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Algerian kicked out of France over recruiting Jihadist for Syria fight
Date: 2014-05-01 19:42:20 GMT - France - World - SN:130 - ID:698492
PARIS, May 1 (MENA) – The French Authorities deported on Thursday an Algerian national suspected of recruiting jihadists to take part in the Syrian civil war. The French Interior Ministry said in a statement that a 37-year-old Algerian had been ....
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Kerry: US taking a pause, reassessing after peace talk failure
Date: 2014-05-01 19:00:17 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:124 - ID:698509
ADDIS ABABA, May 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he would pause and reassess what might be possible after failing to meet his April 29 goal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, saying both sides still wanted to try to ....
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Abe, Cameron agree to boost Japan-Britain security coop.
Date: 2014-05-01 18:36:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:120 - ID:698494
TOKYO, May 1 (MENA) – Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Thursday with his British counterpart David Cameron to boost bilateral security cooperation, including sharing military supplies and jointly developing defense equipment, the Japan ....
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PKK frees two kidnapped Turkish sergeants
Date: 2014-05-01 18:15:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:117 - ID:698470
ANKARA, May 1 (MENA) - The terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has released two specialist sergeants it kidnapped in eastern Turkey on Saturday, Today's Zaman website reported on Thursday. The kidnapping took place when a group of terrorist ....
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13 killed in Afghan suicide attack
Date: 2014-05-01 18:10:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:116 - ID:698452
KABUL, May 1 (MENA) – As many as 13 persons were killed in a suicide attack in Panjshir province, northern Afghanistan, a security source said Thursday. Six police officers were killed along with seven civilians, the source told Russia Today ....
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British police destroys suspicious package
Date: 2014-05-01 16:57:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:698407
LONDON, May 1 (MENA) – The British police destroyed Thursday a suspicious package which was found near the Barclays Bank, in the financial district, eastern London. The area was cordoned off as the sappers took care of the threat, a police ....
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Pro-Russians seize Donetsk prosecutor's office
Date: 2014-05-01 16:16:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:106 - ID:698371
KIEV, May 1 (MENA) – Hundreds of pro-Russian militants have seized the regional prosecutor's office in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The attackers threw rocks at police before storming the building and raising the flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk ....
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Foreign Policy Mag: It's not a Russian invasion of Ukraine we should be worried about
Date: 2014-05-01 15:38:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:698326
WASHINGTON, May 1 (MENA) – West is fixated on what Russian President Vladimir Putin really intends to do in eastern Ukraine: Will he invade or not? But strategy in conflict situations does not easily lend itself to identification of clear goals on ....
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UK foreign secretary announces expansion of diplomatic representation in Pakistan
Date: 2014-05-01 15:29:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:99 - ID:698323
LONDON, May 1 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced after a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif increasing the UK diplomatic representation in Pakistan. Hague and Sharif discussed a shared vision for a safe and ....
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Confrontations between Turkish police, May Day rallies in Turkey
Date: 2014-05-01 14:43:41 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:93 - ID:698217
ANKARA, May 1 (MENA) - Clashes erupted between Turkish police and May Day demonstrators in central Istanbul as crowds appeared determined to defy a government ban of any rallies in the area of Okmeydani . Security forces pushed back ....