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Britain's Prince William to visit China in early March
Date: 2015-02-25 18:19:47 GMT - China - World - SN:117 - ID:2043201
BEIJING, Feb 25 (MENA) - Britain's Prince William is scheduled to visit China from March 1 to 4, Xinhua quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei as saying on Wednesday. The Duke of Cambridge will visit Beijing, Shanghai and Yunnan ....
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US military vehicles paraded 300 yards from the Russian border
Date: 2015-02-25 17:26:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:2043045
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) - US military combat vehicles paraded Wednesday through an Estonian city that juts into Russia, a symbolic act that highlighted the stakes for both sides amid the worst tensions between the West and Russia since the Cold War, ....
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Gas to Ukraine could be cut off in 4 days unless prepayment made - Putin
Date: 2015-02-25 17:08:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:107 - ID:2042989
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) - Russia intends to suspend gas deliveries to Ukraine unless Kiev makes a further prepayment as its current balance only covers three or four days' gas supply, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, according to ....
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Daesh planning to murder 150 Christian hostages if the US does not stop its air strikes - Daily Mail
Date: 2015-02-25 14:53:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:2042245
LONDON, Feb 25 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group are planning to murder 150 Christian hostages they kidnapped after sweeping through villages in Syria if the US does not stop air strikes, according to Daily Mail newspaper. The abductions of the ....
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Obama's request to use force against Daesh attempt to share blame – lawmaker
Date: 2015-02-25 12:58:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:2040709
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (MENA) – US House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry asserted that President Obama's request to use force against Daesh militants is an attempt to share the blame if things go wrong, the Washington-based The ....
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Cuban President honors spies jailed in U.S. as national heroes
Date: 2015-02-25 11:37:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:2039681
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (MENA) - Cuban President Raúl Castro awarded medals to five men on Tuesday, calling them national heroes for their espionage work in the U.S, the Times Magazine reported. “The Cuban Five,” as they were nicknamed, had attempted ....
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N. Korea's possible nuke test forecast to be more powerful: Seoul
Date: 2015-02-25 11:15:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:47 - ID:2039685
SEOUL, Feb 25 (MENA) - North Korea has continued high-explosive detonation tests and its possible nuclear test is forecast to be much more powerful both in scale and yield than previous ones, Yonhap news agency reported quoting Seoul's intelligence ....
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6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Japan
Date: 2015-02-25 10:09:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:2039069
TOKYO, Feb 25 (MENA) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the southern coast of Japan, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake, with its epicenter around 290km (175 miles) southeast of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, struck at a depth ....
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Air France passengers stranded in Manchester 'so pilot can rest'
Date: 2015-02-25 09:58:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:32 - ID:2038725
LONDON, Feb 25 (MENA) - Passengers on a plane diverted to Manchester from New York were left stranded onboard without food and water for seven hours to avoid the pilot exceeding his maximum work hours, The Telegraph said on its website. The 460 ....
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Truck strike hits Brazil fuel supplies, soy exports
Date: 2015-02-25 09:07:55 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:23 - ID:2038413
BRASILIA, Feb 25 (MENA) - Brazilian truck drivers protesting high fuel prices for a seventh day on Tuesday interrupted supplies of diesel and raw materials across the country and threatened to hold up grains exports at ports in the middle of a ....