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Turkey PM Erdogan warns youth to ignore Taksim anniversary
Date: 2014-05-31 15:11:37 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:70 - ID:753613
ANKARA, May 31 (MENA) - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged young Turks to ignore calls to mark the first anniversary of Istanbul's Taksim Square protests, the BBC reported on Saturday. He was speaking ahead of nationwide demonstrations ....
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Putin informs Hollande of his participation in Normandy anniversary
Date: 2014-05-31 13:41:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:753459
MOSCOW, May 31 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Francois Hollande, stressed that the Kiev authorities must immediately stop violence and bloodshed and begin direct dialogue with ....
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Australian airlines ground flights due to Indonesia volcano ash cloud
Date: 2014-05-31 11:39:21 GMT - Australia - World - SN:37 - ID:753171
CANBERRA, May 31 (MENA) - Some flights between Australia and southeast Asia and all domestic flights operating out of Darwin airport in the country's north were cancelled on Saturday after the eruption of Sangeang Api in Indonesia's south produced a ....
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White House press secretary resigns
Date: 2014-05-30 20:02:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:112 - ID:752396
WASHINGTON, May 30 (MENA) - White House press secretary Jay Carney left his post as the public face of the administration, stepping down after shifting from two decades of reporting to politics at the highest levels, The New York Times quoted US ....
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NATO airstrike leaves 8 rebels dead in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-05-30 19:11:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:107 - ID:752393
KABUL, May 30 (MENA) – At least eight militants were killed following a NATO airstrike on Paktika province, east of Afghanistan, Khaama newspaper reported. The provincial police chief, Gen. Nabi Jan Malakhel said the airstrike was carried out ....
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Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat
Date: 2014-05-30 18:51:30 GMT - Iran - World - SN:105 - ID:752359
TEHRAN, May 30 (MENA) - Iranian foreign minister in a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart asked for Sana’a’s more serious efforts in pursuing the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomat in Yemen, IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Mohammad Javad ....
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Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria
Date: 2014-05-30 18:48:43 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:104 - ID:752358
VATICAN CITY, May 30 (MENA) – Vatican Pope Francis issued another appeal against "the globalisation of indifference," which is growing amid the "daily victims" and "untold suffering" of the Syrian people. In his message, the Holy Father calls on ....
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Ukraine says it repaid part of its debt for Russian gas — Medvedev
Date: 2014-05-30 16:49:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:752218
MOSCOW, May 30 (MENA) - Ukraine said it had transferred the payment for part of its gas debt to Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, Russia Today channel reported. “Talks are underway (in Berlin), so far there is no visible ....
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OSCE loses contact with second team in east Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-30 15:04:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:80 - ID:752051
KIEV, Ukraine, May 30 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has lost contact with a five-member team in east Ukraine, where four members of another OSCE mission are still being held by pro-Russian rebels. The OSCE said ....
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Hillary Clinton had secret lunch with Obama at White House - Paper
Date: 2014-05-30 14:49:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:752131
WASHINGTON, May 30 (MENA) - Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a secret lunch with President Barack Obama on Thursday in an unannounced meeting sure to fuel extensive speculation at a time when she's widely expected to seek his job in ....
