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Small quake hits southern S. Korea
Date: 2014-12-08 07:29:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:1491853
SEOUL, Dec 8 (MENA) - A magnitude 3.3 earthquake rattled a county in southern South Korea early Monday, but no injuries or property damage was immediately reported, according to Yonhap News Agency. The Korea Meteorological Administration said the ....
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Obama: Racism, bias in US will take time to tackle
Date: 2014-12-08 05:43:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:1491493
WASHINGTON, Dc 8 (MENA) - President Barack Obama is prescribing time and vigilance to tackle problems as entrenched in American society as racism and bias. He also is urging patience, saying progress usually comes in small steps. In an ....
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Overseas work, study seen as negative point for anyone handling Japan's secrets
Date: 2014-12-07 21:34:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:150 - ID:1491085
TOKYO, Dec 7 (MENA) - The Japanese Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office warned government offices before a state secrecy law takes effect on Wednesday that people who have studied or worked abroad have a higher risk of leaking state secrets, ....
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10th Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola
Date: 2014-12-07 21:14:04 GMT - Sierra Leone - World - SN:145 - ID:1490993
FREETOWN, Dec 7 (MENA) - Another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the 10th to succumb to the disease, a health official said Sunday. Aiah Solomon Konoyeima died Saturday, according to Chief Medical Officer Brima Kargbo. His death came a ....
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Russia threatens BuzzFeed with ban in escalated campaign against news outlets
Date: 2014-12-07 19:58:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:138 - ID:1490849
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - Russia’s Internet watchdog agency threatened to block BuzzFeed, the viral news and entertainment Web site said Saturday. It is the first time a U.S. news organization has been touched by a Russian campaign against ....
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US sends 6 prisoners from Guantanamo to Uruguay
Date: 2014-12-07 19:31:52 GMT - Uruguay - World - SN:133 - ID:1490713
MONTEVIDEO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Six prisoners held for 12 years at Guantanamo Bay have arrived as refugees in Uruguay, a South American nation with only a tiny Muslim population, amid a renewed push by President Barack Obama to close the prison, ABC news ....
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Putin, Serbia’s president, Hungary’s PM, discuss possible cooperation
Date: 2014-12-07 19:31:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:132 - ID:1490753
MOSCOW, Dec 7 (MENA) - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolic, the Kremlin reported on Sunday. They discussed bilateral cooperation and ....
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Bahrain naval base will give U.K. stronger Gulf presence - paper
Date: 2014-12-07 19:04:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:128 - ID:1490525
LONDON, Dec 7 (MENA) - The Financial Times on Sunday said the rising threat from Daesh, a deteriorating civil war in Syria, and the possibility of a nuclear Iran are among the threats that a £15m permanent British naval base in Bahrain would aim to ....
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Daesh to be removed within months - Kerry
Date: 2014-12-07 18:59:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:127 - ID:1490513
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that Daesh group would be removed from Iraq within months. In statements quoted by an Iraqi TV channel, Kerry warned that the threat of the terrorist group must be ....
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Iraq FM arrives in Iran
Date: 2014-12-07 18:41:08 GMT - Iran - World - SN:125 - ID:1490541
TEHRAN, Dec 7 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has arrived in Iran to attend an international conference on the World Against Extremism and Violence (WAVE) in Tehran, Press TV reported. The Iraqi minister arrived in the Iranian ....