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Russian warship evacuates 308 people from Yemen
Date: 2015-04-12 11:03:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:2362929
MOSCOW, April 12 (MENA) – Russia's Navy ship Priazovye has evacuated 308 people from Yemen, where Saudi Arabia-led coalition is carrying out a military operation against the Houthis, Sputnik International quoted a spokesman for Russia's Defense ....
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Ukraine crisis nullified all progress in Russia-NATO relations – Russian official
Date: 2015-04-12 10:58:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:2362925
MOSCOW, April 12 (MENA) – The Ukraine conflict has caused a collapse of all the positive aspects of Russia’s relations with NATO, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told RIA Novosti on Saturday. "The crisis in Ukraine has led to ....
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U.S. is closer to deciding Cuba’s status on terror list - NYT
Date: 2015-04-12 09:26:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:2361973
NEW YORK, April 12 (MENA) - President Obama is nearing a decision on removing Cuba’s three-decade-old designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, citing progress in his push to normalize relations with the island nation as he arrived here on ....
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Coptic Orthodox Church in London celebrates Easter
Date: 2015-04-12 08:50:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:2361745
LONDON, April 12 (MENA) – Coptic Orthodox Church in London held on Sunday an Easter mass in which a number of British and Egyptian Christian Copts have attended. Fathers Antonious, Serapion and Thomas led the mass while a recorded speech for Pope ....
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Japan, US, S.Korea defense officials to meet in Washington
Date: 2015-04-12 07:44:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:2361205
TOKYO, April 12 (MENA) – Japan, the United States and South Korea will hold a meeting of senior defense officials this coming week in Washington, where they are expected to discuss the North Korean nuclear and missile issues, Kyodo News quoted the ....
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N. Korea's FM leaves for India
Date: 2015-04-12 06:32:09 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:9 - ID:2361053
PYONG YANG, April 12 (MENA) - North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong left for India, Pyongyang's state news agency said Saturday. Still, the North's Korean Central News Agency did not give any further details in a one-sentence dispatch, ....
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Shooting near US Capitol not believed to be related to terrorism - FBI officials
Date: 2015-04-11 21:59:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:120 - ID:2360421
WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - Officials from the US FBI's Washington field office on Saturday said that the shooting near the Capitol was not believed to be related to terrorism, CBC News reported. The FBI's joint terrorism task force was on the ....
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Pakistani PM, Turkish President discuss Yemeni situation
Date: 2015-04-11 20:43:32 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:114 - ID:2360369
ISLAMABAD, April 11 (MENA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed on Saturday the prevailing situation of Yemen during a telephone conversation, Geo News reported. The conversation between the ....
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US Capitol on precautionary lockdown after suspected suicide
Date: 2015-04-11 19:59:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:2360137
WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - US police say the US Capitol is on lockdown as a precaution after shots were fired in what appears to be an attempted suicide, ABC News reported. Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider says the suspected ....
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Upgraded Pantsir-S2 gun-missile system to enter service in Russia in 2015
Date: 2015-04-11 18:34:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:94 - ID:2359729
MOSCOW, April 11 (MENA) - A top Russian military commander said that an improved Pantsir-S2 combined gun-missile system will join active military service before the end of this year, Sputnik News reported on Saturday. "We are receiving new ....