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Austrian President receives Jordan King
Date: 2014-04-08 11:44:10 GMT - Austria - World - SN:68 - ID:656229
VIENNA, April 8 (MENA) - Austrian President Heinz Fischer received on Tuesday Jordan's King Abdullah II in Hofburg presidential palace in Vienna. The two sides reviewed the Guard of Honor before they started talks that tackle bilateral ....
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Saudi CP, UK defense secretary discuss boosting cooperation
Date: 2014-04-08 11:28:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:63 - ID:656231
RIYADH, April 8 (MENA) – Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received on Tuesday British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond and his accompanying delegation, Saudi news agency reported. During the ....
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Libya faces great challenges: US, UK Ambassadors
Date: 2014-04-08 11:26:29 GMT - Libya - World - SN:61 - ID:655966
TRIPOLI, April 8 (MENA) – The United States of America and the United Kingdom ambassadors to Libya asserted on Tuesday that Libya is facing great challenges. "We are eager to see the new election's law to be adopted by the General National ....
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Russia ready to consider multi-party format of Ukrainian settlement talks: Lavrov
Date: 2014-04-08 10:51:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:656081
MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow is ready to consider a multi-party format of talks over Ukrainian settlement, involving European countries, the United States, Russia and Ukraine, IRAT TASS news agency ....
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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, ....
