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Car bomb explodes outside a Greek Central Bank building, no injuries
Date: 2014-04-10 06:05:35 GMT - Greece - World - SN:11 - ID:659681
ATHENS, April 10 (MENA) - A car bomb went off outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens early on Thursday, smashing windows in nearby shops but causing no injuries, sky news Channel reported. The blast came after public and private ....
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Israel launches Ofek 10 radar-based spy satellite
Date: 2014-04-10 06:05:07 GMT - Israel - World - SN:10 - ID:659697
GAZA CITY, April 10 (MENA) - The Defense Ministry and Israeli Aircraft Industries launched a spy satellite into orbit from Palmahim Air Base on Wednesday night, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. The satellite, called Ofek 10, uses radar ....
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Obama pledges help for troubled soldiers at Fort Hood memorial
Date: 2014-04-10 05:50:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:659684
WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - President Barack Obama pledged to improve mental health services for troubled soldiers and veterans Wednesday, while paying respects at a memorial service to three soldiers who were killed at the Fort Hood Army base on ....
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Hagel: Russia causing itself long-term harm with Ukraine steps
Date: 2014-04-09 22:37:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:200 - ID:659582
WASHINTON, April 9 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel rejected any finality to the Crimea annexation, saying the United States and most of the world didn't accept it. In an interview with CNN, Hagel said that the UN overwhelmingly ....
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Lavrov, Kerry discuss situation in Ukraine over phone
Date: 2014-04-09 22:27:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:199 - ID:659586
MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry held discussions over situation in Ukraine Wednesday, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. In the telephone conversation the US top diplomat said his ....
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Up to 20 people stabbed at Pennsylvania high school
Date: 2014-04-09 20:47:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:185 - ID:659516
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - A teenager armed with two knives has gone on a rampage at a high school in the US state of Pennsylvania, injuring 19 students and a security guard, the BBC News reported. The 16-year-old student was taken into custody ....
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UN chief deplores terrorist attacks in Pakistan
Date: 2014-04-09 20:20:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:183 - ID:659509
NEW YORK, April 9 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned Wednesday the bombing of a market in Islamabad and the attack on a train in Baluchistan, Pakistan. "The Secretary-General deplores the recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan, ....
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US troops may be sent to Europe: US general
Date: 2014-04-09 20:08:00 GMT - France - World - SN:179 - ID:659429
PARIS, April 9 (MENA) - U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said Wednesday that he wouldn't write off involvement by any nation,including the United States, for drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, ABC News ....
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Ukraine's overall debt to Russia stands at $16 billion
Date: 2014-04-09 19:29:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:168 - ID:659324
MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) – Ukraine's overall debt to Russia stands at $16.6 billion, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin dedicated to the situation around Ukraine. "Three billion dollars ....
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China urges US not to 'interfere in its domestic affairs'
Date: 2014-04-09 19:27:04 GMT - China - World - SN:167 - ID:659431
BEIJING, April 9 (MENA) - China asserted on Wednesday the development of Hong Kong's political system falls within China's domestic affairs that cannot be interfered by any external forces. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei said in a press ....
