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WHO to hold extraordinary meeting on MERS Virus
Date: 2014-05-09 17:17:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:88 - ID:712294
GEVENA, May 9 (MENA) - The World Health Organization announced holding an emergency meeting on Tuesday on the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to discuss means of addressing the viral infections. The UN health agency ....
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S. Korea warns against N. Korea's drone incursions
Date: 2014-05-09 17:16:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:70 - ID:712076
SEOUL, May 9 (MENA) - South Korea issued a stern warning Friday against North Korea's dispatch of small drones into its territory, calling it "a military provocation" that violates the Armistice Agreement, Yonhap news agency reported. The warning ....
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Taliban attack on Afghan police outpost wounds 11
Date: 2014-05-09 14:24:32 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:73 - ID:712118
ISLAMABAD, May 9 (MENA) - More than 100 Taliban fighters staged a large-scale attack Friday on a remote police checkpoint in western Afghanistan, wounding 11 police officers, ABC News quoted Afghan authorities as saying. The attack on the outpost ....
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21 people reported killed in fighting in Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-09 14:17:50 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:72 - ID:712144
KIEV, May 9 (MENA) - Twenty-one people have died after Ukrainian government forces attacked the police headquarters in the south-eastern port city of Mariupol in an attempt to drive out pro-Russia militants who had seized the building, The Guardian ....
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Ukraine: Eight killed as Putin lands in Crimea
Date: 2014-05-09 13:30:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:66 - ID:712106
KIEV, May 9 (MENA) - Eight pro-Russian militants have been killed in eastern Ukraine as Vladimir Putin landed in Crimea for his first visit since Moscow annexed the peninsular. Ukrainian troops used large-calibre weapons as they tried to take an ....
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Venezuelan policeman killed in Caracas violence
Date: 2014-05-09 13:11:43 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:64 - ID:712067
CARACAS, May 9 (MENA) - A policeman has been shot dead in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after security forces broke up protest camps, officials said. President Nicolas Maduro said the officer was killed by a sniper and branded the protesters ....
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Britain must prevent its nationals fighting abroad-MPs
Date: 2014-05-09 12:53:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:711951
LONDON, May 9 (MENA) - Britain needs to take urgent action to stop citizens traveling to fight in Syria and other conflicts, a parliamentary committee said on Friday. The initiative came amid fears they could be radicalized there and return to ....
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Putin arrives in Crimea for WWII commemoration
Date: 2014-05-09 11:50:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:711777
MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea for a military parade in the historic port city of Sevastopol commemorating victory over Nazi forces in World War II, RTE reported on Friday. It comes after thousands ....
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US accuses Israel of ‘alarming, even terrifying’ levels of spying
Date: 2014-05-09 10:58:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:711708
LONDON, May 9 (MENA) - Friends do not spy on friends. That illusion about America’s attitude to its allies was conclusively debunked by Edward Snowden’s revelations about America’s National Security Agency and its British partner in global ....
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Abu Hamza trial: London was rife with Islamic militancy in 1990s, claims cleric
Date: 2014-05-09 09:55:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:711584
LONDON, May 9 (MENA) - Abu Hamza, the former imam of the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, who is on trial in New York on terror charges, has testified that he lost an eye and both hands in 1993 assisting the Pakistani army to experiment with ....
