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OSCE, Council of Europe should immediately make objective assessment of Ukrainian events - Moscow
Date: 2014-05-04 19:21:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:132 - ID:703178
MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry is calling on the OSCE and the Council of Europe to urgently respond to the tragic developments in southeast Ukraine, the Voice of Russia reported on Sunday. "At a time when Ukrainian punitive ....
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CIA, FBI agents advising Ukraine government -- report
Date: 2014-05-04 19:11:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:130 - ID:703173
KIEV, May 4 (MENA) - Dozens of specialists from the US Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation are advising the Ukrainian government, GlobalPost quoted a German newspaper as saying on Sunday. Citing unnamed German security ....
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Dialogue needed between Kiev authorities and southeastern Ukraine - Putin in conversation with Merkel
Date: 2014-05-04 19:03:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:126 - ID:703166
MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed, during a telephone call Sundaym the crisis in Ukraine, The Voice of Russia reported citing a Kremlin statement. Putin and Merkel pointed ....
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30 federalization supporters released in Ukraine’s Odessa after rally
Date: 2014-05-04 18:27:47 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:120 - ID:703124
KIEV, May 4 (MENA) - About 30 federalization supporters have been released in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odessa as more than 1,000 people blocked the building of the Odessa police department, Itar-Tass news agency reported on ....
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Obama mocks himself, Putin and the press at White House dinner
Date: 2014-05-04 15:41:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:702918
LONDON, May 4 (MENA) - The US president, Barack Obama, joked about the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and issues much closer to home as he headlined the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night, The Guardian reported. The ....
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No going back to the past if Sisi wins in presidency - Egypt FM
Date: 2014-05-04 14:35:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:702746
WASHINGTON, May 4 (MENA) - There will be no return to the past in Egypt if presidential runner Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi wins in the presidential elections, said Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. Interviewed by CNN, Fahmy said that following the ....
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U.S. appears unable to pull South Sudan back from the brink of civil war
Date: 2014-05-04 11:47:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:702282
WASHINGTON, May 4 (MENA) - Years of diplomacy and development aid by successive U.S. administrations helped create the world’s newest nation three years ago, The Washington Post reported. South Sudan was supposed to break the sad, familiar ....
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East-Ukraine’s self-defense forces regain control of several important towns
Date: 2014-05-04 11:42:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:702370
MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - Forces in the east of Ukraine fighting for the federalization of the country have regained control over the cities and townships of Konstantinovka, Slavyansk, Andreyevka, and Kramatorsk, Itar-Tass reported said. As a result ....
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Iran test-fires home-made missile defense system
Date: 2014-05-04 11:26:39 GMT - Iran - World - SN:46 - ID:702256
TEHRAN, May 4 (MENA) - Iran announced the successful test-firing of the country’s new air defense system, Mersad, which is capable of destroying different types of modern fighter jets and drones, Fars news agency reported. "Mersad is a ....
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Quake of 6.6 magnitude hits deep in Pacific Ocean south of Fiji
Date: 2014-05-04 11:25:18 GMT - Fiji - World - SN:45 - ID:702144
SUVA, May 4 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday deep in the ocean about 328 miles (525 km) south of Suva, Fiji, Sky News reported quoting the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS initially estimated ....