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Israel, US to carry out joint anti-missile defense test next week
Date: 2014-05-15 15:56:45 GMT - Israel - World - SN:153 - ID:723668
GAZA CITY, May 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrived in Israel to meet his Israeli counterpart Moshe Ya’alon and address US and Israeli troops. Israel and the United States are to begin a joint training exercise for anti-missile ....
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Lavrov says hysterical US policy makes Russia consider appropriate response
Date: 2014-05-15 14:31:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:133 - ID:723491
MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) – Russia will be obliged to take retaliatory measures if the West continues its sanctions policy, RIA Novosti quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying Thursday. “If the West continues these absolutely ....
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Official rejects Canadian FM allegation as instance of Iranophobia
Date: 2014-05-15 13:36:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:127 - ID:723400
TEHRAN, May 15 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said on Thursday that the recent anti-Iran stand adopted by the Canadian foreign minister is in line with the Zionist regime's Iranophobia scheme. Refuting the allegations, she ....
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White House: No special forces to Nigeria ‘at this time’
Date: 2014-05-15 13:25:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:121 - ID:723393
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama isn’t considering — yet — sending US special forces to Nigeria to rescue nearly 300 girls kidnapped by a terrorist group. “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves,” ....
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Slovak president receives Egypt's FM
Date: 2014-05-15 13:15:31 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:116 - ID:723327
BRATISLAVA, May 15 (MENA) - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic received on Thursday Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy in the presidential headquarters in Bratislava. During the meeting, Fahmy delivered to the Slovak president a message from ....
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N. Korea renews threat against S. Korean official over alleged slander
Date: 2014-05-15 13:04:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:113 - ID:723237
SEOUL, May 15 (MENA) - North Korea renewed a threat Thursday that a South Korean official would pay a dear price for allegedly insulting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the latest verbal tit-for-tat between the rival Koreas, according to Yonhap ....
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Russia to deliver 30 choppers for Afghanistan army under contract with US
Date: 2014-05-15 12:42:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:723240
MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - Russia will complete supplies of 30 Mi-17V-5 helicopter gunships for Afghanistan’s army under a contract with the United States before the end of October 2014, the Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical ....
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Zarif, Ashton start 2nd day of talks in Vienna
Date: 2014-05-15 11:04:29 GMT - Iran - World - SN:71 - ID:722908
TEHRAN, May 15 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton started a second day of talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Thursday morning, Fars news agency reported. ....
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Turkish coal mine deaths rise to 282
Date: 2014-05-15 11:01:08 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:68 - ID:722783
ANKARA, May 15 (MENA) - Rescue teams have recovered eight more victims from a coal mine in western Turkey, raising the death toll in Turkey's worst mining disaster to 282, a government minister said Thursday. Even as hopes for some 150 other ....
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Afghan election results confirm Abdullah-Ghani run-off
Date: 2014-05-15 10:57:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:722907
KABUL, May 15 (MENA) - The independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Thursday released the final vote results for the presidential election, Afghan Khaama press reported. Based on the final vote results, Abdullah Abdullah has ....
