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Turkey denies plan to abolish visa-free travel with 89 countries
Date: 2016-01-09 18:29:03 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:102 - ID:4081553
ANKARA, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Turkish Foreign Ministry denied on Saturday news reports that Ankara is preparing to introduce visas for citizens of 89 countries which currently enjoy visa-free travel to Turkey, local media reported. "Reports in the ....
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OIC chief to visit Thailand, Malaysia to discuss regional developments
Date: 2016-01-09 18:26:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:100 - ID:4081353
JEDDAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani will start a visit to Thailand and Malaysia on Sunday. Madani will arrive in Thailand, an observer state of the OIC, where he will meet with ....
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Amb. to UK: Egypt safe as any other major country
Date: 2016-01-09 18:25:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:99 - ID:4081117
LONDON, Dec 26 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador to Britain Nasser Kamel said on Saturday that Egypt is as safe as any other major country. In statements to Sky News, he hailed security forces reaction to the recent two attacks in Giza and the Red Sea ....
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Europe in crisis over sex attacks by migrants
Date: 2016-01-09 18:08:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:4081141
LONDON, Jan 9 (MENA) - Political tensions over influx of migrants in Europe boil over as leaders from central and eastern states declare death of multicultural Europe and call for borders to be sealed, said The Telegraph. "The idea of ....
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Britain under pressure to send aid to starving Syrian town: report
Date: 2016-01-09 14:57:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:68 - ID:4079417
LONDON, Jan 9 (MENA) – Senior British politicians are leading calls for the RAF to drop aid to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya where thousands of civilians are starving to death, the Telegraph newspaper said in a report Saturday. Although the ....
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5 killed, 30 injured after passenger train crashes into truck in Thailand
Date: 2016-01-09 14:55:33 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:65 - ID:4079785
BANGKOK, Jan 9 (MENA) - At least five people were killed and up to 30 were injured when a passenger train crashed into a truck at a railway crossing in Thailand's Phetchaburi province, some 60 kilometers south of Bangkok, Russia Today reported ....
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20 Daesh militants killed in US drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
Date: 2016-01-09 10:23:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:4078065
KABUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - At least 20 militants belonging to Islamic State (IS) or Daesh terrorist group were killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province near the Pak-Afghan border early on Saturday, Pakistan Tribune ....
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North Korea cites Muammar Gaddafi's 'destruction' in nuclear test defence
Date: 2016-01-09 10:15:02 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:28 - ID:4077853
PYONGYANG, Jan 9 (MENA) - North Korea has defended its latest nuclear test, saying the fate of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya showed what happened when countries forsake their nuclear weapon ambitions, The Telegraph reported on ....
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Pakistan expresses concern over North Korea nuclear test
Date: 2016-01-09 08:32:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:4077237
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9 (MENA) - Expressing deep concern over the reports about the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Pakistan said that it strongly believed that all countries should comply with their respective ....
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Philadelphia cop 'shot by Daesh sympathizer'
Date: 2016-01-09 07:00:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:4076729
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - A man who shot a police officer in his patrol car has pledged his allegiance to Daesh terrorist group, the Sky News cited police as saying on Saturday. Police Captain James Clark said the alleged shooter, Edward Archer, ....