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  • Russian, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Iran’s nuclear program

    Russian, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Iran’s nuclear program

    Date: 2014-04-22 10:22:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:17 - ID:681376

    Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Javad Zarif held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Iranian nuclear program and regional security issues, ITAR TASS news agency reported. The ministers met on the sidelines of a conference ....

  • Suhag firefighters put out two major fires; no casualties

    Suhag firefighters put out two major fires; no casualties

    Date: 2014-04-22 10:20:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:681374

    Suhag firefighters contained two major fires that erupted separately in the two towns in the southern province on Tuesday. The first fire broke out in a house but later it spread to three nearby houses while the other fire that also erupted in a ....

  • Awqaf minister, Meslemani to visit Grand Mosque of Paris

    Awqaf minister, Meslemani to visit Grand Mosque of Paris

    Date: 2014-04-22 09:48:29 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:681308

    Minister of Awqaf and Presidential Adviser Ahmed Al-Meslemani will pay a visit to the Grand Mosque of Paris later in the day in the presence of Egypt's Ambassador here Mohammad Mostafa Kamal. In statements on Tuesday, Meslemani said he will ....

  • 15 persons killed, injured in gunmen attack on Kirkuk electoral station

    15 persons killed, injured in gunmen attack on Kirkuk electoral station

    Date: 2014-04-22 09:30:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:681252

    Sixteen people were killed and injured in an armed attack on an electoral station in eastern Kirkuk, situated 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, a security source said on Tuesday. Gunmen riding a jeep stormed into Tamour electoral station late ....

  • Russia's deputy defense min excludes military operations with Ukraine

    Russia's deputy defense min excludes military operations with Ukraine

    Date: 2014-04-22 09:00:15 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:681176

    Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday that a military operation between Russia and Ukraine is impossible. Antonov said in an interview with the Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta that he does not believe that Russians and ....

  • Netanyahu criticizes PA for its threats to dissolve itself

    Netanyahu criticizes PA for its threats to dissolve itself

    Date: 2014-04-22 08:31:13 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:681109

    Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu criticized the Palestinian Authority, saying that its threat to dissolve and the ruling Fatah faction’s efforts to forge unity with Hamas indicate a lack of desire for peace, the Jerusalem Post reported. “Today, ....

  • Senior Russian diplomat meets Syrian enovy

    Senior Russian diplomat meets Syrian enovy

    Date: 2014-04-22 08:03:53 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:681042

    Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with Syrian Ambassador in Moscow Riyad Haddad on Monday to discuss political settlement in Syria, ITAR-TASS reported on Tuesday. The diplomats discussed “various aspects of the political ....

  • N. Korean nuclear test site shows increased activity: Seoul

    N. Korean nuclear test site shows increased activity: Seoul

    Date: 2014-04-22 08:00:19 GMT - south korea - International - SN:10 - ID:681036

    Heightened activity has been detected at North Korea's underground nuclear test site, indicating possible preparations for another atomic test, Yonhap quoted a South Korean government spokesman as saying Tuesday. North Korea has been watched ....

  • Lavrov calls on Kerry to urge Ukraine to follow Geneva Statement

    Lavrov calls on Kerry to urge Ukraine to follow Geneva Statement

    Date: 2014-04-22 07:57:43 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:681030

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a phone call with US Secretary of State John Kerry, called Tuesday on the United States to put pressure on the Ukrainian government to fulfill the provisions of the April 17 Geneva Statement by Russia, the ....

  • MB dissenter: army protected Egypt from division

    MB dissenter: army protected Egypt from division

    Date: 2014-04-22 07:56:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:681029

    Muslim Brotherhood dissenter Kamal el-Halbawy said that the Egyptian army has succeeded in supporting Egyptians and stopping a plot to divide Egypt, greeting it for protecting the transitional period and implementing the milestones of the roadmap ....

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