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US condemns Nigeria bombing
Date: 2014-04-15 09:41:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:668890
WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - The US condemned the attack on the Nyanya Motor Park just south of Nigeria's capital Abuja that killed over 70 people. "We are outraged by these senseless acts of violence against innocent civilians," State ....
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Former MP wounded as wife and daughter killed in armed attack in Istanbul
Date: 2014-04-15 09:40:27 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:27 - ID:668917
ANKARA, April 15 (MENA) - Three people were killed in an attack on the car of former Motherland Party (ANAP) deputy Adnan Yıldız, in Istanbul’s Bakırköy district, on April 15, CNN Turk News reported. The former deputy’s wife and daughter, who ....
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Fresh Quake Hits Nicaragua, Damaging Some Buildings
Date: 2014-04-15 08:15:03 GMT - Nicaragua - World - SN:16 - ID:668691
MANAGUA, April 15 (MENA) - A fresh aftershock is causing alarm in Nicaragua's capital, sending thousands of people fleeing into the streets overnight, France International Radio reported on Tuesday. President Daniel Ortega told local radio no ....
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Obama to visit Japan on April 23-25: White House
Date: 2014-04-15 08:14:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:668693
TOKYO, April 15 (MENA) - U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Japan for three days from April 23 on the first leg of a weeklong Asian tour that will also take him to South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines, Kyodo news agency reported. On ....
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Iran, Qatar review implementation of security agreement
Date: 2014-04-15 08:00:05 GMT - Iran - World - SN:14 - ID:668692
TEHRAN, April 15 (MENA) – Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Police Affairs Ali Abdollahi and Qatars Director-General of Public Security Staff, Major General Saad Bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, in a meeting in Doha on Monday discussed ....
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Ukrainian PM greets Swiss president with Danish flag
Date: 2014-04-14 20:54:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:164 - ID:668408
KIEV, April 14 (MENA) - An official visit of Switzerland’s president to Ukraine has kicked off with a diplomatic blunder as the country’s coup-imposed authorities greeted him with Danish flag instead of the Swiss, Russia Today reported on ....
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US Pentagon condemns Russian jet passing near US warship
Date: 2014-04-14 20:30:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:159 - ID:668360
WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - The US Pentagon criticized the Russian fighter jet that made multiple, close-range passes near an American warship in the Black Sea. "This provocative and unprofessional Russian action is inconsistent with their ....
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White House confirms CIA director visited Ukraine over weekend
Date: 2014-04-14 20:04:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:157 - ID:668358
WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - The White House confirmed that the CIA chief John Brennan visited Kiev last weekend, where he held a series of secret meetings with the current leaders of Ukraine, The Voice of Russia reported. White House spokesman ....
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Hollande, Obama share concern over Ukraine violence
Date: 2014-04-14 19:32:50 GMT - France - World - SN:152 - ID:668250
PARIS, April 14 (MENA) - Presidents Francois Hollande of France and Barack Obama of the US share the same "concern" over the violence witnessed in east Ukraine over the past few days, The Daily Star reported, citing the French presidency's ....
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Russia not to leave PACE
Date: 2014-04-14 18:21:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:141 - ID:668223
MOSCOW, April 14 (MENA) – Russia has no intention to leave the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said on Monday. Russia regards the Council of Europe and the PACE as “important ....