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Japanese PM holds emergency meeting to discuss release of journalist kidnapped by Daesh
Date: 2015-01-28 15:00:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:98 - ID:1844289
TOKYO, Jan 28 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened an emergency Cabinet meeting on Wednesday after the captors of a Japanese freelance journalist posted another video warning the hostage could be killed within 24 hours, the Japan's ....
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Egypt's Mufti back home from Singapore
Date: 2015-01-28 14:31:05 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:85 - ID:1843169
CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) – Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam returned home on Wednesday coming from Singapore after several-day visit. During the visit, Allam discussed with Singaporean President Tony Tan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ways of ....
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UN Envoy: Nigeria needs regional help to defeat Boko Haram
Date: 2015-01-28 14:28:24 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:84 - ID:1844301
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (MENA) - United Nations envoy for the Sahel region Hiroute Guebre Sellassie said on Wednesday that Nigeria cannot defeat Boko Haram fighters alone and that it needs regional multinational force. "Nigeria cannot handle the ....
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European counter-terror plan involves blanket collection of passengers’ data
Date: 2015-01-28 10:31:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:32 - ID:1841173
LONDON, Jan 28 (MENA) - A new European commission counter-terror plan will require the blanket collection and storage for up to five years of personal data records of all passengers flying in and out of Europe, the Guardian can reveal, The Guardian ....
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Israeli president to address UN session
Date: 2015-01-28 07:16:03 GMT - Israel - World - SN:8 - ID:1839877
GAZA CITY, Jan 28 (MENA) - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will address a UN session on Wednesday evening, marking 70 years since the end of the Holocaust. His trip comes at a point of high tension between Israel and United States after Prime ....
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Vietnam war-era helicopter crashes, killing 4 soldiers
Date: 2015-01-28 06:54:27 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:7 - ID:1839789
HANOI, Jan 28 (MENA) - An American-built helicopter once used in the Vietnam War crashed Wednesday during a training mission in the Southeast Asian nation, killing all four soldiers aboard, the military said. Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, army deputy ....
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Poll: 55% of Britons would prefer Cameron as PM over Miliband
Date: 2015-01-27 18:16:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:148 - ID:1838105
LONDON, Jan 27 (MENA) - More than half (55%) of Britons would prefer to see David Cameron carry on as prime minister after the general election. When faced with having to choose either Cameron or Ed Miliband as the next prime minister, only 45% ....
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OIC chief to start visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday
Date: 2015-01-27 17:03:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:125 - ID:1837809
JEDDAH, Jan 27 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani started on Tuesday a three-day visit to Afghanistan. During the visit, he will meet President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Officer of ....
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Obama challenges India on women's rights and religious tolerance
Date: 2015-01-27 14:06:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:1836133
LONDON, Jan 27 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama challenged India’s record on religious tolerance and women’s rights on Tuesday in a parting speech to students in Delhi that contrasted with the at-times saccharin feel of a state visit designed to ....
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American Sniper takes out the box office competition
Date: 2015-01-27 12:40:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:1834245
LONDON, Jan 27 (MENA) - Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated American Sniper has taken $200.1 million at the domestic (US and Canadian) box office since its limited release on Christmas Day. The combined domestic box office takings for the other Best ....