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British Queen in Rome, ahead of visit with Pope
Date: 2014-04-03 13:36:23 GMT - Italy - World - SN:85 - ID:647568
ROME, April 3 (MENA) - Queen Elizabeth II has come to Rome for lunch with Italy's president ahead of the British monarch's first meeting with Pope Francis. Arriving Thursday afternoon at the Quirinal presidential palace atop of one of Rome's ....
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Russia condemns Cairo University blasts
Date: 2014-04-03 12:06:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:647186
MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the series of explosions which took place outside Cairo University on Wednesday and left a police brigadier killed and several policemen injured. In a statement Thursday, the ....
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NASA suspends cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-04-03 10:27:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:646939
MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - The US has suspended space cooperation with Russia. Ongoing activity on the International Space Station (ISS) is not affected by this decision. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Wednesday ....
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29 killled in Washington landslide
Date: 2014-04-03 10:05:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:646925
WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - The death toll in last month’s massive landslide in rural Washington state has risen to 29, Snohomish County medical examiner’s office representative Kelly Stowe told CNN. That count is up one from the previous day. A ....
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Russia expects NATO to respect bilateral agreements - Lavrov
Date: 2014-04-03 09:46:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:646908
MOSCOW, April 03 (MENA) - Russia expects explanations from NATO of its decision to deploy additional troops in East European states, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Thursday. “Russia-NATO relations are based ....
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Japan, U.S., S. Korea eye talks in Washington on N. Korea
Date: 2014-04-03 07:52:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:646693
TOKYO, April 3 (MENA) - Senior officials of Japan, the United States and South Korea plan to hold a meeting on the North Korean nuclear and missile issues in the first half of this month in Washington, Kyodo News quoted Japanese government sources ....
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'We will not give up on missing plane' says Malaysia PM
Date: 2014-04-03 07:51:33 GMT - Australia - World - SN:17 - ID:646667
CANBERRA, April 3 (MENA) - Malaysia will not give up on the search for missing flight MH370, its prime minister said as he visited the search hub in Perth, BBC reported. Prime Minister Najib Razak's comments came at a joint news conference with ....
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Chile leader evacuates as second big quake strikes
Date: 2014-04-03 07:34:47 GMT - Chile - World - SN:15 - ID:646557
SANTIAGO, April 3 (MENA) - A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked northern Chile, just over 24 hours after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, destroyed 2,600 houses and led to mass evacuations, BBC reported A tsunami alert in Chile and Peru ....
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Fort Hood gunman was treated for depression, anxiety
Date: 2014-04-03 07:02:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:646598
WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - The gunman in the Fort Hood shooting was an active-duty enlisted soldier who served four months in Iraq and was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, a Fort Hood commander said today, according to Sky News. ....
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Obama 'heartbroken' over Fort Hood shooting
Date: 2014-04-03 06:36:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:646542
WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - President Barack Obama spoke on the shooting at Fort Hood, saying that his administration is keeping close tabs on the situation, The Huffington Post reported on Thursday. "We're all following it closely," Obama told ....