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112 killed, injured in Babil explosion
Date: 2014-03-09 12:29:47 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:82 - ID:598864
BAGHDAD, March 9 (MENA) - The Iraqi interior ministry said on Sunday that 112 people have been killed and injured in the explosion that hit Babil province. A suicide car bomber set off his explosive-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in ....
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Venezuelans rally against government
Date: 2014-03-09 11:56:42 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:76 - ID:598868
CARACAS, March 9 (MENA) - Thousands of Venezuelan students and opposition supporters have joined an anti-government rally in the capital, Caracas, according to the BBC. The government deployed hundreds of government security forces to prevent a ....
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China deploys ships to search for missing Malaysian airplane
Date: 2014-03-09 11:33:03 GMT - China - World - SN:69 - ID:598710
BEIJING, March 9 (MENA) - China asserted Sunday that it exerts all possible efforts in the rescue of the Malaysian missing airplane that disappeared from radars on Saturday night. There is still no information on the location of Malaysian ....
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Iran's Zarif, EU's Ashton meet on ties
Date: 2014-03-09 11:07:41 GMT - Iran - World - SN:61 - ID:598709
TEHRAN, March 9 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, in a meeting in Tehran this morning, conferred on the latest developments in regional and international arenas, and ....
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Russia has miscalculated over Crimea incursion, says Hague
Date: 2014-03-09 10:46:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:598699
LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - Russia has made a "big miscalculation" in entering Crimea, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned. Hague told the BBC's One Andrew Marr Show that Western countries could impose "far-reaching" economic sanctions if ....
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New York Times: tensions remain high in Crimea amid renewed effort to mediate
Date: 2014-03-09 10:33:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:598528
NEW YORK, March 9 (MENA) – Even as Russia and Ukraine signaled a modest willingness to seek a diplomatic resolution to the widening crisis over Crimea on Saturday, there were new reports of Russian reinforcements there, and Russia raised the ....
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Turkish FM leaves for New York for talks with UN chief
Date: 2014-03-09 09:21:02 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:37 - ID:598380
ANKARA, March 9 (MENA) - Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu left here on Sunday for New York for talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon regarding the non-permanent membership of Turkey at the UN Security Council. A statement ....
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Canadian prime minister to visit S. Korea this week
Date: 2014-03-09 08:48:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:31 - ID:598358
SEOUL, March 9 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit South Korea this week for a summit with President Park Geun-hye on boosting bilateral cooperation in trade and other areas, Yonhap reported quoting presidential office ....
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Mexico seizes 6 planes in Sinaloa cartel’s base
Date: 2014-03-09 08:04:12 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:22 - ID:598217
MEXICO CITY, March 9 (MENA) - Mexican marines have seized six small planes and detained three suspects with guns and drugs on a ranch in a western state where the government recently nabbed Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the ....
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Ashton visit can positively impact Iran nuclear talks: MP
Date: 2014-03-09 07:49:09 GMT - Iran - World - SN:21 - ID:598218
TEHRAN, March 9 (MENA) - The ongoing visit by the European Union’s (EU) foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, to Iran can positively impact the Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the world powers, Press TV quoted an Iranian lawmaker as ....
