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Medvedev: Russia not obliged to guarantee Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty
Date: 2014-05-20 11:57:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:88 - ID:732340
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Russia is not obligated to guarantee the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine because it never took on that obligation, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday, according to RIA Novosti news agency. “We are not ....
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5 dead, 45 wounded in train collision near Moscow
Date: 2014-05-20 11:46:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:732321
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - A collision Tuesday between a cargo train and a passenger train near Moscow killed at least five people and left at least 45 others injured, ABC News quoted Russian officials as saying. The Interior Ministry said the ....
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Iran's FM spokeswoman dismisses any halt in nuclear talks
Date: 2014-05-20 11:35:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:81 - ID:732357
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - Foreign Minister spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham dismissed any halt in Iran’s nuclear talks with the G5+1 and said negotiations between the two sides are going on, IRNA reported. She made the remarks here Tuesday morning ....
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Iran condemns abduction of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram group
Date: 2014-05-20 11:33:23 GMT - Iran - World - SN:79 - ID:732349
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - Iranˈs vice president for Women and Family Affairs sent a letter to the UN women executive director on Tuesday condemning the human rights violation case committed by the Boko Haram terrorist group, IRNA ....
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Cyprus airport evacuated after bomb scare
Date: 2014-05-20 08:56:19 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:31 - ID:731884
NICOSIA, May 20 (MENA) - Cyprus' Communications Minister Marios Demetriades said the island's main airport in Larnaca has been ordered evacuated after a telephone call to police warning of a possible bomb, ABC News reported. Demetriades said ....
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Putin arrives in China for CICA Summit
Date: 2014-05-20 08:42:52 GMT - China - World - SN:28 - ID:731759
BEIJING, May 20 (MENA) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday in Shanghai to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). At the Summit, Russia and China are hoping to deepen ties, BBC ....
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Thai army declares martial law
Date: 2014-05-20 07:03:58 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:16 - ID:731559
BANGKOK, May 20 (MENA) - Thailand’s army declared martial law nationwide on Tuesday to restore order after six months of street protests that have left the country without a proper functioning government, but denied that the surprise move amounted ....
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El Salvador evacuates 1,000 people near volcano
Date: 2014-05-20 06:38:07 GMT - El Salvador - World - SN:11 - ID:731504
SAN SALVADOR, May 20 (MENA) - At least 1,000 people living near the Chaparrastique volcano have been evacuated as a precautionary measure after seismic activity increased at the volcano, NBC quoted Salvadoran civil protection authorities as ....
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China whacks US Justice Dept.’s ‘ungrounded and absurd’ hacking charges
Date: 2014-05-19 21:15:32 GMT - China - World - SN:182 - ID:731211
BEIJING, May 19 (MENA) - China slammed the US Monday for indicting five Chinese Army officials on hacking charges, saying Washington’s move was “ungrounded and absurd” and that Beijing is responding by halting participation in joint cyber talks ....
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USA skeptical about Russia troops' withdrawal along Ukraine's border
Date: 2014-05-19 21:01:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:181 - ID:731222
WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - The Obama administration was skeptical about Putin's orders to withdraw Russia's along Ukraine's eastern border, CNN reported. "As you know, we have heard that promise before and have yet to see any indication that ....
