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Russia warns of civil war if Ukraine uses force to quell eastern revolts
Date: 2014-04-08 10:17:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:655847
MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Kiev on Tuesday that any use of force in Ukraine's eastern region could lead to civil war, as Ukraine's government seeks to regain control after pro-Moscow uprisings in three cities, CNN ....
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Iran views China ties as strategic: Official
Date: 2014-04-08 09:13:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:30 - ID:655765
TEHRAN, April 8 (MENA) - A senior Iranian official has hailed the relations between Iran and China, saying that Tehran views its ties with Beijing as “strategic and long-term”, Press TV channel reported on Tuesday. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister ....
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Russia hands over two diesel-electric submarines to Vietnam
Date: 2014-04-08 09:08:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:655669
MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - Two diesel-electric-powered submarines of Russian manufacture have joined Vietnam’s naval force after the country’s national flags were hoisted in a special ceremony on Thursday, Itar-tass news agency reported. The ....
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Ministers defeated in Lords over citizenship terror powers
Date: 2014-04-08 08:17:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:655711
LONDON, April 8 (MENA) - Ministers have lost a vote in the Lords over plans to allow terror suspects to be stripped of their citizenship, even if it they are left stateless, BBC reported. The government was defeated by 242 votes to 180 as peers ....
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Australia signs free trade agreement with South Korea
Date: 2014-04-08 06:41:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:655540
SEOUL, April 8 (MENA) - South Korea and Australia signed a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) Tuesday after nearly five years of negotiations, a deal that both sides believe will result in mutual benefits from greater trade, Yonhap ....
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US Senate votes to bar Iran's UN pick from entering US
Date: 2014-04-08 05:34:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:655472
WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - The Senate approved a bill to bar a man with ties to the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis who's been tapped to be Iran's ambassador to the United Nations from entering the United States, Fox News reported. By voice vote, ....
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UK gov't voices concern over Ukraine unrest
Date: 2014-04-07 22:20:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:167 - ID:655360
LONDON, April 7 (MENA) – The British government voiced its concern over instability in eastern Ukraine. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that he is deeply concerned about the violence in eastern Ukraine and the proposals on Russia's ....
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Drone strike kills top Taliban leaders in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2014-04-07 21:18:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:169 - ID:655380
KABUL, April 7 (MENA) - Two top Taliban leaders were killed following a drone strike in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan on Monday, Khaama Press reported. Taliban’s shadow provincial governor Qasim Sabri was killed along with shadow district ....
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Eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk seeks to join Russia
Date: 2014-04-07 20:50:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:164 - ID:655343
MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) – A council established by local pro-federalization demonstrators on Monday declared plans to schedule a referendum by mid-May on the formation of an independent Republic of Donetsk, which could seek to join Russia, the ....
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India successfully test fires supersonic cruise missile
Date: 2014-04-07 20:22:52 GMT - India - World - SN:162 - ID:655310
NEW DELHI, April 7 (MENA) – The Indian Army on Monday successfully test fired an advanced version of 290 km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos as part of a user trial at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, the Indian Express newspaper ....
