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Over 15,500 asylum seekers pre-registered on mainland Greece - UNHCR
Date: 2016-07-01 10:15:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:39 - ID:5191781
GENEVA, July 1 (MENA) - A large-scale exercise to pre-register asylum seekers on mainland Greece was launched on June 8, 2016 by the Greek Asylum Service with UNHCR's support, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a press ....
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Russia starts mooring trials for world's first floating nuclear power plant
Date: 2016-07-01 09:45:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:5191765
MOSCOW, July 1 (MENA) - Rosenergoatom said Friday that mooring trials for the world's first floating nuclear power plant unit, Akademik Lomonosov, have begun at the Baltic Shipyard in Russia's St. Petersburg. Sputnik International said the goal ....
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Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh
Date: 2016-07-01 09:28:08 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:36 - ID:5191669
DHAKA, July 1 (MENA) - Hindu temple worker has been killed by three men on a motorcycle, the BBC quoted local police as saying Friday. Shaymanonda Das was preparing for morning prayers at a temple in the south-western district of Jhenaidah when ....
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Turkish police detain 11 suspects over Ataturk airport attack
Date: 2016-07-01 09:23:34 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:35 - ID:5191629
ANKARA, July 1 (MENA) - Turkish sources said that Turkish security forces detained 11 persons suspected of carrying out bloody attacks at Ataturk airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, Sky News reported on Friday. The terrorist attacks at Istanbul's ....
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8 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attacks in Hakkari, Mardin provinces
Date: 2016-07-01 09:14:13 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:34 - ID:5191605
ANKARA, July 1 (MENA) - Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in attacks by the Kurdistan worker's party (PKK) on Hakkari and Mardin provinces in southeastern Anatolia. Sky News Arabia reported on Friday, giving no further details. (MENA) R R N/ ....
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At least 20 villagers missing in SW China landslide
Date: 2016-07-01 09:07:22 GMT - China - World - SN:33 - ID:5191509
BEIJING, July 1 (MENA) - A rain-triggered landslide killed one person and left 20 others missing in a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Friday morning, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The landslide at around 5:30 am buried ....
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Iran complies with resolution on N. Korea, prepares implementation report: ambassador
Date: 2016-07-01 09:06:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:32 - ID:5191517
SEOUL, July 1 (MENA) - Iran is "completely" complying with the latest resolution that the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted in the wake of North Korea's nuclear and long-range missile tests earlier this year, Yonhap quoted Iran's top diplomat in ....
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UK writer: Men have got us into mess of Britain's exit From EU
Date: 2016-07-01 08:54:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:5191285
LONDON, July 1 (MENA) - British writer Catherine Meyer said I first met Theresa May some 12 years ago. We were introduced by a mutual friend at a Women-To-Win reception, the pressure group inside the Conservative Party to get more women into ....
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S. Korea reports 6th confirmed case of Zika virus
Date: 2016-07-01 07:56:23 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:5191249
SEOUL, July 1 (MENA) - South Korea has confirmed its sixth Zika virus infection in a woman who returned from the Dominican Republic, Yonhap news agency quoted local health authorities as saying Friday. The latest Zika patient was discovered 51 ....
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Slovak PM: EU have to redefine unsuccessful policies
Date: 2016-07-01 07:10:49 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:21 - ID:5191049
BRATISLAVA, July 1 (MENA) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the EU will have to "redefine" unsuccessful policies, particularly on immigration, the BBC reported Friday. Fico met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in the ....