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Slovaks go to polls to choose country’s new president
Date: 2014-03-30 06:54:36 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:9 - ID:638326
BRATISLAVA, March 30 (MENA) - Voters are going to the polls in Slovakia on Saturday to choose their new president, Euronews reported. The choice is between centre-left Prime Minister Robert Fico and independent candidate Andrej Kiska. In the ....
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British Faith Minister concerned over death penalty against Christian for blasphemy in Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-29 21:46:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:136 - ID:638184
LONDON, March 29 (MENA) - Baroness Warsi, British Minister for Faith and Communities, said she was seriously concerned over Sawan Masih who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan. She described the court sentence as a “regressive step”. “UK ....
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Muslims in UK prisons double in decade
Date: 2014-03-29 20:28:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:124 - ID:638119
LONDON, March 29 (MENA) - The number of Muslims in the prison population has more than doubled to nearly 12,000 in a decade in Britain, figures from the UK Ministry of Justice show. The dramatic rise prompted calls for ministers to investigate ....
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Kerry to meet Lavrov for Ukraine talks in Paris Sunday
Date: 2014-03-29 19:50:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:120 - ID:638043
WASHINGTON, March 29 (MENA) - After a week of travel in the Mideast, US Secretary of State John Kerry changed course and arrived in Paris Saturday for talks with his Russian counterpart on the Ukraine crisis, ABC News reported. Halfway home from ....
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Azhar offers 80 Thai students scholarship, Egyptian diplomat says
Date: 2014-03-29 16:30:50 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:89 - ID:637772
BANGKOK, March 29 (MENA) - The Embassy of Egypt in Bangkok held on Saturday a written and oral competition to offer an Azharite scholarship for students in Thailand. The best students were chosen during the contest. Egyptian Ambassador in ....
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Bulgaria shying away from sanctions against Russia
Date: 2014-03-29 16:05:36 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:86 - ID:637670
SOFIA, March 29 (MENA) – Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin said Saturday that it is not in Sofia's interest to stand firmly behind EU sanctions against Russia, Sofia News Agency reported. . "At the moment Bulgaria has no alternative ....
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U.S. Tries To Stop India's Solar Policy While Pushing Fight Against Climate Change
Date: 2014-03-29 15:13:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:637675
WASHINGTON, March 29 (MENA) - The Obama administration talks a lot about the need to develop renewable energy around the world to curb climate change. But right now, it's trying to kill India's effort to boost its domestic solar industry. The ....
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Kerry, Lavrov discuss Ukraine crisis in telephone conversation
Date: 2014-03-29 14:07:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:637569
MOSCOW, March 29 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry continued discussing the Ukrainian crisis in a telephone conversation on March 29, The Voice of Russia reported Saturday. Taking into account a ....
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Chinese Pres. Xi rails Japan's wartime actions
Date: 2014-03-29 12:47:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:55 - ID:637311
TOKYO, March 29 (MENA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized Japan's wartime atrocities, saying the Japanese military killed more than 300,000 people in Nanjing in 1937 when it occupied the Chinese city. In a speech delivered in Berlin, Xi ....
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US, Saudis narrow split over Syria
Date: 2014-03-29 12:19:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:637317
WASHINGTON, March 29 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, meeting at a time of heightened tensions in relations between their countries, appeared to narrow their disagreement on assisting Syrian rebels, but ....
