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10 wounded in Ankara on election day
Date: 2014-03-30 20:50:36 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:175 - ID:639993
ANKARA, March 30 (MENA) - A group of around 50 people, reportedly supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), attacked Sunday supporters of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Ankara, as Turkey went to the polls for a crucial ....
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China insists on talk with Philippines over sea claims
Date: 2014-03-30 20:49:36 GMT - China - World - SN:174 - ID:639974
BEIJING, March 30 (MENA) - China said on Sunday that it insists on holding talks with Philippines over sea claims. In a statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei said that China's position on issues concerning the South China Sea ....
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Germany mulls military support for NATO's eastern European states
Date: 2014-03-30 20:15:37 GMT - Germany - World - SN:170 - ID:639965
BERLIN, March 31 (MENA) - Germany is considering offering military support to some eastern European members of the NATO defense alliance in response to Russia's seizure of Crimea, Der Spiegel reported. Germany, whose diplomatic clout falls far ....
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5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes China
Date: 2014-03-30 18:50:34 GMT - China - World - SN:159 - ID:639888
BEIJING, March 30 (MENA) - A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday a province in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at 31.4 degrees north latitude and 86.5 ....
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Kerry meets Lavrov in Paris seeking Ukraine crisis resolution
Date: 2014-03-30 18:36:12 GMT - France - World - SN:156 - ID:639838
PARIS, March 30 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Paris on Sunday, in another bid to calm tensions and resolve the crisis over Ukraine. The U.S. Department of State said earlier that Kerry ....
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Japan, NKorea hold 1st senior talks in 16 months
Date: 2014-03-30 18:15:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:153 - ID:639666
TOKYO, March 30 (MENA) - Japan and North Korea started high-level government talks on Sunday for the first time in more than a year that were expected to focus on abductions of Japanese by North Korea decades ago, ABC News reported. The fate of ....
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French FM meets US counterpart in Paris
Date: 2014-03-30 18:04:49 GMT - France - World - SN:150 - ID:639786
PARIS, March 30 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry met with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on Sunday for talks on the Ukraine crisis. Kerry is to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Sunday evening at the ....
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Influential Republicans working to draft Jeb Bush into 2016 presidential race
Date: 2014-03-30 16:34:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:128 - ID:639508
WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - Many of the Republican Party’s most powerful insiders and financiers have begun a behind-the-scenes campaign to draft former Florida governor Jeb Bush into the 2016 presidential race, courting him and his intimates and ....
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Cuba to buy Russian Antonov regional jets
Date: 2014-03-30 15:28:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:639471
MOSCOW, March 30 (MENA) - Russia's Voronezh Aircraft Plant will supply Cuba with Antonov An-148 regional jets, officials in the region where the factory is based were quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. "Today's decision on An-148 supplies to Cuba ....
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Netanyahu: We will respond to every effort to attack us
Date: 2014-03-30 15:12:22 GMT - Israel - World - SN:110 - ID:639192
GAZA CITY, March 30 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will respond to any attempt of what he described as "destroying the border line" with Syria. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said, "The ....
