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Samsung remains silent over 'Obama-selfie'
Date: 2014-04-07 08:18:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:653713
SEOUL, April 7 MENA) - South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. declined to comment Monday on the controversy over its latest marketing attempt that the White House has criticized as using the U.S. president for commercial purposes, Yonhap ....
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Ex-CIA boss Hayden: Dangling convicted spy Pollard in peace talks looks desperate
Date: 2014-04-07 06:24:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:653479
WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - Former CIA Director Michael Hayden suggested Sunday the Obama administration’s apparent offer to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to salvage the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is a desperate effort that ....
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UN chief congratulates Afghans on "historic" elections
Date: 2014-04-07 06:20:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:3 - ID:653475
NEW YORK, April 7 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated Afghans on Saturday's "historic" presidential and provincial council elections, calling them "an important step forward in Afghanistan's first democratic transition ....
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India set to begin mammoth elections
Date: 2014-04-06 21:59:36 GMT - India - World - SN:160 - ID:653332
NEW DELHI, April 6 (MENA) - India begins the world's largest free election on Monday with more than 815 million voters casting ballots in nine phases over five weeks, the Voice of America reported. Voters will choose members to the 543-seat Lok ....
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Chinese, Australian ships pick up signals of missing plane
Date: 2014-04-06 20:33:42 GMT - Australia - World - SN:156 - ID:653308
CANBERRA, April 6 (MENA) - Three signals were detected Sunday in the Indian Ocean by Chinese and Australian ships which are in the search for flight MH370 of Malaysia, Sky News reported. Authorities are trying to determine whether the three ....
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Egypt partakes in Milan furniture fair
Date: 2014-04-06 20:24:05 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:153 - ID:653265
CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Six Egyptian companies and five designers will participate in the Milan Furniture Fair. The fair is due to kick off on Tuesday with over 2,500 firms showing, said the Egyptian exports council said Sunday. In a ....
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Three killed as bomb blast hit truck carrying ballot boxes in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-04-06 20:05:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:151 - ID:653220
KABUL, April 6 (MENA) - A roadside bomb in Afghanistan has destroyed a truck carrying eight boxes of ballots cast in the country's presidential election and killed three people, The Voice of America reported. Sunday's blast in the northern ....
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Nursing home fire kills 10 in Chile
Date: 2014-04-06 19:30:41 GMT - Chile - World - SN:141 - ID:653218
SANTIAGO, April 6 (MENA) - Ten people were killed Sunday as a fire tore through a nursing home in southern Chile, ABC News reported. Police say neighbors were able to rescue three people. However, Paillaco city Mayor Ramona Reyes said all ....
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Protesters in Ukrainian city seize state administration building
Date: 2014-04-06 19:12:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:136 - ID:653137
MOSCOW, April 6 (MENA) - Protesters in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk have seized the building of the regional state administration, Itar-Tass news agency reported. The police are preparing to use a water cannon. Earlier on Sunday, about 2,000 ....
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Putin Advisor: Sanctions against Russia are suicide for Europe
Date: 2014-04-06 19:01:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:131 - ID:653133
MOSCOW, April 6 (MENA) - Sergei Glazyev, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Eurasian integration, warned Sunday of national bankruptcy for several European countries and a blow-out of the banking system if full-scale economic ....
