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Aid efforts for Syria failed, U.N. chiefs say
Date: 2014-04-23 14:47:36 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:97 - ID:683971
NEW YORK, April 23 (MENA) - Two months after the United Nations Security Council ordered Syria’s warring parties to allow access for humanitarian aid to civilians, the heads of five United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday that diplomacy had ....
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Abe, Obama to confirm Japan-US security pact will cover Senkakus
Date: 2014-04-23 12:27:50 GMT - Japan - World - SN:69 - ID:683671
TOKYO, April 23 (MENA) - The Japanese and US governments are making final arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama to reaffirm that the bilateral security treaty covers the Japan-administered Senkaku islets in the ....
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Italy grants 40 scholarships to Egyptian researchers
Date: 2014-04-23 12:14:35 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:67 - ID:683577
CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) – The Italian Embassy in Cairo will grant 40 scholarships to Egyptian researchers as part of a scholarship program funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR). ....
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UN heads say Syria aid needs ‘largely unanswered’
Date: 2014-04-23 11:33:37 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:683333
GENEVA, April 23 (MENA) – The directors of five United Nations agencies that provide humanitarian aid to Syria warned on Wednesday that diplomacy had failed and that the desperate plight of civilians in many parts of the country was getting ....
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US clears Egypt for some military assistance
Date: 2014-04-23 11:27:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:683328
WASHINGTON, April 23 (MENA) - The Obama administration said Wednesday it has certified that Egypt is upholding its 35-year-old peace treaty with Israel and therefore qualifies for some military and counterterrorism assistance, The Wall Street ....
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S. Korea ferry death toll rises to 150
Date: 2014-04-23 08:44:16 GMT - south korea - World - SN:30 - ID:683048
SEOUL, April 24 (MENA) - The confirmed death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster climbed to 150 Wednesday, one week since the passenger boat capsized off the country's southwest coast, the BBC reported. Divers are slowly working their way ....
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Lavrov urges Kiev to immediately comply with Geneva agreement
Date: 2014-04-23 07:23:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:682792
MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - In a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry late on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the need for the Kiev authorities to comply conscientiously with the Geneva agreement of ....
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Ebola death toll rises to over 140 in Liberia, Guinea
Date: 2014-04-23 07:13:37 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:13 - ID:682791
GENEVA, April 23 (MENA) - A total of 142 deaths have been reported from the Ebola outbreak in Guinea and Liberia, CNN reported quoting the World Health Organization as saying in a statement. The virus is still limited to the two nations, the ....
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Anti-Obama protesters clash with police in Manila
Date: 2014-04-23 06:11:19 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:4 - ID:682724
MANILA, April 23 (MENA) - Philippine police armed with truncheon, shields and water hose clashed Wednesday with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila to oppose a visit by President Barack Obama and a looming ....
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UK condemns killings in S. Sudan
Date: 2014-04-22 20:49:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:148 - ID:682267
LONDON, April 22 (MENA) – The British Government deplored Tuesday the killings happened last week in Bentiu in South Sudan and condemned attacks on the UNMISS. In a statement by the Foreign Office, British Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds said, ....
