Miscellaneous

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  • 2 dead, 1 wounded in central Florida mall shooting

    Date: 2015-01-17 22:20:14 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:150 - ID:1764001

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - A Florida man had "several pockets full of ammunition" when he targeted his wife in a shooting Saturday morning that killed two people at a mall food court, police said, ABC News reported. Jose Garcia Rodriguez, 57, ....

  • Britain's oldest person Ethel Lang dies aged 114

    Date: 2015-01-16 13:01:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:61 - ID:1755405

    LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) – Ethel Lang, Britain's oldest person, has died aged 114 at a nursing home in Barnsley, The Telegraph reported. Mrs Lang, who lived to see six British monarchs and 22 Prime Ministers, became the UK's longest-surviving ....

  • S. Korea, U.S. launch joint military division

    Date: 2015-01-16 07:16:20 GMT - south korea - Miscellaneous - SN:10 - ID:1753141

    SEOUL, Jan 16 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States have officially launched a combined staff of their wartime joint division to be tasked with military operations in case of war, Yonhap quoted military officers here as saying Friday. In ....

  • Pope Francis arrives to Philippines on Asia tour

    Date: 2015-01-15 11:10:07 GMT - Philippines - Miscellaneous - SN:30 - ID:1747593

    MANILA, Jan 15 (MENA) - Pope Francis of the Vatican arrived to the Philippines for a five-day visit to the nation's 80 million Roman Catholics, the BBC reported on Thursday. He was met at Manila airport by President Benigno Aquino while church ....

  • More than 4mn tourists visit Red Sea resorts in 2014

    Date: 2015-01-12 10:06:40 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:40 - ID:1722761

    HURGHADA, Jan 12 (MENA) - Some 4.126 million tourists visited Red Sea resorts in 2014, a report by the information center at the city hall said Monday. In 2013, about 3.255 million tourists visited 255 Red Sea resorts and hotels in Hurghada, ....

  • Jordan King calls on world to unify against terrorism

    Date: 2015-01-11 22:14:07 GMT - Jordan - Miscellaneous - SN:144 - ID:1721249

    Amman, Jan 11 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday urged the international community to unify efforts in the fight against terrorism and extremism. The king made the demand in the solidarity march to condemn the recent terrorist attacks in ....

  • Navigation movement between Safaga, Dabaa ports resumed after 4-day closure

    Date: 2015-01-11 10:11:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:36 - ID:1715809

    HURGHADA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Sailing resumed between Safaga port and the Saudi port of Dabaa Sunday after a four-day closure due to bad weather, Spokesman of Red Sea Port Authority Abdel Rahim Mostafa said. The navigation movement is back to normal ....

  • 2 beheaded bodies found in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-01-10 17:57:27 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:104 - ID:1713009

    EL ARISH, Egypt,Jan 10 (MENA) - Security bodies in North Sinai found beheaded bodies of two people who disappeared several days ago. The bodies are of two men aging 30 and 35 who disappeared several days ago, security bodies reported. ....

  • India congratulates Sirisena on Sri Lankan election victory

    Date: 2015-01-09 08:42:09 GMT - India - Miscellaneous - SN:10 - ID:1703945

    NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (MENA) - India congratulated Sri Lanka's President-elect Maithripala Sirisena on winning Thursday's presidential elections. "I spoke to Maithripala Sirisena and congratulated him. I congratulate the people of Sri Lanka on the ....

  • Poll: Few Americans think US can defeat Daesh

    Date: 2015-01-09 08:39:08 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:8 - ID:1703953

    WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - Americans have little confidence that the United States can defeat Daesh extremists and prevent them from making a comeback, according to a poll released by the University of Maryland, The Wall Street Journal ....

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