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France hits back at Blatter's Qatar World Cup claims
Date: 2014-05-16 19:16:33 GMT - France - World - SN:118 - ID:725590
PARIS, May 16 (MENA) - France on Friday rejected as "unfounded" remarks by Sepp Blatter that French pressure contributed to Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup, as the FIFA president admitted that giving the Gulf state a summer tournament was a ....
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Friends of Syria Group meeting in London disappoints Russia
Date: 2014-05-16 18:17:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:112 - ID:725492
MOSCOW, May 16 (MENA) - Russia said on Friday a Friends of Syria Group meeting that took place in London did not meet Moscow's expectations. The meeting is not exactly what Russia expected from its Western and Arab partners, the Russian ....
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Crimean Tatars' rehabilitation part of federal program for Crimea development - Putin
Date: 2014-05-16 16:06:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:100 - ID:725361
MOSCOW, May 16 (MENA) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin said he hopes that the decree on the rehabilitation of Crimean Tatars will become a foundation for the development of this nation and their further rehabilitation will take place under a ....
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UK may delay Scottish independence date
Date: 2014-05-16 15:57:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:97 - ID:725357
LONDON, May 16 (MENA) - The proposed date of Scottish independence should be delayed if it is not in the best interests of the rest of the UK, a House of Lords report has said. It also said MPs for Scottish seats should not be allowed to ....
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Park to reshuffle cabinet over ferry disaster
Date: 2014-05-16 14:15:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:79 - ID:725244
SEOUL, May 16 (MENA) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye said she is preparing measures including a cabinet reshuffle in response to last month's deadly ferry sinking, as she met with representatives of the victims' families Friday, Yonhap ....
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Presidential polls close at end of first day in Paris
Date: 2014-05-15 20:03:54 GMT - France - World - SN:198 - ID:724090
PARIS, May 15 (MENA) – Egypt's embassy in Paris closed the polling station at the end of the first day of expat voting in the presidential election. On first day of the poll, the Egyptian embassy in Paris witnessed high turnout by expats to ....
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Malaysia police foil terror attack in India
Date: 2014-05-15 19:48:50 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:196 - ID:724066
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (MENA) – Malaysian police have foiled a plot to attack foreign missions in two Indian cities and arrested a South Asian terror suspect, a senior security official said Thursday. The arrest comes just days after police ....
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Egypt diplomat in Ankara exhorts expats to vote in pres. election
Date: 2014-05-15 18:29:43 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:185 - ID:723981
ANKARA, May 15 (MENA) - Egypt's Charge d'Affaires in Ankara Hussein el-Saharty urged on Thursday Egyptian expatiates in Turkey to cast their vote in the presidential election. Egyptians living or visiting Turkey are keen on voting in the ....
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Egyptians in Washington cast ballots in pres. vote
Date: 2014-05-15 17:23:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:172 - ID:723876
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) – The Egyptians in the US capital city converged on the Egyptian embassy Thrusday to cast their ballots on the first day of presidential polls for expatriates. The voting kicked off Thursday morning and will run till ....
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Iran's Zarif, EU's Ashton end meeting in Vienna
Date: 2014-05-15 16:12:17 GMT - Iran - World - SN:164 - ID:723674
TEHRAN, May 15 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton ended their closed-door meeting in the Austrian capital, Vienna on Thursday, said Fars news agency. The meeting between the two ....
