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Spain gives US go-ahead to use bases against Ebola
Date: 2014-10-19 21:22:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:154 - ID:1158397
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Spain has agreed to allow the U.S. to use two military bases in the southwest of the country to support its efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, The Washington Post reported. A Defense Ministry ....
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UK set to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood: Telegraph
Date: 2014-10-19 19:24:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:140 - ID:1158249
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Downing Street (The UK Government) is to order a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and a network of Islamist groups accused of fuelling extremism in Britain and across the Arab world, The Telegraph reported. David Cameron ....
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Japan's Abe to accept industry minister's resignation
Date: 2014-10-19 18:35:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:131 - ID:1157873
TOKYO, Oct 19 (MENA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to accept the expected resignation of trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi over the alleged misuse of political funds, the state's Kyodo News Agency quoted a government source as ....
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Ebola crisis: WHO accused of 'failure' in early response
Date: 2014-10-19 18:34:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:130 - ID:1157877
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (MENA) - The World Health Organization has been accused of failing to arrest the current Ebola outbreak months ago before it got out of hand through poor communication and incompetent staff, reports say. Responding to the ....
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Azerbaijani President meets Palestinian FM
Date: 2014-10-19 18:11:02 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:123 - ID:1157265
CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki in Baku as they discussed humanitarian aids to the Gaza Strip, a diplomat said on Sunday. Azerbaijan's Ambassador in Cairo Shaheen ....
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Lufthansa pilots to strike again
Date: 2014-10-19 17:40:08 GMT - Germany - World - SN:115 - ID:1157709
BERLIN, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Lufthansa pilots' union will strike on October 20 and 21, Deutsche Welle reported on Sunday. The action comes just in time: The German train drivers' union has promised no stoppages for seven days when its current ....
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Russia-US relations in dead before Ukrainian crisis - Lavrov
Date: 2014-10-19 17:36:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:111 - ID:1157701
MOSCOW, Oct 19 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday relations between Russia and the United States reached a dead end long before the Ukrainian crisis, Russia's Itar-Tass reported. "Certainly, we have a range of bilateral ....
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Koreas exchange fire near heavily fortified border
Date: 2014-10-19 17:31:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:110 - ID:1157713
SEOUL, Oct 19 (MENA) - South and North Korea exchanged fire across the heavily fortified border on Sunday, but there was no report of South Korean casualties. The incident took around 5:40 p.m. when South Korea fired warning shots against North ....
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Ukrainian president slams elections planned by rebels in east
Date: 2014-10-19 17:30:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:109 - ID:1157729
KIEV, Oct 19 (MENA) - Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has denounced elections which are due to be held in the east of Ukraine in November by rebels, Euronews reported. Under a new law signed by the president earlier this week, parts of the ....
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Former Qatari PM has eyes on top UN job
Date: 2014-10-19 15:51:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:1156561
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Qatar's former prime minister is being considered as a candidate to replace Ban Ki-moon as Secretary General of the United Nations, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. When Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, known as ....