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Turkish PM: Russia did not demand using Incirlik air base
Date: 2016-08-20 14:25:27 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:56 - ID:5459373
ISTANBUL, Aug 20 (MENA) - Commenting on news reports that Russia wanted to use Incirlik air base in southern Turkey for air raids on Daesh elements in Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Moscow did not make such a demand but said "if ....
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UNICEF calls for action to improve lives of over 100,000 children in Aleppo
Date: 2016-08-20 14:04:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:5459309
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - More than 100,000 children are suffering things no child should suffer or even see, UNICEF said in a statement Friday. "What human being can see the stunned suffering of Omran Dagneesh, the small boy rescued from a ....
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Turkish PM says US should 'Speed Up' cleric's extradition
Date: 2016-08-20 12:14:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:41 - ID:5458649
ANKARA, Aug 20 (MENA) - Turkey's prime minister said his government wants the United States to speed up procedures for the extradition of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of orchestrating last month's violent coup ....
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Japanese PM leaves for Brazil
Date: 2016-08-20 12:08:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:5458529
TOKYO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Brazil on Saturday to attend the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, as Japan steps up preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. During his visit to Brazil, Abe ....
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Ukraine complains to UN about Putin’s trip to Crimea
Date: 2016-08-20 11:26:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:5458257
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations Vladimir Yelchenko on Friday met with UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson to discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Crimea, Tass news agency quoted ....
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Russia asserts its military might in Syria
Date: 2016-08-20 10:35:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:5457929
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia flexed its muscles again over Syria on Friday, for the first time launching cruise missiles at targets from warships in the Mediterranean Sea days after beginning bombing runs from a base in Iran, according to New ....
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Nine terrorists killed in Khyber
Date: 2016-08-20 09:55:05 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:5457781
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Pakistani authorities said on Saturday nine terrorists were killed by security forces in the Rajgal area of the Khyber Agency. Six terrorist hideouts were destroyed during an aerial and ground operation along with ....
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Freight train falls into river after bridge collapses in Chile
Date: 2016-08-20 07:58:29 GMT - Chile - World - SN:11 - ID:5457105
SANTIAGO, Aug 20 (MENA) - A railway bridge in southern Chile collapsed under the weight of a freight train that was passing over it, according to euronews. Miraculously no-one was killed or hurt in the accident. The state railway company ....
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Maduro: Venezuela coup bid would meet tougher reaction than Turkey's
Date: 2016-08-19 22:40:53 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:84 - ID:5456557
CARACAS, Aug 19 (MENA) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said the purge by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meted out on rivals after a failed coup would look like child's play compared with the action he would take if opposition tried ....
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42 soldiers killed, injured in bus crash in S. Africa
Date: 2016-08-19 21:18:16 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:81 - ID:5456357
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 19 (MENA) - A bus carrying military personnel has rolled down an embankment, killing 11 people and injuring 31 in South Africa, ABC News reported. ER24, a provider of emergency medical care, said Friday that the crash occurred ....