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Serbian Progressive Party wins 158 seats in Serbian parliament
Date: 2014-03-17 21:37:00 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:191 - ID:615472
BELGRADE, March 17 (MENA) - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led coalition swept 158 seats in the Serbian parliament, the SPS-led coalition secured 44 seats, the Democratic Party (DS) – 19, and the New Democratic Party -18 seats, according to the ....
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Majority of Russians see their country as superpower – poll
Date: 2014-03-17 21:24:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:190 - ID:615471
MOSCOW, March 17 (MENA) - A majority of Russians believe their country is a great power and an important player in the international arena, an independent pollster said Monday, according to RIA Novosti. Some 63 percent of respondents said modern ....
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McCain: Obama response to Ukraine almost as weak as ‘doing nothing’
Date: 2014-03-17 21:08:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:189 - ID:615458
WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - US Senator John McCain has slammed President Obama’s response to Crimea’s taking steps to split from Ukraine and align with Russia, The Washington Times reported Wednesday. “I don’t know how it could have been weaker ....
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Turkey government crackdown worse than coup: Gulen
Date: 2014-03-17 21:07:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:188 - ID:615460
WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - Turkey’s US-based cleric, Fethullah Gulen, has called the government’s crackdown on his followers “10 times worse” than the backlash during the military coups. “What we are seeing today is 10 times worse than what we ....
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Russian deputy foreign minister slams US sanctions as ‘pathological’ refusal to admit reality
Date: 2014-03-17 21:06:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:187 - ID:615459
MOSCOW, March 17 (MENA) - The US sanctions against Russia reflect Washington’s pathological refusal to acknowledge reality, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by ITAR-TASS as saying on Monday. On Monday, the USA has ....
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Pakistan eyes US military equipment in Afghanistan -- report
Date: 2014-03-17 20:34:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:182 - ID:615431
ISLAMABAD, March 17 (MENA) - The US military may have another option for disposing $7 billion worth of armored vehicles and other equipment it’s struggling to get rid of now that its war in Afghanistan is ending, the Washington Post reported on ....
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Putin declares Crimea "sovereign and independent state"
Date: 2014-03-17 20:17:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:181 - ID:615411
MOSCOW, March 17 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday recognizing Crimea as a "sovereign and independent country," hours after the strategic Black Sea peninsula declared it had broken from Ukraine following a weekend ....
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Romania: Putin is creating Black Sea barrier
Date: 2014-03-17 20:16:54 GMT - Romania - World - SN:180 - ID:615410
BUCHAREST, March 17 (MENA) - Romania's president said Monday that Russia has created a chain of conflicts around the Black Sea to further President Vladimir Putin's goal of rebuilding the former Soviet Union along its former border with the West, ....
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US lawmaker: Missing airliner may have landed in southeast Asia for use as ‘weapon’
Date: 2014-03-17 20:09:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:176 - ID:615371
WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - The theory that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was hijacked and diverted -- possibly to Indonesia -- to be used as a "weapon" in a future attack gained traction Monday from the chairman of the House Homeland Security ....
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Russian actions over Ukraine may create new cold war - William Hague
Date: 2014-03-17 18:19:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:159 - ID:615238
LONDON, March 17 (MENA) - Europe is on the cusp of a new cold war with Russia that could last for years, William Hague has said as he warns Russia against destabilizing eastern Ukraine. The UK Foreign Secretary was speaking on Monday as European ....
