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Japanese cabinet to approve quake-linked extra budget -- Abe
Date: 2016-04-27 10:48:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:36 - ID:4801105
TOKYO, April 27 (MENA) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday his Cabinet will approve a fiscal 2016 supplementary budget on May 13 to cope with deadly earthquakes that rocked southwestern Japan earlier this month, Kyodo News reported. "The ....
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Coalition squeezing Daesh funds in economic warfare campaign -- British military chief
Date: 2016-04-27 10:47:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:34 - ID:4801101
LONDON, April 27 (MENA) - The US-led coalition against the Daesh is squeezing the group's revenues from oil, taxation and financial markets but it needs to step up its campaign of "economic warfare", The Telegraph quoted British Air Vice-Marshal ....
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U.S. Sends ‘Emergency’ Message to Citizens in Turkey About Terrorist Threat
Date: 2016-04-27 08:13:01 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:14 - ID:4799849
ANKARA, April 27 (MENA) - The US government has issued an “emergency message” to its citizens residing in Turkey, regarding what it considers significant terrorist threats within the country, Time reported on Wednesday. The emailed statement was ....
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White House: No geographic limitations on the fight against Daesh
Date: 2016-04-27 07:27:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:4799317
WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - White House Spokesman Josh Ernest said US President Barack Obama might consider sending other troops to Syria as part of the fight against Daesh. In a press briefing released on Tuesday night, Ernest said "the ....
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Kerry highlights impact of religion on foreign policy
Date: 2016-04-27 06:03:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:4799269
WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - Saying governments cannot lead a world they do not understand, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted the impact of religion on foreign policy during a Tuesday speech in Houston, Texas. “We cannot understand ....
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Afghanistan’s vice president is barred from entering US
Date: 2016-04-26 21:21:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:4797717
NEW YORK, April 26 (MENA) - As first vice president of Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid Dostum is the second-ranking official in a country that is almost wholly dependent on American military and financial might, and he is eager to visit Washington and ....
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Hillary Clinton says Women would make up half of cabinet
Date: 2016-04-26 20:45:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:4797477
WASHINGTON, April 26 (MENA) - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said Monday night that she would make sure half her Cabinet members were women, FOX news reported Tuesday. During an MSNBC town hall, she repeated a formulation ....
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S. Korea: N. Korea almost completes nuclear test preparation
Date: 2016-04-26 19:31:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:98 - ID:4797337
SEOUL, April 26 (MENA) - North Korea has almost completed preparations for a fifth nuclear test, and the country has reportedly placed a new mid-range missile on standby for an impending launch, ABC News quoted South Korea's president as having said ....
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Canada confirms its first sexually transmitted Zika case
Date: 2016-04-26 18:42:41 GMT - Canada - World - SN:95 - ID:4798081
OTTAWA, April 26 (MENA) - An Ontario resident is Canada's first confirmed case of a Zika virus infection that was contracted locally through sex, Fox News channel reported on Tuesday. The individual, who was not further identified, is believed to ....
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Iran condemns US ruling on freezing assets
Date: 2016-04-26 14:35:56 GMT - Iran - World - SN:62 - ID:4795525
TEHRAN, April 26 (MENA) - Iran summoned on Tuesday the Swiss ambassador, who handles American interests in Tehran, in denunciation of the US Supreme Court ruling to freeze its assets. The ambassador was handed two strongly-worded memos conveying ....