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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 ....
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Afghan, Pakistani border guards' skirmish kills 1
Date: 2014-05-15 08:55:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:722521
KABUL, May 15 (MENA) - A shootout between Afghan and Pakistani border guards killed one Afghan policeman on Thursday in a remote southern region where the border between the two countries is poorly marked, officials said, ABC News reported. ....
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Bill Clinton: Putin trying to ‘re-establish Russian greatness’
Date: 2014-05-15 08:11:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:722520
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in March that Russian President Vladimir Putin shouldn’t behave in “19th-century fashion” by invading countries and redrawing global maps, but former President Bill Clinton said ....
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South Korean ferry disaster: Death toll rises to 281
Date: 2014-05-15 07:40:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:722456
SEOUL, May 15 (MENA) - The death toll from the South Korean ferry capsizing has gone up to 281, with dozens more still missing, the nation's officials said Thursday, BBC reported. Most of the dead and missing are students, all from the same high ....
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South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
Date: 2014-05-15 07:26:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:722407
SEOUL, May 15 (MENA) - The captain of the sunken South Korean ferry has been charged with manslaughter, BBC reported. Lee Joon-seok, 68, is accused of leaving the ship as it was sinking while telling passengers to stay put. He was among the ....
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Deadly attack on Thai protest camp in Bangkok
Date: 2014-05-15 06:32:39 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:16 - ID:722357
BANGKOK, May 15 (MENA) - Three people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in an attack on an anti-government protest camp in the Thai capital, officials say. Witnesses reported explosions and gunfire early on Thursday at a protest ....
