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5 Afghan soldiers killed by Nato air strike
Date: 2014-03-06 08:09:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:592994
KABUL, March 6 (MENA) - Five Afghan soldiers were killed in an air strike by the NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Thursday in eastern Logar province, ABC news reported quoting a government official as saying. "The reason for the air strike is not ....
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Venezuela's Maduro breaks diplomatic links with Panama
Date: 2014-03-06 06:02:04 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:6 - ID:592834
CARACAS, March 6 (MENA) - Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, has broken diplomatic relations and frozen economic ties with Panama, the BBC said. The decision comes after the Central American nation requested a meeting at the Organization of ....
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Iran rejects Israeli reports on Iranian missile cargo for Gaza
Date: 2014-03-05 22:26:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:192 - ID:592744
TEHRAN, March 5 (MENA) - An Iranian military source categorically rejected Western and Israeli media reports alleging that Israel has intercepted a ship carrying Iranian mid-range missiles for the Palestinians, Fars News Agency reported. According ....
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Kerry says agreed to continue talks with Moscow, Kiev on Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2014-03-05 22:02:48 GMT - France - World - SN:190 - ID:592723
PARIS, March 4 (MENA) - US State Secretary John Kerry said Wednesday that the US and Russia agreed to continue talks over the current crisis in Ukraine, Fox News reported. After meeting with Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov and other foreign ....
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Lavrov: Further negotiations due to be held in coming days over Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-05 21:13:26 GMT - France - World - SN:186 - ID:592660
PARIS, March 5 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that further negotiations are due to be held in the coming days to return stability in Ukraine, the Voice of Russia reported Wednesday. Russia is concerned about the latest ....
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Hagel avoids commitment on sending US weapons to Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-05 20:34:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:183 - ID:592632
WASHINGTON, March 5 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel avoided giving any commitment Wednesday on sending US weapons to bolster Ukrainian armed forces if Russian troops push toward the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, the NBC News reported. At ....
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US Congress to vote Thursday on resolution against Russia
Date: 2014-03-05 20:26:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:180 - ID:592635
WASHINGTON, March 5 (MENA) - The US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee plans Thursday to consider a resolution that “condemns the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty” by the Russian incursion in Crimea and urge the Treasury Department to impose ....
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Lavrov: West, Moscow agree Ukraine should stick to EU-brokered peace deal
Date: 2014-03-05 19:51:17 GMT - France - World - SN:177 - ID:592567
PARIS, March 5 (MENA) - Russia’s foreign minister said after meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry that Western powers believe Ukraine’s government and opposition should stick to a European Union-brokered deal to resolve the country’s political ....
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Kerry meets Brahimi in Paris
Date: 2014-03-05 19:30:24 GMT - France - World - SN:174 - ID:592552
PARIS, March 5 (MENA) - Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday in Paris with UN Special Representative in Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. Meanwhile, Kerry, who is on a visit to Paris, expressed sorrow over the Russian absence in the meeting of the ....
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Afghan president's brother Qayum to withdraw from elections
Date: 2014-03-05 19:22:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:172 - ID:592562
KABUL, March 5 (MENA) - Qayum Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, has withdrawn from the upcoming presidential elections in the favor of former Afghan foreign minister zalmai Rasoul, Khaama newspaper reported Wednesday. A source close to ....
