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Five Honduran youth gang members killed in jail fight
Date: 2014-05-06 06:37:14 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:6 - ID:705556
TEGUCIGALPA, May 6 (MENA) - Five youths have been killed in a gang fight in a prison in Honduras, the BBC reported. Officials said the five, all of them under 18, belonged to the M18 street gang and were attacked by members of the rival Mara ....
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Iran backs political solution to Syria: Larijani
Date: 2014-05-06 06:14:37 GMT - Iran - World - SN:2 - ID:705532
TEHRAN, May 6 (MENA) - Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s support for finding a solution to the Syrian crisis through political means and negotiations, Press TV reported. “Political solution, the use of ....
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1,000 ounces of gold recovered from sunken ship
Date: 2014-05-05 20:50:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:179 - ID:705381
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - An expedition to bring back the remaining gold from a steamship that sank in 1857 off South Carolina in one of the nation's worst maritime disasters has recovered almost 1,000 ounces of gold - the first gold recovered from ....
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Russia bans swearing in films
Date: 2014-05-05 19:23:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:164 - ID:705180
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) – Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed Monday a law that bans curse words in movies, as well as in plays, concerts and most other publicly shown theatrical productions. Movies which violate the law will not be screened, ....
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Russis urges Ukraine to halt military actions
Date: 2014-05-05 18:44:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:160 - ID:705176
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - The Russian foreign ministry called on Ukraine to stop its military operations and to withdraw its troops from southeast Ukraine. The ministry called on the Ukrainian authorities to start negotiations in order to end the ....
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Ukraine delays delivery of equipment for Russian defense industry
Date: 2014-05-05 18:42:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:159 - ID:705187
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Ukraine is delaying the delivery of gas turbines for Russian defense enterprises while not refusing to supply them, Itar-Tass quoted Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov as saying on Monday. The turbines are to be ....
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Three-day London underground strike suspended
Date: 2014-05-05 14:35:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:704745
LONDON, May 5 (MENA) - A three-day strike by London Underground (LU) workers due to start on Monday evening has been suspended, the RMT union has said as reported by the BBC. The dispute was over LU's plan to close all ticket offices and cut 960 ....
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MAS confirms reps talking with family members over flight compensation
Date: 2014-05-05 14:29:38 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:106 - ID:704716
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (MENA) - Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Saturday confirmed representatives from its Family Support Centre have been in touch with the next-of-kin of those on board flight MH370 that went missing on March 8 to initiate an advance ....
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Sergei Lavrov to participate in Council of Europe session
Date: 2014-05-05 13:13:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:704546
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will go to Austria’s capital Vienna on Monday to take part in the 124th ministerial session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Itar Tass reported according ....
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US Airways flight hits turbulence, 6 injured
Date: 2014-05-05 12:35:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:704430
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - Six people were injured Sunday afternoon when a US Airways flight hit severe turbulence shortly after taking off from Philadelphia International Airport, an airline spokesman said. Five people, including two flight ....
