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Russia's Lavrov arrives in Paris for Normandy talks on Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2015-02-24 09:07:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:2031201
MOSCOW, Feb 24 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Paris to participate in the Normandy format talks on settling the Ukrainian crisis, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday. The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France, and ....
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Russia's Vladimir Putin says war with Ukraine 'unlikely'
Date: 2015-02-24 07:11:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:2030345
MOSCOW, Feb 24 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said war with neighbouring Ukraine is "unlikely", in an interview for Russian television. Putin also stressed his support for the recent Minsk ceasefire deal as the best way to ....
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S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual joint military drills next month
Date: 2015-02-24 07:06:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:2030349
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (MENA) - South Korea and the US will conduct their annual joint military drills next month, Yonhap quoted the Combined Forces Command (CFC) as saying Tuesday. The drill comes amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula ....
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Inmate to plead guilty to wrongly addressed threat to Obama
Date: 2015-02-23 22:11:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:173 - ID:2029873
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) – A convicted child molester has agreed to plead guilty to mailing a threatening letter from jail to President Barack Obama — albeit to the wrong address, ABC News reported on Monday. The plea deal was revealed at a ....
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Europol head: More coop. needed across continent to combat terror
Date: 2015-02-23 22:10:27 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:172 - ID:2029889
THE HAGUE, Feb 23 (MENA) - The head of the European Union police organization Europol says intelligence and law enforcement agencies across the continent have to cooperate better to fight against the threat of terrorism, Fox News ....
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Arrest of 2 US base-relocation opponents sparks protests in Japan
Date: 2015-02-23 22:08:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:170 - ID:2029877
TOKYO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Around 100 people staged a protest Monday around the Nago police station in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture following the arrest of two men opposed to the controversial transfer of a key US military base within the prefecture, ....
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'Archaic' sanctions hinder joint solutions to global problems - Lavrov
Date: 2015-02-23 21:15:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:167 - ID:2029757
MOSCOW, Febr 23 (MENA)- Unilateral sanctions imposed by countries on one another weigh on international relations and cripple global decision-making at times when the international community needs to present a common front on emerging problems, ....
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Airlines must do more to prevent teens from joining Daesh: Cameron
Date: 2015-02-23 21:13:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:163 - ID:2029753
LONDON, Feb 23 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said that airlines and internet companies need to do more to prevent radicalised British teenagers travelling to the Middle East to join Daesh, The Guardian reported Monday. Cameron ....
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UK Shadow home secretary: Why Turkish Airlines allowed young girls unaccompanied onto flight en route to Daesh
Date: 2015-02-23 20:27:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:156 - ID:2029565
LONDON, Feb 23 (MENA) – British Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said "There are serious questions about why Turkish Airlines allowed three 15 and 16-year-old girls unaccompanied onto a flight,” "The Star" reported on Monday. She added “Why ....
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Jury awards $218.5 million in terrorism case against Palestinian groups
Date: 2015-02-23 20:25:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:155 - ID:2029561
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization were found liable on Monday by a jury in Manhattan for their role in knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004 in which ....