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100 tons of toxic water leaked at Fukushima plant, no flow to sea
Date: 2014-02-20 13:26:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:95 - ID:566694
TOKYO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Roughly 100 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from one of the huge tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, Kyodo News quoted plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. as saying on Thursday. The company ....
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Egypt stresses importance of nuke-free ME
Date: 2014-02-20 13:23:22 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:92 - ID:566544
GENEVA, Feb 20 (MENA) – Egypt underlined that negotiations on an agreement banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons should serve nuclear disarmament purposes. Delivering Egypt’s speech to a nuclear disarmament conference, ....
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Amnesty: Trial of Venezuelan opposition leader an affront to justice and free assembly
Date: 2014-02-20 12:12:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:566302
LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The charges brought against Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez smack of a politically motivated attempt to silence dissent in the country, said Amnesty International on Thursday. “Venezuelan authorities must ....
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Violence in Ukraine creates deepening clash between East and West - says newspaper
Date: 2014-02-20 12:10:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:566198
NEW YORK, Feb 20 (MENA) - The two sides in what is developing into an East-West clash over Ukraine hardened their positions on Wednesday, with Russian officials denouncing what they called a coup by right-wing extremists, even as the United States ....
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Turkish troops clash with protesters in Istanbul
Date: 2014-02-20 12:01:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:71 - ID:565970
ANKARA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Fifteen masked people staged a protest in Istanbul early on Thursday and clashed with the security forces. The angry protesters hurled Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the troops, according to the Turkish CNN channel. ....
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EU likely to call for sanctions against perpetrators of violence in Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-20 11:38:29 GMT - France - World - SN:60 - ID:566196
PARIS/KIEV, Feb 20 (MENA) - EU foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels in which they are likely to call for sanctions to be taken against those responsible for the violence in Ukraine, France 24 reported on Thursday. French ....
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Ukrainian authorities to concentrate on protecting people – Russian PM
Date: 2014-02-20 10:49:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:566300
MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - Russia’s government would fulfill the promises it made to Ukrainian partners, if the authorities were legitimate and effective, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying at a cabinet meeting on ....
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Intensive diplomatic moves for Egyptian embassy in Washington to change concepts of US administration about Egypt
Date: 2014-02-20 10:48:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:566250
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Washington will make intensive diplomatic moves in a bid to change concepts of the US Administration, Congressmen and media about the status quo in Egypt. The Egyptian diplomatic efforts will ....
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Truce crumbles amid gunfire in Ukraine that kills at least 21
Date: 2014-02-20 10:43:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:45 - ID:566171
Kiev, Feb 20 (MENA) - A shaky truce crumbled in Kiev on Thursday morning, when gunfire erupted at Maidan, or Independence Square, which has been ground zero for anti-government protesters. At least 20 people dead, said Oleg Musiy, head of the ....
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Suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 4 in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul
Date: 2014-02-20 09:35:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:566042
KABUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - A suicide bomber on foot killed a security guard and wounded four civilians outside a hospital in northern Kabul on Thursday, ِABC News reported. The attacker struck a compound belonging to the minority Ismaili community, who ....
