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Kerry, Zarif meet for Iran nuclear talks
Date: 2015-03-16 10:26:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:32 - ID:2174617
GENEVA, March 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Monday in Switzerland for crucial talks to secure an agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear program, according to Fox News. The ....
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Italian interior minister says Daesh threats false
Date: 2015-03-16 08:44:35 GMT - Italy - World - SN:22 - ID:2173729
ROME, March 16 (MENA) - Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has played down threats by the terrorist Daesh group, believing them to be false. Alfano said that intelligence experts considered an attack by a lone terrorist, radicalized in ....
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Kyrgyz president in St. Petersburg to meet with Putin
Date: 2015-03-16 08:24:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:2173533
MOSCOW, March 16 (MENA) - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has arrived in St. Petersburg ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Radio Free Europe reported. The Kyrgyz presidential website said Atambaev landed on ....
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Berlin-Cairo deepen partnership in Sharm
Date: 2015-03-16 08:13:37 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:2173345
BERLIN, March 16 (MENA) - Berlin and Cairo deepened their partnership during Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) the was concluded Sunday in Sharm el Sheikh, Deutsche Welle said in a commentary. Tages Anzeiger, on its part, highlighted ....
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Pentagon: 11 airstrikes launched against Daesh in Syria, Iraq
Date: 2015-03-15 19:20:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:180 - ID:2171881
WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) – The US-led coalition aircraft staged on Sunday eleven air raids against Daesh hotbeds on different areas in Syria and Iraq, according to a statement released by the US Department of Defense (Pentagon). Around four ....
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Salehi: Sanctions unable to block Iran's nuclear progress
Date: 2015-03-15 19:15:05 GMT - Iran - World - SN:179 - ID:2171857
TEHRAN, March 15 (MENA) - Western sanctions have failed to hamper Iran's progress in using civilian nuclear technology, Fars News Agency quoted Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi as stressing on Sunday. "The ....
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Turkey slams European Parliament call for recognition of ‘Armenian genocide’
Date: 2015-03-15 15:45:08 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:135 - ID:2170617
ANKARA, March 15 (MENA) - The Turkish Foreign Ministry denounced a recent report adopted by the European Parliament that called on European Union member states to recognize Armenian claims of genocide at the hands of the late Ottoman Empire, Today's ....
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Paper: C.I.A. cash ended up in coffers of Al Qaeda
Date: 2015-03-15 13:45:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:2168913
NEW YORK, March 15 (MENA) - In the spring of 2010, Afghan officials struck a deal to free an Afghan diplomat held hostage by Al Qaeda. But the price was steep — $5 million — and senior security officials were scrambling to come up with the money, ....
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10 US charity staff to leave Sierra Leone amid Ebola scare
Date: 2015-03-15 11:43:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:2167777
NEW YORK, March 15 (MENA) – Ten clinicians with a Boston-based nonprofit organization responding to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone are to be transported to the United States after one of their colleagues was infected with the deadly disease, the ....
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At least 14 dead, dozens wounded in twin blasts at Christian churches in Lahore, Pakistan
Date: 2015-03-15 11:16:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:59 - ID:2167465
ISLAMABAD, March 15 (MENA) - Twin explosions at Christian churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore have left at least 14 people dead, and almost 80 killed. A local Taliban faction has already claimed responsibility. The explosions ....