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Top US commander: Obama ended Afghan uncertainty
Date: 2014-05-28 14:23:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:748586
WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The top US and coalition commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's decision to keep about 10,000 American troops in the country past 2014 has eliminated any uncertainty Afghans may have had ....
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France advised its nationals of limiting their movement in Egypt on 3rd day of balloting
Date: 2014-05-28 11:31:15 GMT - France - World - SN:65 - ID:747411
PARIS, May 28 (MENA) -France has advised its nationals, currently staying in Egypt, to limit their movement after the extension of voting in Egypt's presidential polls for a third day. The French Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International ....
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U.S. Troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2016
Date: 2014-05-28 10:51:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:747922
WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - President Obama, declaring that it was “time to turn the page on a decade in which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,” announced on Tuesday that he planned to withdraw the last ....
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Thailand's Military says many detainees freed
Date: 2014-05-28 08:43:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:26 - ID:747518
BANGKOK, May 28 (MENA) - Thailand's army says it has now released 124 people, including politicians and activists, who were taken into custody after the coup. Conditions for the release appear to include agreeing to avoid political activity and ....
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Philippine Refugee Tent Fire Kills Mother, 5 Kids
Date: 2014-05-28 06:50:28 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:747415
MANILA, May 28 (MENA) - n overnight fire razed a tent used as a temporary shelter by survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, killing a woman and five of her children, including a 4-month-old girl, officials in a central Philippine city devastated by the ....
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South Korea hospice fire kills 21
Date: 2014-05-28 06:07:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:747339
SEOUL, May 28 (MENA) - At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospice in Janseong county, South Korea, BBC reported on Wednesday. Six others are in critical condition after the fire at Hyosarang Hospital, about 300km ....
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State Department calls for all US citizens to leave Libya
Date: 2014-05-28 03:39:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:747262
WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The State Department has urged all U.S. citizens to immediately leave Libya due to security concerns, Fox News reported. The evacuation warning came shortly after the USS Bataan, with about 1,000 Marines aboard, sailed ....
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US awaits results of Egypt's presidential vote: spokeswoman
Date: 2014-05-27 21:14:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:195 - ID:747187
WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) – US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki has said Washington is waiting for the results of Egypt's presidential vote. The spokeswoman said that the US was waiting for the reports of the international monitors on the ....
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Boko Haram occupies Nigerian villages
Date: 2014-05-27 14:09:12 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:111 - ID:746509
ABUJA, May 27 (MENA) - Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terror group attacked various communities around the rocky mountains of Gwoza town of Borno State, residents and a public official said. The insurgents also hoisted their flags ....
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3 arrested for links to terror group
Date: 2014-05-27 10:35:35 GMT - Norway - World - SN:57 - ID:745856
OSLO, May 27 (MENA) - Norway's security service says three men with alleged links to an al-Qaida splinter group have been arrested on preliminary charges of supporting or participating in a terror organization, ABC News reported. The PST security ....
