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Obama congratulates Lebanese on Independence Day, regrets presidential vacuum

Date: 2014-11-21 21:16:10 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:99 - ID:1381701

BEIRUT, Nov 21 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama congratulated the Lebanese people on Friday on the occasion of Lebanon's 71st Independence Day, lamenting on the anniversary the current vacuum in the presidency, the Lebanese National News Agency ....

Obama to visit India in January -- White House

Date: 2014-11-21 20:41:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:1381509

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama will visit India in January as the guest of honor for the country’s symbolically important Republic Day celebrations, The Wall Street Journal reported. A tweet from Indian Prime Minister ....

New Ukraine coalition agreed, sets NATO as priority

Date: 2014-11-21 20:12:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:94 - ID:1381521

KIEV, Nov 21 (MENA) - Ukraine's newly agreed five-party ruling coalition has reportedly set the country's membership of NATO as its major goal, Kiev Post reported on Friday. The coalition comprises the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, the Popular Front, ....

Small plane crashes in Pakistan's Karachi

Date: 2014-11-21 19:30:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:91 - ID:1381453

ISLAMABAD, Nov 21 (MENA) - A small plane crashed and caught fire near the Pakistani city of Karachi, Geo News reported on Friday. The crash took place within the limits of Gaddap police station at the route leading to Balochistan ....

UK condemns Argentina over Falklands' sovereignty signs

Date: 2014-11-21 18:37:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:89 - ID:1381297

LONDON, Nov 21 (MENA) - The UK has objected to Argentine MPs' decision that public transportation should carry signs expressing the country's claim over the Falklands, BBC reported on Friday. A law passed by the Argentine Congress says vehicles ....

Next US presidential election will move world closer to war - Canada's Global Research

Date: 2014-11-21 17:44:58 GMT - Canada - World - SN:83 - ID:1381085

TORONTO, Nov 21 (MENA) - US journalist Glenn Greenwald said "Hillary Clinton is the presidential candidate of the banksters and warmongers", the Canadian Global Research reported. The center said, in a report published on its official website ....

Pakistani air strikes in Khyber Agency kill 22 terrorists

Date: 2014-11-21 16:52:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:1380937

ISLAMABAD, Egypt, Nov 21 (MENA) - At least 22 terrorists were killed as jets pounded hideouts of the militants in Khyber Agency, Geo News reported on Friday. Security sources said six hideouts of the terrorists were also wiped out in the air ....

Ebola-infected doctor flown to Switzerland for treatment

Date: 2014-11-21 16:51:27 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:77 - ID:1380873

GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) - A Cuban doctor infected with Ebola has been flown to Geneva from West Africa, The Wall Street Journal quoted Swiss cantonal officials as saying on Friday, the first time a medic treating victims of the current outbreak has ....

Number of Malaysia flood victims rises to 5,572

Date: 2014-11-21 15:55:11 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:71 - ID:1380645

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (MENA) – The number of flood victims in the Malaysian district of Terengganu has raised to 5,572 people, Bernama news agency reported. According to the state government official portal, the opening of another evacuation cente ....

US drone attack leaves 6 dead in Pakistan

Date: 2014-11-21 13:32:49 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:55 - ID:1380041

Islamabad, Nov 21 (MENA) - A US drone attack has killed at least six people and wounded three others in Pakistan's mountainous northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, Press TV reported. Pakistani intelligence sources said the ....