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  • Kiev hopes for alternative gas sources in case Russia cuts supplies

    Date: 2014-03-08 18:06:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:109 - ID:597659

    KIEV, March 8 (MENA) - Ukraine's Acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsa has said he is not going to dramatize the situation over a possible reduction in Russian natural gas imports, the Interfax reported Saturday. "As regards the gas supplies, ....

  • Traces of oil may be clue in search for missing plane

    Date: 2014-03-08 17:49:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:597721

    WASHINGTON, March 8 (MENA) - The closest thing to a clue in the search for a missing commercial jetliner is traces of oil found in the ocean in the same area where contact was lost with the Malaysia Airlines flight, CNN reported. A Vietnamese ....

  • Ukraine's Former Prime Minister Admitted to Hospital in Berlin

    Date: 2014-03-08 17:17:35 GMT - Germany - World - SN:97 - ID:597652

    BERLIN, March 8 (MENA) - Ukraine's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, started medical treatment Friday at a hospital in Berlin, but doctors said they're unsure how the treatment will take, NBC News reported on Saturday. Hospital chairman ....

  • Russia, Tajikistan agree on supplies of oil products, labor activity

    Date: 2014-03-08 17:09:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:92 - ID:597670

    MOSCOW, March 8 (MENA) - Russia and Tajikistan agreed on Saturday on supplies of oil products to Tajikistan and on a deal to streamline the terms of the two countries’ nationals’ stay and labor activity on each other’s territories, Russian Foreign ....

  • Vaccine procurement: Japan, Unicef join hands to eliminate polio from Pakistan

    Date: 2014-03-08 16:54:39 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:89 - ID:597639

    ISLAMABAD, March 8 (MENA) - The Japanese government and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have joined hands to boost up the global eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last reservoirs of polio virus in the world, The Express Tribune ....

  • Egypt's amb. meets Dutch politician

    Date: 2014-03-08 15:46:21 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:78 - ID:597391

    AMSTERDAM, March 8 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to The Nethernds Taher Farahat met with the head of the foreign affairs committee in the Dutch parliament. The two sides probed the latest developments in Egyptian and means of boosting bilateral ....

  • Thousands rally for end to nuclear power in Taiwan

    Date: 2014-03-08 12:58:42 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:53 - ID:597146

    TAIPEI, March 8 (MENA) - Tens of thousands marched in Taiwan Saturday to call for an end to nuclear energy on the island, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima atomic disaster in Japan, organisers said. In Taipei, protesters held ....

  • Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane flying to Beijing

    Date: 2014-03-08 05:52:31 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:7 - ID:596272

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (MENA) - Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board, the BBC reported Saturday. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at ....

  • Armed men 'seize Crimea military base'

    Date: 2014-03-07 20:46:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:131 - ID:596160

    KIEV, March 7 (MENA) - Armed men thought to be Russian have seized a Ukrainian military base in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, the BBC News reported on Friday. A journalist said no shots were fired and negotiations between the two sides were ....

  • UN chief urges calm over Crimea referendum

    Date: 2014-03-07 20:41:26 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:130 - ID:596075

    NEW YORK, March 7 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described the Crimean parliament's decision to call a referendum on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia a "worrying and serious development". Ban's spokesman said on ....

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