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UK condemns attacks on Libyan security forces in Benghazi
Date: 2014-05-06 18:18:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:118 - ID:707040
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) – The United Kingdom condemned Tuesday the ongoing attacks that target Libya's security forces in Benghazi. The British government made the remarks in a joint statement by the United Kingdom, France, the Untied States, Italy ....
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Iran's nuclear rights only framework of talks with powers - Spokeswoman
Date: 2014-05-06 15:52:24 GMT - Iran - World - SN:87 - ID:706408
TEHRAN, May 6 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham described the country's right to use peaceful nuclear technology as the only possible framework for the negotiations between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, ....
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Iran condemns abduction of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram
Date: 2014-05-06 15:13:48 GMT - Iran - World - SN:78 - ID:706772
TEHRAN, May 6 (MENA) - The Iranian foreign ministry deplored the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian school girls by Boko Haram, calling it an inhumane move, Fars news agency reported. "Unfortunately, Nigeria has been entangled by terrorist groups ....
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Russia to spend dlrs 2.4 bn on Black Sea fleet by 2020
Date: 2014-05-06 12:21:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:706369
MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will receive more than 86 billion rubles ($2.4 billion) for development in the period to 2020, Ria Novosti news agency quoted Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as having said Tuesday. "Development of ....
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Russia to discuss Ukraine crisis at Moscow security conference
Date: 2014-05-06 11:39:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:706246
MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) – The Russian Ministry of Defense has decided to hold an unscheduled discussion on the Ukrainian crisis at the upcoming International Security Conference in Moscow, Novosti news agency reported quoting the head of the ministry’s ....
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Commander: IRGC Navy can sink US warships in a twinkling of an eye
Date: 2014-05-06 10:49:45 GMT - Iran - World - SN:40 - ID:706121
TEHRAN, May 6 (MENA) - A top Iranian navy commander said his forces have been drilling how to destroy US warships for the last several years, underlining that the IRGC Navy can sink a US aircraft carrier in less than a minute. Speaking in an ....
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71 Taliban militants killed, 40 others injured in Afghan operations
Date: 2014-05-06 10:35:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:34 - ID:706076
KABUL, May 6 (MENA) - At least 71 Taliban militants were killed following counter-terrorism operations in various provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, Khama news agency reported. The interior ministry of Afghanistan following a ....
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Bombings in Thailand's restive south injure 9
Date: 2014-05-06 10:18:55 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:31 - ID:706031
BANGKOK, May 6 (MENA) - Bombs exploded at a police station and a convenience store in a tourist city in Thailand's violence-plagued south Tuesday, injuring nine people, ABC news reported quoting police as having said. The first bomb exploded in ....
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Iran urges removal of restrictions on transfer of peaceful nuclear equipment
Date: 2014-05-06 08:02:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:18 - ID:705721
NEW YORK, May 6 (MENA) - Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi called for removal of all restrictions and discriminatory attitudes on transfer of nuclear material and equipment which are for peaceful ....
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Vietnam arrests 2 dissident bloggers
Date: 2014-05-06 06:58:04 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:8 - ID:705584
HANOI, May 6 (MENA) - Vietnam has arrested two democracy activists for posting articles critical of the government on the Internet, signaling a continued crackdown on dissent despite the early release of three dissidents last month, ABC news ....
