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Elysee: Hollande, Sisi to meet Tuesday on fringe of UNGA meetings
Date: 2016-09-18 08:28:55 GMT - France - World - SN:20 - ID:5613149
PARIS, Sept 18 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande will meet his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday on the fringe of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Elysee Palace announced. The two leaders ....
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Chinese PM leaves for UNGA meetings
Date: 2016-09-18 07:26:20 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:5612977
BEIJING, Sept 18 (MENA) - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang left for New York on Sunday to take part in the 71st session of the UN General Assembly. After the US visit, he will fly to Canada and Cuba at the invitation of leaders from both ....
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Eight hurt in Minnesota mall knife attack, suspect killed
Date: 2016-09-18 06:45:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:5612841
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - Eight people were hurt in a knife rampage at a Minnesota mall, ABC news reported. The suspect was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, during the attack at the Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud that began at around 8 ....
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NYPD finds likely pressure cooker 4 blocks from blast that hurt 29
Date: 2016-09-18 06:18:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:5612733
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) -Authorities here have found an explosive device near the site of a Saturday night blast that injured more than two dozen people in the Chelsea neighborhood, CNN reported. At a news conference before the discovery of a ....
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New York hit by 'intentional' explosion, 25 injured
Date: 2016-09-18 06:11:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:5612709
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (MENA) - An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 25 people, CNN reported. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials said investigators had ruled ....
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EU's Tusk says Brexit talks 'likely' early 2017
Date: 2016-09-17 22:37:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:5611793
LONDON, Sept 17 (MENA) - The UK is expected to launch formal talks to leave the European Union in January or February next year, European Council President Donald Tusk was quoted by The Guardian as saying on Saturday. Tusk said British Prime ....
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French authorities says Paris hostage situation was 'false alarm'
Date: 2016-09-17 17:48:11 GMT - France - World - SN:62 - ID:5611149
PARIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - French police, that earlier stormed a central Paris church in a suspected hostage situation, have confirmed that the situation was a false alarm. The French capital authorities issued an alert of a possible hostage situation ....
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Death toll from Pakistan mosque bombing rises to 36
Date: 2016-09-17 15:16:06 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:53 - ID:5610705
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17 (MENA) - A Pakistani official says the death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque has risen to 36 after several of those wounded in the attack died in hospitals, ABC news reported. Pashin Gul, the head of the tribal police ....
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Russia, US share goal of reaching peace in Syria, defeating terrorism - Putin
Date: 2016-09-17 10:30:11 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:29 - ID:5608829
BISHKEK, Sept 17 (MENA) - Russia and the United States share a common goal of reaching peace in Syria and fighting terrorism, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. "Still, I assume that we have a common aspiration to reach peace in Syria, as ....
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OIC to participate in 71st UNGA session
Date: 2016-09-17 09:42:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:25 - ID:5608657
JEDDAH, Sept 17 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani will lead a high-level delegation to the 71st session of the Unite Nations General Assembly(UNGA), an OIC statement said. During the period ....