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UN voices concern over using Chlorine gas in Syria
Date: 2014-04-22 20:47:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:147 - ID:682435
NEW YORK, April 22 (MENA) – The United Nations voiced Tuesday its concerns over allegations of using the Chlorine gas in Aleppo City and other areas in Syria, the UN posted on its website. "The United Nations was aware of the reports," UN ....
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France concerned over human rights situation in S. Sudan
Date: 2014-04-22 19:12:31 GMT - France - World - SN:134 - ID:682434
PARIS, April 22 (MENA) - France voiced anew on Tuesday concern over the human rights situation in South Sudan. Gunmen in South Sudan massacred hundreds of civilians over their ethnic affiliations when they captured the key oil town of Bentiu last ....
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French president inaugurates Hajj exhibition in Paris
Date: 2014-04-22 17:26:19 GMT - France - World - SN:115 - ID:682189
PARIS, April 22 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande inaugurated Tuesday the Hajj (pilgrimage) exhibition held in the Arab World Institute here in the presence of Egyptian Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister ....
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William Bursn heads for London
Date: 2014-04-22 17:19:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:113 - ID:682190
WASHINGTON, April 22 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns headed Tuesday for London on a two-day visit to Britain. Burns will confer with senior British officials on bilateral ties, the Ukrainian crisis and the current situation in ....
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Head of Union of Egyptians in Europe hails outcome of meeting with FM
Date: 2014-04-22 14:55:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:681472
LONDON, April 22 (MENA) – Essam Abdel Samad, head of the London-based Union of Egyptians in Europe, has hailed as "fruitful" a meeting held in Cairo with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on the latest developments in Egypt. The meeting tackled the ....
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4 killed in petrol station blast in Ukraine
Date: 2014-04-22 12:06:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:57 - ID:681397
KIEV, April 22 (MENA) – Four people were killed in an explosion at a petrol station near the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, the BBC reported Tuesday. No further details have been revealed so far. (MENA) AB/DA ....
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Brotherhood students organize rallies on Azhar Univ. Campus
Date: 2014-04-22 12:00:21 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:681400
CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - Students belonging to the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group staged on Tuesday rallies outside some faculties of Al Azhar University in Cairo, according to well-placed sources at the university. The students slammed ....
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Russia will support domstic manufacturers if west imposed sanctions - Medvedev
Date: 2014-04-22 11:16:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:681330
MOSCOW, April 22 (MENA) - In the near future Russia will switch Ukraine on advanced payments for gas supplies that will be a tough, but fair decision, if Kiev’s gas debt is not settled, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in reply to ....
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Russia, Lebanon FMs to meet in Moscow
Date: 2014-04-22 10:23:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:681261
MOSCOW, April 22 (MENA) - Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil would pay a two-day visit to Moscow on Wednesday in response to an invitation from his Russian counterpart Sergie Lavrov, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. ....
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US Humanitarians urge Nigeria president to take action against Boko Haram
Date: 2014-04-22 09:18:56 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:27 - ID:681018
ABUJA, April 22 (MENA) – Thirteen American human rights organizations have urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to take decisive actions against extremist Boko Haram group to curb the widespread violent and terrorist acts in Nigeria. The ....