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Mount Everest's deadliest avalanche' kills 12
Date: 2014-04-18 09:54:45 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:28 - ID:674774
KATHMANDU, April 18 (MENA) - At least 12 Sherpa guides have been killed after an avalanche swept down the slopes of Mount Everest, Sky News reported. The avalanche hit the area just below Camp 2 at 6,400 metres (21,000ft). Helicopters and ....
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Obama phones Cameron over Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-04-18 09:07:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:674664
WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama spoke via phone to British Prime Minister David Cameron late Thursday about Moscow's growing presence in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. Both leaders said they "are prepared to take ....
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Kerry condemns call for Jews to register in Ukrainian city
Date: 2014-04-18 08:49:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:674665
WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Jews in a city in eastern Ukraine had been ordered to register with the authorities, calling the idea intolerable, The Washington Post reported. "Just in the ....
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Japan parliament OKs civil nuclear pacts with Turkey, UAE
Date: 2014-04-18 07:40:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:674561
TOKYO, April 18 (MENA) - The Japanese parliament on Friday approved civil nuclear agreements with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates that will help Japan export atomic power reactors to the rapidly developing economies, in line with Prime Minister ....
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Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on trial in New York
Date: 2014-04-17 20:47:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:164 - ID:674271
WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) - The trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Islamic cleric accused of conspiring to kidnap Americans in Yemen and planning to establish a jihad training camp in rural Oregon, began on Thursday in federal court in ....
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All parties should refrain from violence in Ukraine- Kerry
Date: 2014-04-17 20:33:39 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:161 - ID:674205
GENEVA, April 17 (MENA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry urged all sides in Ukraine to refrain from violence or provocative behavior and rejects all forms of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, which Kerry said had emerged as a worry in eastern ....
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Aeroflot says Ukraine bans entry to Russian male citizens aged between 16 to 60
Date: 2014-04-17 20:25:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:157 - ID:674207
MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - Ukraine has introduced entry restrictions regarding Russian grown men, Interfax cited Aeroflot Russian Airlines company as saying on Thursday. According to the company, a relevant notification has been submitted by the ....
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UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting today
Date: 2014-04-17 17:49:19 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:141 - ID:674098
NEW YORK, April 17 (MENA) - President of the Security Council Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu said that an urgent meeting will be held on Syria today. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday according to New York's local time. (MENA) AR/RE ....
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Iran, Belarus stress expansion of cooperation
Date: 2014-04-17 13:04:11 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:84 - ID:673486
April 17 (MENA) - Iran and Belarus have stressed closer cooperation to help promote stability and security in the region, Press TV reported. “Coordination between Iran and Belarus in resolving regional issues should be expanded,” Iranian Majlis ....
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Ukraine: low expectations that Geneva talks will calm the crisis
Date: 2014-04-17 12:41:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:673438
LONDON, April 17 (MENA) - Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the US prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest, The Guardian reported. The strategy ....
