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Germany not to take in refugees stranded in Greece - minister
Date: 2016-03-05 20:20:36 GMT - Germany - World - SN:80 - ID:4450177
BERLIN, March 5 (MENA) - German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Saturday his country would not take in the refugees currently in the country being stranded in Greece. The Greek government estimates that 32,000 people have been stranded ....
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1st president of independent Slovakia hospitalized
Date: 2016-03-05 19:37:35 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:77 - ID:4450133
BRATISLAVA, March 5 (MENA) – The first president of independent Slovakia has been hospitalized, ABC News reported on Saturday, quoting an official. The 85-year-old Michal Kovac is in a stable and non-life threatening condition, according to Petra ....
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Pakistani police kill four Qaeda terrorists in Karachi
Date: 2016-03-05 19:34:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:76 - ID:4450105
ISLAMABAD, March 5 (MENA) - Pakistani police on Saturday claimed to have killed four terrorists in Safoora Goth area of Karachi, Geo News reported. "Four terrorists belonging to Al Qaeda in Sub-continent and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) have been ....
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UK concerned about freedom of press in Turkey - spokesman
Date: 2016-03-05 18:44:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:4449797
LONDON, March 5 (MENA) - Britain's Foreign Office on Saturday urged the Turkish Government to uphold the right of media to operate without restriction. A spokesperson of the office told MENA that new measures taken against Today's Zaman newspaper ....
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EU looks to downgrade summit with Japan as trade talks stall
Date: 2016-03-05 17:49:52 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:65 - ID:4449573
BRUSSELS, March 5 (MENA) - The annual summit between Japan and the European Union could be downgraded to an informal dialogue, as the bloc is frustrated at the slow progress of free-trade talks between the two sides, sources close to the matter were ....
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S. Korea launches probe into alleged IS hacking
Date: 2016-03-05 17:42:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:62 - ID:4448713
SEOUL, March 5 (MENA) - Police in South Korea launched an investigation Saturday into allegations that the Islamic State (IS) militant group hacked a South Korean firm's computer network to retrieve data on 20 South Koreans, officials were quoted by ....
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Taliban rejects peace talks with Afghan government
Date: 2016-03-05 16:09:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:56 - ID:4448561
KABUL, March 5 (MENA) - The Taliban on Saturday refused to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Afghan government, reiterating their preconditions for holding dialogue, the Daily Mail reported. "We want to repeat our stance once again that ....
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Poland’s president unhurt when his limousine blows a tire
Date: 2016-03-05 14:16:02 GMT - Poland - World - SN:51 - ID:4448073
WARSAW, March 5 (MENA) - Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said he was not hurt when a rear tire blew in the limousine he was riding in Friday, The Washington Post reported. Officers of the Government Protection Office were driving Duda on the A4 ....
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Trump throws the GOP into an identity crisis
Date: 2016-03-05 13:21:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:4447657
ًWASHINGTON, March 5 (MENA) - Only a year ago, Republicans were congratulating themselves on having the strongest field of presidential candidates in a generation — diverse, highly credentialed conservatives who might be the salvation of a party ....
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Park again urges N. Korea to abandon nuclear programs
Date: 2016-03-05 12:57:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:46 - ID:4447637
SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on North Korea Friday to abandon its nuclear programs, again urging the isolationist country to embrace change, Yonhap reported. "I once again strongly urge North Korea to throw ....