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S.Korea mulling expansion of air defense zone
Date: 2013-12-07 08:05:25 GMT - south korea - International - SN:15 - ID:426862
South Korea's defense chief said the country is considering expanding its air defense identification zone to include its southern islands and an underwater rock, NHK World reported on Friday. The new air defense zone would overlap those of Japan ....
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South Korean president offers condolences over death of Mandela
Date: 2013-12-07 08:04:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:14 - ID:426859
South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered condolences Friday over the death of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, calling him a "great statesman" who put a peaceful end to apartheid, Yonhap news agency reported. Mandela, ....
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US secretary of defense meets King of Bahrain
Date: 2013-12-07 08:02:19 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:426856
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with King Hamad al Khalifa of Bahrain at the Safria Palace, the US department of defense said in a statement on Friday. Hagel and the king discussed the long history of the United States - Bahrain bilateral ....
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UN adopts two Egyptian resolutions on Mideast -- diplomat
Date: 2013-12-07 08:00:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:426854
Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in New York Moataz Ahmadein Khalil said that the UN General Assembly adopted two draft resolutions pushed by Egypt. The first motion is to establish a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle ....
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18 people injured, no deaths reported in Friday protests – health ministry
Date: 2013-12-07 07:55:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:426846
As many as 18 people were injured during protests on Friday and no deaths were reported, said the chairman of the emergency care department at the Health and Population Ministry Khaled el-Khateb. El-Khateb said that 11 people left hospitals ....
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Ukraine opposition leader Tymoshenko ends prison hunger strike
Date: 2013-12-07 07:53:03 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:9 - ID:426845
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has ended a hunger strike after 12 days, Euronews quoted her daughter, Yevgenia, as telling reporters on Friday. Former prime minister Tymoshenko, jailed in 2011 for abuse of office over a gas ....
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Obama to attend Mandela services
Date: 2013-12-07 07:51:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:426843
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to South Africa next week to honor Nelson Mandela, The Washington Post cited the White House spokesman as saying Friday. He will be accompanied by former president George W. Bush and his wife, ....
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280 killed in clashes in Central African Republic
Date: 2013-12-07 07:49:39 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:7 - ID:426837
As many as 280 persons were killed Friday in violent clashes erupted in the Central African Republic, the ABC News cited Red Cross officials as saying. Christian militias attacked the capital of Bangui at dawn Thursday, killing scores of people ....
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Court imprisons 8 members of Fatah al Islam for 3 years on Nahr al-Bared case
Date: 2013-12-07 07:47:17 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:426833
The Lebanese Judicial Council issued Friday a ruling in the case of a number of Fatah al-Islam militants for unlawful entry into Lebanese territories, sentencing eight of them to imprisonment for a three year term along with a fine of one million ....
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Hamas says Egypt to open Rafah crossing for three days next week
Date: 2013-12-07 07:45:48 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:426832
The Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah border crossing from Sunday through Tuesday, said officials in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian side was informed with the decision, said Maher Abu Sabha, the head of the crossings department at the ....
