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Japan's PM vows continued support to find missing Malaysian plane
Date: 2014-03-21 19:54:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:151 - ID:623006
TOKYO, March 21 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Tokyo will continue to support international search efforts to find the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, NHK World reported. Abe spoke with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib ....
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6.5 magnitude earthquake hits east of Andaman Islands, India
Date: 2014-03-21 18:55:13 GMT - India - World - SN:142 - ID:622959
NEW DELHI, March 21 (MENA) – The US Geological Survey said Friday a strong earthquake has shaken an area east of India's Andaman Islands. There were no immediate reports of serious damage, and no tsunami warning was issued, Fox News reported. It ....
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6 killed, injured in New Jersey fire
Date: 2014-03-21 18:54:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:141 - ID:622955
WASHINGTON, March 21 (MENA) – Three persons were killed and three others were injured on Friday after fire has been set in a motel located in Point Pleasant Beach in New Jersey . "investigators are sifting through the blackened rubble looking for ....
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Malaysia welcomes aid from foreign intelligence bodies on missing plane
Date: 2014-03-21 17:42:54 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:130 - ID:622812
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (MENA) - The Inspector General of Malaysian Police Khalid Abu Bakar welcomed aid from foreign intelligence bodies in the investigation for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370. He said the Malaysian ....
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S. Korea president to focus German trip on unification
Date: 2014-03-21 17:37:05 GMT - south korea - World - SN:128 - ID:622847
SEOUL, March 21 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye plans to use an upcoming trip to Germany to learn from the unification experience of the formerly divided European nation to help South Korea prepare to become one nation with North ....
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Lavrov confident partners in the East will not use sanctions against Russia
Date: 2014-03-21 17:36:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:127 - ID:622853
MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed confidence that partners in the East will not use sanctions against Russia. “As for our other partners, European countries, first of all, speak against economic ....
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South Korean president to hold three-way summit with Obama, Japan's PM next week
Date: 2014-03-21 17:00:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:123 - ID:622805
SEOUL, March 21 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye will hold three-way talks with US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of an international nuclear conference in The Hague next week, Yonhap news ....
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Russian Сonsulate-General in Crimea to be turned into Russian Foreign Ministry office
Date: 2014-03-21 16:59:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:122 - ID:622802
MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - Russia’s Consulate-General in Crimea will be turned into an office of the Foreign Ministry, Itar-tass reported on Friday. “The Federal Migration Service will deal with Russian citizenship issues,” State Secretary and ....
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Reporters Without Borders condemns blocking of Twitter in Turkey
Date: 2014-03-21 16:00:15 GMT - France - World - SN:114 - ID:622709
PARIS, March 21 (MENA) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned Turkey's blocking of Twitter, which began at around midnight last night, just nine days ahead of regional elections and after several weeks in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ....
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Ukraine considers statements on withdrawal from Non-Proliferation Treaty speculations
Date: 2014-03-21 15:55:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:113 - ID:622704
KIEV, March 21 (MENA) - Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry considers statements on the country’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) speculations, Itar Tass reported Friday. “I don’t comment on speculations. I don’t know about any ....