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  • Japan, Turkey foreign ministers eye working for free trade talks

    Date: 2014-04-13 10:56:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:665324

    TOKYO, April 13 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Sunday with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu to begin at an early date preparatory talks for a bilateral free trade agreement, according to the Japanese Foreign ....

  • Bird flu virus detected in Kumamoto, 112,000 chickens to be culled

    Date: 2014-04-13 09:27:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:665086

    TOKYO, April 13 (MENA) - Two chickens tested positive Sunday for a highly pathogenic avian influenza at a farm in Kumamoto Prefecture where 1,100 chickens have died, setting off the culling through Monday of some 112,000 birds, Kyodo reported on ....

  • Wildfire in Chile, kills 2, consumes 500 homes

    Date: 2014-04-13 08:50:01 GMT - Chile - World - SN:15 - ID:665031

    SANTIAGO, April 13 (MENA) - A wildfire was raging in a highly populated area of Chile early Sunday after killing two people and consuming more than 500 homes, CNN reported qutoing officials as having said. At least one more person has been ....

  • 7 militants killed, 18 others detained in Afghan military operations

    Date: 2014-04-13 08:49:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:665030

    KABUL, April 13 (MENA) - At least seven Taliban militants were killed and eighteen others were detained during military operations by Afghan national security forces, Khaama newspaper reported. Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi said at ....

  • Ukrainian Interior Ministry: anti-riot operation in eastern city of Slavyansk begins

    Date: 2014-04-13 08:32:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:664975

    MOSCOW, April 13 (MENA) - Ukraine’s acting interim Interior minister Arsen Avakov has announced the start of an anti-riot operation in the eastern city of Slavyansk, which is located in the Donetsk region where protesters demanding federalization of ....

  • S. Korean PM to visit Pakistan for high-level talks

    Date: 2014-04-13 07:18:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:664895

    SEOUL, April 13 (MENA) - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won flew to Pakistan on Sunday to hold meetings with senior officials and businessmen to discuss cooperation in the economy and other areas, his office said as quoted by ....

  • Documentary screened in France about history of terrorist MB

    Date: 2014-04-12 21:49:15 GMT - France - World - SN:134 - ID:664748

    PARIS, April 12 (MENA) – A documentary was screened about the history and thoughts of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in Paris on Saturday. The film tackled the history of the terrorist group including ideology and connections with ....

  • Salmond to Cameron: Let's have a debate on independence now

    Date: 2014-04-12 19:54:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:118 - ID:664629

    LONDON, April 12 (MENA) - Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has challenged UK Prime Minister David Cameron to a debate on Scottish independence "now" at his party's conference. He said: "Prime Minister, we can drum up a crowd for you in ....

  • Egyptian expats partcipate in Vienna marathon

    Date: 2014-04-12 19:04:06 GMT - Austria - World - SN:113 - ID:664588

    VIENNA, April 12 (MENA) – Youths and Children of Egyptians living in Austria have participated in the international Vienna marathon for children and youths on Saturday. More than 3000 children and youths have participated in the 4.2-km ....

  • Demonstrators in Donetsk urge police to side with people

    Date: 2014-04-12 18:14:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:107 - ID:664580

    DONETSK, April 12 (MENA) - About 1,000 people gathered in front of the regional Interior Affairs Department in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Saturday, to demand that police "side with the people", Itar Tass reported. Several activists ....

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