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US 2016 Presidential contenders have spent $1 billion: Time
Date: 2016-04-22 12:22:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:4770965
WASHINGTON, April 22 (MENA) - The Time on Friday said that with more than six months left before the US 2016 general election, spending in the ongoing race for the White House has already hit 10 digits. According to a review of federal campaign ....
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Google Doodle marks earth day
Date: 2016-04-22 10:01:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:4770517
NEW YORK, April 22 (MENA) - Google Doodle marked the 46th anniversary of Earth Day which began in 1970 in response to a 1969 massive oil spill near Santa Barbara, California. Earth Day was founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental ....
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Death toll in oil plant explosion in Mexico rises to 24
Date: 2016-04-22 08:18:23 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:13 - ID:4769901
MEXICO CITY, April 22 (MENA) - A large blast occurred at one of Pemex's major oil facilities in the southeastern state of Veracruz in Mexico, killing 24 and injuring at least 136 people, according to media reports. The death toll from a powerful ....
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German gov't plans to secure additional 500m euros for refugees
Date: 2016-04-22 07:26:49 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:4769673
BERLIN, April 22 (MENA) - The German government planned to secure an additional 500 million euros to cater for the refugees' needs, Deutsche Welle quoted well-placed sources as saying in press statements on Friday. The government is also ready to ....
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Austrian bishop refuses border fence on his land
Date: 2016-04-21 22:06:17 GMT - Austria - World - SN:126 - ID:4769161
VIENNA, April 21 (MENA) - An Austrian Roman Catholic bishop says a planned fence along a stretch of Austria's border with Hungary is going to have at least two gaps - on property owned by his church, ABC news reported Thursday. The 9-kilometer ....
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Barack Obama arrives in UK for three-day visit
Date: 2016-04-21 21:37:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:121 - ID:4769145
LONDON, April 21 (MENA) - US president Barack Obama has arrived in the UK as part of a planned three-day visit, BBC News reported Thursday. During his stay the president is expected to give his views on the UK's forthcoming EU referendum, and ....
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Paris to host int'l meeting to push ME peace process
Date: 2016-04-21 19:36:02 GMT - France - World - SN:113 - ID:4768149
PARIS, April 21 (MENA) – Paris will host an international ministerial meeting on May 30 to push peace process in the Middle East, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. In an interview with several foreign newspapers, Ayrault said that ....
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Netanyahu names "red lines" of Israel’s security at meeting with Putin
Date: 2016-04-21 16:14:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:94 - ID:4767553
MOSCOW, April 21 (MENA) - Israel considers the absence of a new terrorist front in the Golan Heights and the fact that Hezbollah has no modern weapons to be "the red lines" of its security, Tass news agency quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ....
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Kremlin has no information on Syrian aircraft’s strikes on Idlib province
Date: 2016-04-21 13:19:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:4765985
MOSCOW, April 21 (MENA) - The Kremlin has no information on the Syrian Air Force aircraft’s strikes against the province of Idlib, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. "I cannot comment and I don’t have information on ....
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U.N. says up to 500 migrants may have drowned on their way to Italy
Date: 2016-04-21 12:59:28 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:56 - ID:4765873
NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - As many as 500 migrants seeking a better future in Europe may have drowned last week in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, The Washington Post quoted U.N. refugee officials as saying. If confirmed, the toll ....