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Obama to highlight Putin threat to EU during keynote speech in Brussels
Date: 2014-03-26 15:22:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:122 - ID:632405
LONDON, March 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama is to charge Russian President Vladimir Putin with being a menace to an international system built up over decades following the Russian leader's sudden appropriation of part of Ukraine, The ....
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U.N. head Ban Ki-Moon visits Prague next week
Date: 2014-03-26 14:52:18 GMT - Czech - World - SN:119 - ID:632393
PRAGUE, March 26 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet Czech President Milos Zeman in Prague on April 4, Zeman´s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek told CTK today. "I can confirm that Mr. President will meet U. N. Secretary General ....
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Russian minister says Moscow keen on boosting cooperation with Cairo
Date: 2014-03-26 14:43:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:111 - ID:632287
MOSCOW, March 26 (MENA) - Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolay Vasilyevich Fedorov said Wednesday a cooperation protocol signed with Egypt is an important step toward boosting bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Fedorov was speaking ....
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Obama rules out using force against Russia
Date: 2014-03-26 14:03:47 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:100 - ID:632023
BRUSSELS, March 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama said that the U.S. would stand by its European allies in the face of Russian aggression, but ruled out using force to dislodge Moscow’s troops from the Crimean peninsula, The Province newspaper ....
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President Obama prepares to meet the People’s Pope
Date: 2014-03-26 12:54:55 GMT - Italy - World - SN:79 - ID:631285
ROME, March 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama will travel to Vatican City to meet Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday, hoping that perhaps some of the pontiff's seemingly universal popularity will rub off on him before he leaves, Time ....
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President Obama arrives in Brussels ahead of EU meeting
Date: 2014-03-26 09:36:29 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:34 - ID:631234
BRUSSELS, March 26 (MENA) - US President Barak Obama has arrived in Brussels where he will meet leaders of the European Union and Nato to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and other transatlantic issues, the BBC reported. He is also expected to make ....
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Commuter plane lands safely after fire in Malaysia
Date: 2014-03-26 08:05:06 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:23 - ID:631164
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (MENA) - A plane from a new Malaysian airline was forced to turn back Wednesday on a domestic flight because one of its engines caught fire, ABC news reported quoting the airline as having said. Malindo Air said in a ....
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Death toll of US mudslide rises to 24
Date: 2014-03-26 07:34:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:631115
WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) - Emergency workers have recovered two more bodies after a US landslide and located another eight corpses in the debris, the BBC reported. "Unfortunately, we didn't find any signs of life," Snohomish County fire ....
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Salvadorean court rejects opposition challenge to poll
Date: 2014-03-26 07:24:52 GMT - El Salvador - World - SN:15 - ID:631051
SAN SALVADOR, March 26 (MENA) - El Salvador's electoral court has rejected an appeal by the right-wing Arena party against the results of the presidential election held on 9 March, the BBC reported. The court dismissed Arena's demand for an ....
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3 Secret Service agents sent home from Amsterdam for disciplinary reasons
Date: 2014-03-26 07:16:51 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:13 - ID:631074
THE HAGUE, March 26 (MENA) - The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before President Barack Obama’s arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret Service said as quoted by the BBC. ....