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Huge fire breaks out at French public radio HQ
Date: 2014-10-31 13:39:46 GMT - France - World - SN:58 - ID:1237789
PARIS, Oct 31 (MENA) - The headquarters of French public radio network Radio France were being evacuated Friday after a fire broke out at the Paris building, France 24 reported. Photos posted on Twitter showed large plumes of black smoke rising ....
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Russian humanitarian aid convoy arrives at Russian-Ukrainian border
Date: 2014-10-31 13:36:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:1237721
MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) - The humanitarian aid convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry has arrived at the Russian-Ukrainian border near the city of Donetsk in Russia's Rostov region on Friday, the Itar-Tass reported. The cargo customs clearance ....
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Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore ousted, army says
Date: 2014-10-31 13:30:41 GMT - Burkina Faso - World - SN:56 - ID:1237737
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 31 (MENA) - Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore is no longer in power, an army spokesman has told demonstrators in the capital, Ouagadougou, the BBC reported Friday. Mr Compaore had earlier said he would step down after a ....
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Intelligence report says Al Qaeda trying to influence Muslims in Czech
Date: 2014-10-31 12:17:12 GMT - Czech - World - SN:50 - ID:1237257
PRAGUE, Oct 31 (MENA) - Al Qaeda radicals are striving to spread their ideology to Muslims in the Czech Republic, the Czech Military Intelligence Service said in its annual report on Friday. According to the report, the bids are occurring largely ....
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Foreign jihadists flocking to Iraq and Syria on 'unprecedented scale' – UN
Date: 2014-10-31 12:14:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:1237361
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - The United Nations has warned that foreign jihadists are swarming into the twin conflicts in Iraq and Syria on “an unprecedented scale” and from countries that had not previously contributed combatants to global ....
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Park calls for expanding economic ties with Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-10-31 11:45:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:44 - ID:1237157
SEOUL, Oct 31 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday called for expanding economic ties with Saudi Arabia, saying the two countries should seek exchanges in new areas such as health, ICT and renewable energy. Park made the remarks ....
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Poll: one in seven young Britons has sympathy with Daesh
Date: 2014-10-31 11:14:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:1236833
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - One in seven young British adults has “warm feelings” towards Daesh, according to a poll published by the Times. Daesh is riding a surge of “anti-politics” sentiment among disaffected under-35s who admire the jihadists’ ....
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paper: Flow of foreign fighters not affected by US-led airstrikes
Date: 2014-10-31 10:50:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:1236329
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (MENA) - More than 1,000 foreign fighters are streaming into Syria each month, a rate that has so far been unchanged by airstrikes against Daesh and efforts by other countries to stem the flow of departures, according to U.S. ....
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20 killed, injured in bus accident in Turkey
Date: 2014-10-31 09:01:09 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:25 - ID:1235837
ANKARA, Oct 31 (MENA) - As many as 12 workers were killed and eight others injured after their bus rolled over Friday due to heavy rain in Turkey. The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment. (MENA) MHK/AS ....
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MENA agenda for Friday, October 31
Date: 2014-10-31 05:56:29 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:1 - ID:1235261
PARIS, Egyptian Finance Minister Hani Qadri participates in meetings of the French-Egyptian Presidential Council, to kick off later here. RAMALLAH, The Israeli police open the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque but ban the entrance of male worshipers ....