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EU willing to enhance ties with Iran: Ashton
Date: 2014-03-11 07:10:57 GMT - Iran - World - SN:12 - ID:602317
TEHRAN, March 11 (MENA) - European Union (EU)’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has expressed the 28-member bloc’s willingness to enhance economic and cultural relations with Iran, Press TV reported. Ashton made the remarks in a meeting ....
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UK premier plans to visit Israel, Palestinian territories this week
Date: 2014-03-11 05:51:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:2 - ID:602238
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is planning make his first visit as British leader to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, Sky News reported. Cameron’s Downing Street office said in a statement on ....
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Ukraine's Yanukovych to make statement in Rostov-on-Don Tuesday
Date: 2014-03-10 21:25:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:217 - ID:602118
MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - Ukraine’s President Victor Yanukovych is due to make a public statement in Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday, March 11th, the Voice of Russia reported on Monday, citing sources in Yanukovych’s inner circle. “The time and the ....
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WFP says Syria conflict enters 4th year as some food reaches previously inaccessible areas
Date: 2014-03-10 19:49:03 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:200 - ID:601904
CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the last few weeks succeeded in reaching many areas of Syria that were inaccessible for months, WFP said in a report issued on Monday. But as the conflict enters its fourth ....
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Over 46,000 people rally across Russia in support of Russians in Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-10 19:35:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:197 - ID:601919
MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - Over 46,000 people rallied across Russia on Monday in support of Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine, Itar-Tass news agency reported. The biggest rallies took place in Chelyabinsk and Perm (Urals region), each having ....
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Abe, Obama may meet in Netherlands this month
Date: 2014-03-10 19:16:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:194 - ID:601895
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - Japan and the United States are considering holding a summit later this month when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama attend an international conference in the Netherlands, a Japanese government source ....
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Russian forces seize military hospital in Simferopol
Date: 2014-03-10 18:57:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:191 - ID:601899
SIMFEROPOL, March 10 (MENA) - Russian forces have taken over Ukraine's main military hospital in Simferopol today and a military transport base in Bakhchysari as the Kremlin's military operation stayed on the offensive at strategic locations in the ....
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Cyprus Central Bank Chief resigns
Date: 2014-03-10 18:30:49 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:185 - ID:601888
NICOSIA, March 10 (MENA) - Nearly a year on from an acute financial crisis, Cyprus' central bank governor Panicos Demetriades resigned on Monday, ABC News reported He will officially leave his post at the Central Bank of Cyprus on April 10. In ....
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David Cameron: Russia may face EU sanctions within days
Date: 2014-03-10 18:16:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:179 - ID:601817
LONDON, March 10 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Russia could face targeted sanctions "within days" if it does not respond to concerns over its incursion into Crimea, BBC reprted. He announced that EU representatives would ....
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UN chief says increasingly alarmed by developments in Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-10 17:40:52 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:169 - ID:601810
NEW YORK, March 10 (MENA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is increasingly alarmed by the developments in Ukraine, UN News Center reported on Monday. “Since the beginning of this crisis, I have appealed to all parties to ....