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Egypt's presidential vote to be 'fair, transparent, competitive' - amb.
Date: 2014-05-20 17:08:49 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:158 - ID:732978
CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) – Egypt's ambassador to Russia Mohamed el-Badry delivered on Tuesday a lecture at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics – on the May 26-27 presidential election. "The polls will be fair, transparent, ....
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Russia would veto referral of Syria to criminal court
Date: 2014-05-20 17:00:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:155 - ID:732985
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Russia will veto a draft United Nations resolution to refer the civil war in Syria to the International Criminal Court if it comes to a vote in the Security Council, Interfax quoted a Russian official as saying ....
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Iran president arrives in China
Date: 2014-05-20 13:53:52 GMT - Iran - World - SN:124 - ID:732699
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday arrived in Shanghai, China, to attend the 4th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, IRNA news agency reported. Rouhani was welcomed by Chinese ....
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20 Taliban militants killed in various operations in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-05-20 13:15:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:109 - ID:732593
KABUL, May 20 (MENA) - At least 20 Taliban militants were killed in various military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours, Khaama Press reported Tuesday. Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi said ....
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UN: 10,000 people displaced in Ukraine since crisis
Date: 2014-05-20 12:12:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:91 - ID:732379
KIEV, May 20 (MENA) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said that the tension in Ukraine had displaced an estimated 10,000 civilians and added that the number of people affected was continuing to rise, said a statement on Tuesday. "A needs ....
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Medvedev: Russia not obliged to guarantee Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty
Date: 2014-05-20 11:57:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:88 - ID:732340
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Russia is not obligated to guarantee the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine because it never took on that obligation, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday, according to RIA Novosti news agency. “We are not ....
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5 dead, 45 wounded in train collision near Moscow
Date: 2014-05-20 11:46:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:732321
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - A collision Tuesday between a cargo train and a passenger train near Moscow killed at least five people and left at least 45 others injured, ABC News quoted Russian officials as saying. The Interior Ministry said the ....
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Iran's FM spokeswoman dismisses any halt in nuclear talks
Date: 2014-05-20 11:35:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:81 - ID:732357
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - Foreign Minister spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham dismissed any halt in Iran’s nuclear talks with the G5+1 and said negotiations between the two sides are going on, IRNA reported. She made the remarks here Tuesday morning ....
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Iran condemns abduction of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram group
Date: 2014-05-20 11:33:23 GMT - Iran - World - SN:79 - ID:732349
TEHRAN, May 20 (MENA) - Iranˈs vice president for Women and Family Affairs sent a letter to the UN women executive director on Tuesday condemning the human rights violation case committed by the Boko Haram terrorist group, IRNA ....
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Cyprus airport evacuated after bomb scare
Date: 2014-05-20 08:56:19 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:31 - ID:731884
NICOSIA, May 20 (MENA) - Cyprus' Communications Minister Marios Demetriades said the island's main airport in Larnaca has been ordered evacuated after a telephone call to police warning of a possible bomb, ABC News reported. Demetriades said ....
