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EU condemns kidnapping of Jordan envoy in Libya
Date: 2014-04-16 13:48:17 GMT - Libya - World - SN:88 - ID:671677
TRIPOLI, April 16 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) strongly condemned Wednesday the recent kidnapping of Jordanian Ambassador to Libya Fawaz Al-Itan in Tripoli and injuries to his driver. In press statements Wednesday, EU High Representative ....
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US visa denial to Iran’s UN proposed envoy against int’l laws - MP
Date: 2014-04-16 13:37:35 GMT - Iran - World - SN:82 - ID:671676
TEHRAN, April 16 (MENA) - A member of Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said here on Wednesday that the US visa denial to Iran’s proposed ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi is a clear violation of ....
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New York drops unit that spied on Muslims: paper
Date: 2014-04-16 12:26:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:671170
NEW YORK, April 16 (MENA) - The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and build detailed files on where people ate, prayed and ....
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Five dead after stabbing at student party in Canada
Date: 2014-04-16 11:03:17 GMT - Canada - World - SN:44 - ID:671160
OTTAWA, April 16 (MENA) - Five people were killed and a suspect taken into custody after multiple stabbings at a house party attended by university students near the University of Calgary, the BBC reported quoting the police chief, calling it the ....
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Two people dead, 290 missing in sunken ferry
Date: 2014-04-16 10:22:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:34 - ID:671080
SEOUL, April 16 (MENA) - A passenger ship carrying more than 470 people, mostly high school students, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving at least two people, including one student, dead and about 290 others missing, Yonhap ....
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50 passengers injured as train derails in India
Date: 2014-04-16 09:04:38 GMT - India - World - SN:20 - ID:670797
NEW DELHI, April 16 (MENA) – Fifty passengers were injured when the engine and 10 coaches of a train derailed at Teghiria in central Assam, Northeastern Indian, Russia today reported. The derailment damaged 100 mts of railway line leading to ....
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Larijani to visit Minsk
Date: 2014-04-16 08:31:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:19 - ID:670798
TEHRAN, April 16 (MENA) - The Speaker of Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) will pay an official visit to Belarus on Wednesday, as a delegation of lawmakers accompany him, IRNA news agency reported. Heading a parliamentary delegation, Larijani is ....
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Search For MH370: No Objects Of Interest Found In Bluefin-21's Maiden Mission
Date: 2014-04-16 08:26:07 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:670688
PERTH, April 16 (MENA) - No objects of interest were found from data collected by the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named Bluefin-21 in its first mission Monday to help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Bernama news agency ....
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Ferry with 350 passengers sinking off South Korea
Date: 2014-04-16 08:18:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:670692
SEOUL, April 16 (MENA) - A passenger ship carrying more than 470 people, mostly high school students, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving at least two people, including one student, dead and about 290 others missing, Yonhap ....
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Putin: Escalating conflict puts Ukraine on 'brink of civil war'
Date: 2014-04-16 08:18:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:670689
MOSCOW, April 16 (MENA) - The escalating conflict in Ukraine "essentially puts the nation on the brink of civil war," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, CNN reported. His assessment came during a telephone conversation with his ....
