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Pope Francis receives Obama
Date: 2014-03-27 10:36:35 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:54 - ID:633616
THE VATICAN, March 27 (MENA) - Pope Francis of the Vatican received on Thursday US President Barack Obama for the first time here, the BBC said. Obama said it was a "great honor" to meet Pope Francis for the first time during a European tour. He ....
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OSCE probes facing internet terrorist use
Date: 2014-03-27 09:58:11 GMT - Austria - World - SN:46 - ID:633490
VIENNA, March 27 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced that Thursday would be the last day of Astana workshop on confronting using internet for terrorist purposes. The workshop, attended by 60 ....
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Russia calls for creating free trade zone with Israel
Date: 2014-03-27 09:49:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:633431
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexei Likhachev said the creation of a free trade zone between Russia and Israel was not suspended and continues, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. “There were no negative ....
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Military cuts render NATO less formidable as deterrent to Russia
Date: 2014-03-27 09:43:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:633383
WASHINGTON — President Obama and European leaders pledged Wednesday to bolster the NATO alliance and vowed that Russia would not be allowed to run roughshod over its neighbors. But the military reality on the ground in Europe tells a different ....
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Two firefighters killed in Boston Back Bay blaze
Date: 2014-03-27 08:21:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:633370
WASHINGTON, March 27 (MENA) - Two firefighters were killed and 13 injured in the US city of Boston in a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed a three-storey residential building, BBC reported. The fire in the city's Back Bay neighbourhood broke out ....
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South Korean leader meets Merkel in Berlin
Date: 2014-03-27 08:04:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:633346
BERLIN, March 27 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to work closely together to share lessons of German unification as Seoul tries to chart a course for its own unification with North Korea, ....
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Cote d'Ivoire: Former Minister to Face ICC Judge Thursday
Date: 2014-03-27 07:51:42 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - World - SN:21 - ID:633351
ABIDJAN, March 27 (MENA) - Charles Ble Goude, a youth minister in former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's administration is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on ....
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S. Korea, U.S. kick off large-scale landing drill
Date: 2014-03-27 07:30:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:18 - ID:633296
SEOUL, March 27 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States began a large-scale amphibious landing drill on Thursday as part their annual joint exercise to enhance military readiness, military officials said, drawing an angry response from North ....
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Flight MH370: Bad weather again halts plane search
Date: 2014-03-27 06:36:28 GMT - Australia - World - SN:11 - ID:633222
CANBERRA, March 27 (MENA) - An air and sea search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has again been suspended because of bad weather in the southern Indian Ocean, BBC news said on Thursday. Australian officials said all aircraft were ....
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Putin’s Approval Rating Rises to 80% – Poll
Date: 2014-03-27 05:57:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:633192
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has reached 80 percent, with a majority of Russians saying the country is heading in the right direction, an independent pollster said Wednesday. Novosti news agency ....
