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Kerry: N. Korea's isolation will deepen if Pyongyang refuses denuclearization
Date: 2015-05-16 15:09:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:77 - ID:2599949
SEOUL, May 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that North Korea's economic and diplomatic isolation will further deepen if Pyongyang continues to refuse to abandon its nuclear weapons ambition, Yonhap reported. Kerry, ....
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President Erdogan defiant over right to speak on upcoming polls
Date: 2015-05-16 14:55:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:76 - ID:2599121
ANKARA, May 16 (MENA) - Despite rising criticism from opposition parties and a fresh reaction from two members of Turkey’s top election body, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists that he will not halt public rallies ahead of the June 7 ....
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Health minister takes part in WHO Assembly meeting
Date: 2015-05-16 14:50:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:73 - ID:2599533
CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) - Minister of Health Adel Adawi will lead a high-ranking delegation from the ministry of health to the World Health Organization (WTO)'s 68th General Assembly meeting, due to be held on May 18-26 in Geneva. The World Health ....
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Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine
Date: 2015-05-16 13:59:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:2599301
MOSCOW, May 16 (MENA) - The US has not changed their rhetoric or policies regarding Ukraine, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday. "Surely, we have been using every contact with the American counterparts to induce ....
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Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat
Date: 2015-05-16 13:54:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:2599097
LONDON, May 16 (MENA) - Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him, The Times reported. Intelligence reports suggest that recent ....
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Obama hails ‘success’ of Camp David summit
Date: 2015-05-16 12:46:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:2596073
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - U.S. President Barack Obama hailed on Friday the success of a summit held the day before with six Gulf leaders in his Camp David compound, saying that the aim of the meeting was to “deepen and broaden” the “excellent ....
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Nepal thanks Egypt for humanitarian aid supplies for quake victims
Date: 2015-05-16 11:07:17 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:44 - ID:2598085
KATHMANDU, May 16 (MENA) – Nepalese Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey thanked Egypt for the humanitarian aid supplies presented by the Egyptian government to the Nepalese to help them in facing the destructive earthquake that jolted Nepal on ....
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Pakistan, India exchange fire across joint borders
Date: 2015-05-16 07:30:13 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:2596513
ISLAMABAD, May 16 (MENA) - Pakistan and India exchanged fire across the joint borders on Saturday. No casualties were reported. The Indian forces opened fire toward Pakistani border villages, Sky News quoted Pakistani military sources as saying. ....
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At least 17 terrorists killed in Pakistan airstrikes
Date: 2015-05-15 21:45:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:84 - ID:2595905
ISLAMABAD, May 15 (MENA) - At least 17 suspected terrorists were killed on Friday when Pakistan military jets bombarded their hideouts in North Waziristan tribal agency, local media reported. According to security sources, the aerial strikes ....
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DPR says Kiev preparing 'terrorist acts' in run-up to EU summit
Date: 2015-05-15 20:41:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:81 - ID:2595641
KIEV, May 15 (MENA) - Military intelligence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has uncovered the efforts of the Ukrainian Security Service SBU to organize a chain of terrorist acts in Donetsk, Eduard Basurin, the official spokesman of ....