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Bosnia: US Embassy shooter seeks reduced sentence
Date: 2013-11-13 19:25:27 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:182 - ID:385564
SARAJEVO, Nov 13 (MENA) - A Bosnian man who was imprisoned for 18 years for shooting at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo and wounding a local policeman there has asked a court to reduce his sentence, ABC News reported Wednesday. Mevlid Jasarevic told ....
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Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines rises to 2275
Date: 2013-11-13 19:24:29 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:181 - ID:385491
MANILA, Nov 13 (MENA) – A Philippine official said Wednesday that the death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has risen to 2,275, Xinhua reported. Eduardo del Rosario, the executive director of National Disaster Risk Reduction and ....
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Orthodox Church delegation congratulates Giza governor on hijri year
Date: 2013-11-13 18:52:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:180 - ID:385388
GIZA, Nov 13 (MENA) – A delegation of Orthodox Church visited Giza governor Ali Abdel Rahman on Wednesday to congratulate him on the occasion of the new hijri year. The delegation thanked Abdel Rahman for his efforts exerted during a deadly ....
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Ukraine to resume Russian gas imports "when needed" - Minister
Date: 2013-11-13 18:51:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:179 - ID:385392
KIEV, Nov 13 (MENA) - Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that his country has enough natural gas to last until the end of the year and has no need for immediate purchases of the fuel from Russia, Ria Novosti reported. Eduard Stavytsky said ....
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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest UNRWA decisions
Date: 2013-11-13 18:35:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:178 - ID:385386
BEIRUT, Nov 13 (MENA) – Scores of Palestinian youths in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr Al-Bared, near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, staged a protest outside the office of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the ....
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Uruguay crush Jordan 5-0 in World Cup playoff
Date: 2013-11-13 18:34:13 GMT - Jordan - Sports - SN:177 - ID:385391
AMMAN, Nov 13 (MENA) - Uruguay thrashed Jordan 5-0 to take control of their World Cup play-off tie and take a huge stride towards qualifying for next summer's finals, the BBC Sport. Maxi Pereira prodded in a rebound to open the scoring before ....
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Panel formed to defuse crisis of Crystal Asfour's sacked workers
Date: 2013-11-13 18:18:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:176 - ID:385385
BANHA, Nov 13 (MENA) – Qalyoubiya governor Mohamed Abdel-Zaher formed a committee to defuse the crisis of sacked workers of the Crystal Asfour factory. The governor expressed his solidarity with the workers, saying he summoned the factory's CEO ....
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Human right council appeals citizens to testify on recent violence
Date: 2013-11-13 18:18:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:175 - ID:385394
CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) – Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has called for providing it with any information related to the violence erupted during the recent dispersal of sit-ins staged by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi ....
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Italians' privacy never breached- Letta
Date: 2013-11-13 18:16:17 GMT - Italy - World - SN:174 - ID:385393
ROME, Nov 13 (MENA) - Italian Premier Enrico Letta vowed Wednesday that the privacy of Italian citizens and government officials has not been breached by United States agents, ANSA reported. "He underlined that there wasn't a single violation," ....
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'Juve sped up my career'- Pogba
Date: 2013-11-13 18:04:36 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:173 - ID:385300
TURIN, Italy, Nov 13 (MENA) – French midfielder Paul Pogba thanked Juventus for helping to speed up his career, Italia Football reported Wednesday. He left Manchester United on a free transfer when complaining Sir Alex Ferguson wouldn't give him ....