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High turnout on voting by Egypt expats in Brussels
Date: 2014-05-18 10:05:03 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:55 - ID:727951
BRUSSELS, May 18 (MENA) - Egyptians in Brussels continued casting their ballots in Egypt's presidential elections for the fourth day in a row. Egypt's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Ehab Fawzi asserted, in a press statement released ....
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Iranian diplomat: No Tangible progress achieved in writing draft text of nuclear deal
Date: 2014-05-18 07:32:06 GMT - Iran - World - SN:31 - ID:727649
TEHRAN, May 18 (MENA) - Iran said there has been no tangible progress in writing the draft text of a comprehensive agreement over its nuclear program, Fars news agency reported. "We will have one or two more rounds of talks in June. Talks will ....
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Malaysia sets up Arabic calligraphy institute
Date: 2014-05-18 06:44:15 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:25 - ID:727587
KULA LUMPUR, May 18 (MENA) - Malaysia will set up an institute for Arabic calligraphy in the Islamic Civilization Park in Terengganu state later this year. Arabic calligraphy teachers will be brought in from Turkey, Syria and Egypt to teach ....
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Rioting Brazilian prisoners take more than 120 hostages
Date: 2014-05-18 06:43:22 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:24 - ID:727509
BRAZILIA, May 18 (MENA) - Inmates in a prison in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe took 122 hostages on Saturday - nearly all of them visiting inmate relatives, reported the Voice of Russia on Sunday. Prison spokeswoman Sandra Melo said ....
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Park to make televized address to nation over Sewol disaster
Date: 2014-05-18 06:18:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:727554
SEOUL, May 18 (MENA) - President Park Geun-hye will address the nation via a televised speech this week over the sinking of the ferry Sewol, her office said Sunday as quoted by Yonhap. The address comes a month after one of the worst maritime ....
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Earthquake hits off western Indonesia; no immediate reports of casualties
Date: 2014-05-18 06:07:19 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:18 - ID:727512
JAKARTA, May 18 (MENA) - A strong, shallow undersea earthquake has hit parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing panic but there are no immediate reports of casualties, Fox News reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says Sunday's 6.2-magnitude ....
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China evacuates workers after Vietnam deadly riots
Date: 2014-05-18 06:02:41 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:727550
BEIJING, May 18 (MENA) - The Chinese government has evacuated more than 3,000 of its nationals from Vietnam following a wave of anti-Chinese riots, Chinese media reported. The BBC said Beijing is arranging charter flights and ships to help more ....
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Thousands flee, 25 die in record Balkan floods
Date: 2014-05-18 05:38:36 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:14 - ID:727496
BELGRADE, May 18 (MENA) - Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century, CBS news reported. Rapidly rising ....
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Mexico nabs drug gang leader in state of Guerrero
Date: 2014-05-18 05:37:11 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:13 - ID:727497
MEXICO CITY, May 18 (MENA) - Mexican authorities said that they have arrested the leader of a gang responsible for trafficking drugs from the southwestern state of Guerrero to the United States, ABC news reported. Leonor Nava Romero, 45, was ....
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'Executed' Kim Jong-Un girlfriend reappears on North Korea television
Date: 2014-05-18 04:24:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:2 - ID:727447
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - A North Korean singer said to be Kim Jong-Un’s ex-girlfriend and reported to have been executed by firing squad last year has appeared on state television, apparently alive and well, The Telegraph reported Sunday. Hyon ....
