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Prosecutors call London imam's testimony lies as U.S. trial ends
Date: 2014-05-15 04:37:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:722279
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri engineered an international campaign to commit violent jihad, despite his testimony that he never conspired to harm anyone, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday as Abu Hamza's trial drew to a ....
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US spy chief visits S. Korea over N. Korean issues
Date: 2014-05-14 19:32:25 GMT - south korea - World - SN:192 - ID:721991
SEOUL, May 14 (MENA) - The top US intelligence official met with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and other top officials on Wednesday to discuss North Korea's nuclear programs, an official said. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper ....
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Egypt extends condolences to Turkey for victims of coal mine disaster
Date: 2014-05-14 18:47:15 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:186 - ID:721992
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Egypt offers sincere condolences to the Turkish nation and government over an explosion at a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa which left more than 240 people dead, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel ....
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UN condemns killing of French journalist in Central African Republic
Date: 2014-05-14 15:49:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:148 - ID:721750
NEW YORK, May 14 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has condemned the killing of a French journalist who was reporting from the violence-racked Central African Republic, CNN reported on Wednesday. French troops found the body of Camille Lepage ....
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MERS is not an emergency - WHO
Date: 2014-05-14 14:40:37 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:136 - ID:721577
GENEVA, May 14 (MENA) - The spread of a puzzling respiratory virus in the Middle East and beyond is not a global health emergency despite a recent spike in cases, Time Magazine quoted the World Health Organization (WHO) as saying Wednesday. The ....
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Maliki to visit China next week
Date: 2014-05-14 13:16:28 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:114 - ID:721237
BAGHDA, May 14 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will pay an official visit to China next week to participate in the fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The forum groups 24 ....
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Fahmy meets UK's Robertson
Date: 2014-05-14 12:52:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:721233
LONDON, May 14 (MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy held a meeting on Wednesday with British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Hugh Robertson and discussed bilateral relations and economic and trade cooperation between the two ....
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German Foreign Minister regrets Brahimi resignation
Date: 2014-05-14 12:50:50 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:105 - ID:721075
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed on Wednesday regret over the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint United Nations-League of Arab States Special Representative on the Syrian crisis. In a ....
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Death toll from Turkish mine disaster rises to 232
Date: 2014-05-14 12:47:47 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:103 - ID:721242
ANKARA, May 14 (MENA) - The death toll from Turkey's Soma coal mine disaster has risen to 232, according to The BBC. An explosion and fire in the district of Soma in Manisa province followed an electrical fault on Tuesday afternoon. Prime ....
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Minister of finance to launch conference on EGX investment in London
Date: 2014-05-14 12:46:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:102 - ID:721070
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Minister of Finance Hani Qadri is scheduled to launch on Friday an international conference on promoting investment in the Egyptian stock exchange in London. The conference would be organized by Beltone Financial - ....
