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4 killed as severe weather slams southern US
Date: 2014-12-24 19:32:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:176 - ID:1608229
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - Severe weather slamming the southern U.S. two days before Christmas killed at least four people, flipped cars, knocked out power to thousands and damaged several homes and businesses, Fox News reported. In Mississippi, ....
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China urges restraint over alleged Sony hacking
Date: 2014-12-24 18:41:34 GMT - China - World - SN:167 - ID:1607649
BEIJING, Dec 24 (MENA) - China called for all parties involved to keep restraint over the alleged cyber attack on the US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Xinhua cited a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman as saying Wednesday. "We hope all parties ....
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Regional problems will not be solved without Iran: Amr Moussa
Date: 2014-12-24 18:03:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:164 - ID:1607813
TEHRAN, Dec 24 (MENA) - Former Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa on Wednesday hailed Iran's major role in the regional and international issues, saying that regional problems will not be solved without Iran, IRNA news agency reported. ....
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Russia to expand military cooperation in Latin America: Defense ministry
Date: 2014-12-24 17:31:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:156 - ID:1607613
MOSCOW, Dec 24 (MENA) - Russia plans on expanding its military and technical cooperation with Latin America by creating ports and using local airports, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Wednesday, according to Sputnik news ....
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German Ebola treatment center officially opened in Liberia
Date: 2014-12-24 17:02:27 GMT - Liberia - World - SN:145 - ID:1607477
MONROVIA, Dec 24 (MENA) - Liberia has hailed the official opening of its first German Ebola treatment center, Deutsche Welle reported. The ceremony took place one day after global health officials announced that the Ebola death toll had passed ....
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Middle East tourism rebounds - UNWTO
Date: 2014-12-24 15:15:09 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:130 - ID:1606785
CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Tourism rates in Middle East went up by 4 percent in the first 10 months of 2014, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said in a statement. Over 1.1 billion tourists are expected to have traveled around the ....
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Global arms trade deal takes effect
Date: 2014-12-24 14:35:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:119 - ID:1606361
NEW YORK, Dec 24 (MENA) - A global arms trade treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar business has come into force - a move hailed as "a new chapter" by UN chief Ban Ki-moon, according to the BBC. He said he hoped the treaty would help prevent ....
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Iraqi president invited to visit Iran
Date: 2014-12-24 14:01:18 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:110 - ID:1605261
BAGHDAD, Dec 24 (MENA) - Iraqi President Foad Masum received an invitation to visit Iran, during a meeting in Baghdad with head of Iran's Islamic Shura council Ali Larijani, who arrived on Wednesday morning in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The Iraqi ....
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Britain on alert over hit-and-run terrorists following France attacks
Date: 2014-12-24 12:50:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:1604669
LONDON, Dec 24 (MENA) - Britain is on alert for Daesh terrorists seeking to launch attacks in crowded public spaces during Christmas after three incidents in France in the past four days, the Times reported. On Monday a man drove a van into a ....
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India imposes curfew after Rebels kill dozens in Assam
Date: 2014-12-24 12:00:04 GMT - India - World - SN:78 - ID:1604621
NEW DELHI, Dec 24 (MENA) - India has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in parts of the north-eastern state of Assam, after suspected tribal guerrillas killed 56 people in a series of attacks in retaliation for an offensive against the militants, ....