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U.S. big quake strikes off N. Calif., no Tsunami threat
Date: 2014-03-10 06:59:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:600207
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - A powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Sunday night off the coast of Northern California, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no danger of a tsunami, ABC reported quoting officials. The ....
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Xi urges political solution to Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-03-10 06:51:09 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:600164
BEIJING, March 10 (MENA) - Chinese president Xi Jinping has urged a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine and for all parties to exercise calm and restraint, during separate telephone calls with US president Barack Obama and German chancellor ....
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Assad forces 'using starvation as weapon of war'
Date: 2014-03-10 06:41:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:6 - ID:600163
LONDON, March 10 (MENA) - Starvation tactics against civilians are being used as a weapon of war by the Syrian government, BBC reported Monday quoting Amnesty International. The rights group says at least 128 refugees have died at the besieged ....
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Obama aide sees Russian threat on arms inspections as 'serious'
Date: 2014-03-09 22:45:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:226 - ID:600074
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - Tony Blinken, President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser, said Sunday that a Russian threat to cease inspections of nuclear weapons as required by US-Russian arms control treaties would be "a serious ....
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2 killed in avalanche in Canada
Date: 2014-03-09 21:48:10 GMT - Canada - World - SN:215 - ID:599972
OTTAWA, March 9 (MENA) - Two people died Saturday after an avalanche buried them in snow in a national park in Canada, CNN reported, citing park officials. Three more people who were with them were uninjured, said Michelle Macullo from Parks ....
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Israeli army chief of staff arrives in US
Date: 2014-03-09 21:47:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:214 - ID:599904
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - The Israeli army's Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz arrived in the US on Sunday on an official visit, The Jerusalem Post reported. During his visit, Gantz will meet with a range of US defense officials. In ....
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Unknown man opens machine-gun fire in Ukraine causing casualties
Date: 2014-03-09 20:56:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:211 - ID:599967
KIEV, March 9 (MENA) - An unknown man opened fire from a machine-gun in Kharkov on Sunday, the Kharkov police press-service reported. According to The Voice of Russia, the police are investigating the information and will provide details ....
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Cameron urges Putin do more to reduce Ukraine tensions
Date: 2014-03-09 20:55:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:210 - ID:599966
LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has told Vladimir Putin he must do more to reduce tensions in Ukraine as he called on the Russian president to agree to the creation of a contact group that could lead to direct talks ....
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Biden says Venezuela situation is alarming
Date: 2014-03-09 20:24:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:203 - ID:599970
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - US Vice President Joe Biden has said that Venezuela's political and social situation is alarming, ABC News reported. In an interview published Sunday with Chile's El Mercurio newspaper, Biden also accused Venezuelan ....
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Vietnamese officials say airplane debris found in South China Sea -- report
Date: 2014-03-09 20:12:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:200 - ID:599892
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - Vietnamese officials claimed to have found fragments of an inner door and part of the tail from what might be the missing Malaysia Airlines jet in the South China Sea, Time Magazine reported Sunday. The news came as ....
