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Group formed of British MPs to explain Egypt situation - BEBA chief
Date: 2014-03-16 11:54:24 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:612226
CAIRO, March 16 (MENA) - A delegation of the British Egyptian Businessmen Association (BEBA), who visited London recently, managed to set up a group of 32 MPs from the various British parties at the House of Lords and House of Commons, who will be ....
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Crowd sets fire to Hindu center in Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-16 11:45:20 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:52 - ID:612061
ISLAMABAD, March 16 (MENA) - An angry crowd set fire to a Hindu community center in southern Pakistan after allegations circulated that a Hindu had desecrated the Quran, police said Sunday. The incident took place overnight in the city of ....
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Monk sets himself on fire in northwest China
Date: 2014-03-16 10:07:09 GMT - China - World - SN:37 - ID:611838
BEIJING, March 16 (MENA) - China’s official news agency said a monk has set himself on fire in an ethnic Tibetan area of northwest China, The Inquirer reported Sunday. The monk, who is from a monastery in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in ....
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Ukraine's president fears Russia could invade after Crimea referendum
Date: 2014-03-16 09:06:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:611841
LONDON, March 16 (MENA) - Acting leader Oleksander Turchinov said there was every possibility that Russia would advance deeper into Ukraine following Sunday's poll, which has been condemned by the west as illegal, The Guardian newspaper ....
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U.S. officials lean toward 'those in the cockpit' behind missing flight
Date: 2014-03-16 08:46:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:611771
WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - U.S. intelligence officials are leaning toward the theory that "those in the cockpit" -- the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 -- were responsible for the mysterious disappearance of the commercial jetliner, a U.S. ....
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India halts search for missing Malaysia plane
Date: 2014-03-16 08:06:19 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:611707
NEW DELHI, March 16 (MENA) - India has suspended search operations for a missing Malaysian passenger plane around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal, saying it is awaiting new instructions on the matter, Press TV ....
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Iran sees no limit to ties with Tajikistan: Zarif
Date: 2014-03-16 07:29:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:14 - ID:611697
TEHRAN, March 16 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic sees no limit to the enhancement of ties with Tajikistan, Press TV reported Sunday. In a meeting with his visiting Tajik counterpart, Sirojiddin ....
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Earthquake hits coastal Peru
Date: 2014-03-16 07:20:39 GMT - Peru - World - SN:13 - ID:611650
LIMA, March 16 (MENA) - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck about four miles from the coastal city of Sechura in northern Peru on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, CNN reported Sunday. No damage or injuries were reported in the ....
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Iran, Azerbaijan call for expansion of cooperation
Date: 2014-03-16 06:59:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:11 - ID:611651
TEHRAN, March 16 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for closer ties with neighboring Azerbaijan in a visit with Baku’s special envoy, Press TV reported Sunday. “Iran and Azerbaijan have good relations with each other, yet the ....
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Japan eyes confab with U.S., China, S. Korea to curb nuclear terrorism
Date: 2014-03-16 06:55:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:611647
TOKYO, March 16 (MENA) - Japan is making arrangements to hold its first working-level talks with the United States, China and South Korea in July to curb nuclear terrorism, a growing major threat to global security, Yonhap reported quoting a ....
