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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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. ....

  • Venezuelan protesters camp outside UN office

    Date: 2014-03-26 07:13:03 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:11 - ID:631050

    CARACAS, March 26 (MENA) - Dozens of students have pitched camp outside the United Nations office in Caracas to complain the international community is siding with Venezuela's government by not speaking out against rights abuses during a bloody, ....

  • S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop provocations

    Date: 2014-03-26 06:52:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:631011

    SEOUL, March 26 (MENA) - South Korea called on North Korea Wednesday to stop provocative remarks and actions, criticizing the communist country for tinkering with a nuclear card, Yonhap news agency said. "North Korea should stop making ....

  • Washington mudslide death toll reaches 16

    Date: 2014-03-26 06:51:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:631012

    WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) - Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of two more people killed in a massive mudslide in the US state of Washington, bringing the total to 16. President Barack Obama, who was in Europe on Monday for a ....

  • North Korea fires mid-range ballistic missiles into sea -South Korea

    Date: 2014-03-26 06:27:19 GMT - south korea - World - SN:4 - ID:630987

    SEOUL, March 26 (MENA) - North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast Wednesday as the leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan held a summit in the Netherlands to pressure Pyongyang to denuclearize. North Korea ....

  • FIFA investigation into corruption came 'within hours' of being sabotaged- paper

    Date: 2014-03-25 22:43:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:206 - ID:630893

    LONDON, March 25 (MENA) - The investigation into allegations of corruption over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups came within hours of being sabotaged from within FIFA, The Telegraph said Tuesday. In the week The Telegraph revealed the ....

  • RCI, parliamentary select committee proposed for Malaysian missing plane

    Date: 2014-03-25 22:00:47 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:201 - ID:630864

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (MENA) - Acting Transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he would propose to the Cabinet, the call by members of parliament for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) and Parliamentary Select Committee to ....

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