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Duma Council asks Putin to take steps to stabilize situation in Crimea
Date: 2014-03-01 19:13:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:131 - ID:584269
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) - The Russian State Duma Council has asked the president to take measures to stabilize the situation in Crimea, Kiev Post quoted Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin as saying on Saturday. "The State Duma Council has adopted an ....
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Japan pledges more than $200 million in aid for Palestinians at East Asian conference
Date: 2014-03-01 17:47:11 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:122 - ID:584201
JAKARTA, March 1 (MENA) - Japan has pledged more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority, as representatives from 22 nations reiterated their support of the Palestinians' quest for their own state, Fox News reported on Saturday. The ....
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Iran's FM calls for enhanced cooperation with Poland
Date: 2014-03-01 17:42:38 GMT - Iran - World - SN:119 - ID:584204
TEHRAN, March 1 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a meeting with his Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski in Tehran on Saturday voiced Tehran’s readiness to expand cooperation with Warsaw in all areas, IRNA news agency ....
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Putin yet to decide to use military power in Ukraine's Crimea
Date: 2014-03-01 17:34:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:584141
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided to use military force in Ukraine's Crimea, said the Kremlin said Saturday. Russia’s upper house of parliament earlier today approved a request from Putin to use armed ....
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Putin's envoy says military approval does not mean troops will be deployed quickly in Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-01 17:14:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:111 - ID:584068
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) – The envoy Russian President Vladimir Putin sent to the parliamentary debate said that Saturday's armed force approval does not necessarily mean troops will be deployed quickly and that the timing will be up to the president, ....
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Abe to reshuffle cabinet after Diet session ends in June
Date: 2014-03-01 16:11:13 GMT - Japan - World - SN:104 - ID:583876
TOKYO, March 1 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to revamp his cabinet and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership after the current Diet session ends on June 22, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. Abe revealed his plans to ....
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Putin requests senators’ approval to use Russian military in Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-01 16:07:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:583989
MOSCOW, March 1 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the country’s senators to approve using Russian military forces in Ukraine to settle the situation there. Russian MPs have said that the turmoil in Crimea could allow for such a ....
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New recording shows Bilal Erdoğan involved in $35 million island deal
Date: 2014-03-01 15:47:30 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:98 - ID:583931
ANKARA, March 1 (MENA) - A new audio recording purported to be of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son Bilal Erdoğan discussing the purchase of several islands in the Aegean Sea off Çanakkale for $35 million has been posted on YouTube by ....
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Egypt's amb. in Guatemala meets culture minister
Date: 2014-03-01 14:30:47 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:89 - ID:583767
GUATEMALA CITY, March 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Guatemala Dina el-Sihi met with Guatemalan Culture Minister Carlos Batzin. El-Sihi underlined the importance of the cultural aspect in the relations between the two countries, adding that the ....
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23 people killed, injured in three roadside bomb blasts in Pakistan
Date: 2014-03-01 14:29:24 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:87 - ID:583760
ISLAMABAD, March 1 (MENA) - Twelve people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest exploded on Saturday, officials said, in the latest attack on efforts to combat the ....
