uses foreign mercenaries People's Republic has evidence that Kiev uses foreign mercenaries
Date: 2014-05-31 17:52:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:99 - ID:753746
KIEV, May 31 (MENA) - The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic claim to have evidence that Kiev recruits foreign mercenaries to conduct the special operation in the south-east, Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, ....
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Asia Security Summit seeks peaceful resolution for South China Sea tensions
Date: 2014-05-31 16:47:28 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:89 - ID:753790
SINGHAPORE, May 31 (MENA) - Defense ministers taking part in a security conference in Singapore have expressed concerns about China's behavior in the South China Sea, and called for a peaceful resolution through dialogue, NKH reported. On the ....
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CNN International reporter detained, kicked in Istanbul when on air
Date: 2014-05-31 16:46:57 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:88 - ID:753791
ANKARA, May 31 (MENA) - As tensions rise hours before the planned protests at Istanbul’s Taksim Square, police intervened in the live shooting by CNN International, questioning the broadcaster’s correspondent, local media reported. "Turkish ....
