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Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter reach 70th wedding anniversary
Date: 2016-07-07 09:49:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:5220305
WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) – Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 70th wedding anniversary, ABC news reported on Thursday. The former US president and first lady married on July 7, 1946, in their small hometown of Plains, Georgia. Jimmy ....
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Moscow concerned with build-up of Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass - diplomat
Date: 2016-07-07 09:07:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:5220017
MOSCOW, July 7 (MENA) - The build-up of Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass means that Kiev is preparing a military operation in the region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday after the meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin ....
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Brexit not to impact granting of EU visa-free travel to Ukraine
Date: 2016-07-07 08:41:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:5219909
KIEV, July 7 (MENA) - The United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union will not influence the granting of visa-free travel to Ukraine, Interfax news agency quoted head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Ambassador Jan Tombinski as ....
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Argentina former leader Cristina Fernandez has assets frozen
Date: 2016-07-07 08:35:47 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:22 - ID:5219913
BUENOS AIRES, July 7 (MENA) – A judge in Buenos Aires has frozen the assets of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the BBC reported on Thursday. Fernandez has been accused of making fraudulent foreign currency transactions ....
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Taiwan on high alert as storm approaches
Date: 2016-07-07 08:31:39 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:21 - ID:5220013
TAIPEI, July 7 (MENA) - Taiwan is bracing itself for the arrival of a vast typhoon, expected to hit the island in the next day, the BBC reported. Thousands of tourists have been evacuated from offshore islands ahead of category five Typhoon ....
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NATO to hold new talks with Russia July 13
Date: 2016-07-07 08:13:08 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:19 - ID:5219753
BRUSSELS, July 7 (MENA) - NATO will hold fresh talks with Russia next week, just days after a landmark alliance summit endorses a major military revamp to counter a more assertive Moscow, NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg was quoted by ....
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Africa visit aimed at enhancing ties: Indian PM
Date: 2016-07-07 08:04:19 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:5219765
NEW DELHI, July 7 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his four-nation tour of African countries is aimed at enhancing ties with that continent, particularly in the economic sphere and people-to- people contacts, India Times ....
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue wraps up in Berlin
Date: 2016-07-07 07:58:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:17 - ID:5219813
BERLIN, July 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy took part in the Seventh Petersberg Climate Dialogue, which was wrapped up yesterday in Berlin. The meeting was attended by German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and her ....
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1 killed, 9 people injured as explosions hit Eid congregation in Bangladesh
Date: 2016-07-07 07:40:51 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:15 - ID:5219705
DHAKA, July 7 (MENA) - Militants in Bangladesh hurled homemade bombs and engaged in a gunbattle with police guarding a large Eid prayer at the end of the holy Muslim month Thursday morning, according to ABC News. One officer and one suspected ....
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Ramadan charity seeks to free 'innocent' Indian Muslims
Date: 2016-07-07 07:14:42 GMT - India - World - SN:12 - ID:5219717
NEW DELHI, July 7 (MENA) - One of India's leading Islamic organizations is using the traditional "Zakat" (Ramadan donation) to give legal aid to Muslim youths languishing in jail on serious charges like terrorism, the BBC reported Thursday. The ....