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Peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami signed in Kabul
Date: 2016-09-22 13:26:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:5641277
KABUL, Sept. 22 (MENA) - A draft peace agreement between Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was signed between the Afghan government and the party in Kabul today. The signing of the agreement concluded in the presence of media during ....
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17,000 persons killed in India's Maharashtra because of hunger
Date: 2016-09-22 12:44:14 GMT - India - World - SN:56 - ID:5640577
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (MENA) - More than 17,000 persons were killed in the Indian state of Maharashtra because of hunger during the Fiscal Year 2015/2016, according to an Indian official on Thursday. "This is shocking", remarked a bench of Justice ....
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Juncker says rejecting Muslim refugees “unacceptable”
Date: 2016-09-22 12:11:43 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:51 - ID:5639729
BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (MENA) - European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said Thursday that member States "must" show solidarity in sharing the burden of refugees who arrive in Europe. "Some countries do it, others say no because they are ....
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Russian deputy FM: Moscow sees no alternative to ceasefire in Syria
Date: 2016-09-22 11:44:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:5640041
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow sees no alternative to the US-Russia-brokered cease-fire in Syria, Fox news reported. At a press conference on Thursday, Ryabkov said the deal was the best ....
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Canadian company creates 1st smart earpiece language translator
Date: 2016-09-22 10:41:53 GMT - Canada - World - SN:33 - ID:5638825
OTTAWA, Sept 22 (MENA) - After two years of research and development, "Waverly Labs" has created the Pilot—the world’s first smart earpiece language translator, Sky news reported. Initially, Romance and Germanic languages, including English, ....
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Greek ferries tied up in port for 48-Hour seamen's strike
Date: 2016-09-22 10:14:35 GMT - Greece - World - SN:30 - ID:5639369
ATHENS, Sept 22 (MENA) - Ferries between Greek islands and to the mainland will remain tied up in port as seamen walked off the job for a two-day strike to protest pension cuts being planned as part of the government's efforts to reform the economy ....
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Nawaz, Rouhani discuss bilateral ties, regional situation
Date: 2016-09-22 07:50:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:5638161
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who met here on Wednesday, discussed bilateral relations, regional situation and other issues of common concern, according to GEO TV. The two ....
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Pakistan PM meets UN secretary general
Date: 2016-09-22 07:06:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:5638001
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon here on Wednesday and handed him dossiers containing evidences of brutalities in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) by occupying ....
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NATO won’t speculate on who struck aid convoy in Syria – Stoltenberg to RT
Date: 2016-09-22 07:05:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:18 - ID:5637933
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg refused to “speculate” on who bears responsibility for the attack on the UN-Red Crescent aid convoy near Aleppo. “The attack on the humanitarian convoy is morally totally ....
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UK to increase aid to £100m to help war-torn Yemen
Date: 2016-09-22 06:07:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:11 - ID:5637809
LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - The UK is to increase the humanitarian aid it gives to Yemen to help millions who are suffering in the war-ravaged country, International Development Secretary Priti Patel has said, according to the BBC. She told the BBC ....