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Japan, South Korea finance ministers to meet in Washington
Date: 2014-10-07 20:45:52 GMT - south korea - World - SN:96 - ID:1080437
SEOUL, Oct 7 (MENA) - Finance ministers of South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting this week to discuss the latest global economic conditions and bilateral financial cooperation, Yonhap News Agency cited South Korea's Finance Ministry as saying ....
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Japan student planned to join Daesh militants
Date: 2014-10-07 18:20:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:86 - ID:1080017
TOKYO, Oct 7 (MENA) - Japanese police raided the house of a 26-year-old man who allegedly planned to go to Syria to join Daesh militants, a report said on Tuesday. Tokyo police questioned the university student on Monday, a day before he planned ....
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Strong earthquake shakes southwestern China
Date: 2014-10-07 18:07:25 GMT - China - World - SN:84 - ID:1079993
BEIJING, Oct 7 (MENA) - A strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern China's Yunnan province late Tuesday evening, killing at least one person, sending thousands fleeing into the streets and damaging buildings, officials and reports said. The ....
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Lavrov, Kerry to meet in Paris next week
Date: 2014-10-07 16:51:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:1079621
MOSCOW, Oct 7 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry could hold talks in Paris next week, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. "Yes, they will hold a meeting, most likely next week in ....
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People in Grozny mark Putin birthday
Date: 2014-10-07 12:23:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:1078045
MOSCOW, Oct 7 (MENA) - More than 100,000 people turned out in the Chechen capital of Grozny on Tuesday for a birthday celebration in honor of President Vladimir Putin, Moscow Times reported. Most of those in attendance were young people decked ....
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US concerned over Pakistan, India border skirmishes
Date: 2014-10-07 11:46:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:1077989
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - The United States has expressed concerns over border skirmishes between Pakistan and India along the Line of Control, Geo TV said Tuesday. A State Department Spokesperson told a press conference the US is concerned over ....
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2 Japanese, 1 American win Nobel Prize in physics
Date: 2014-10-07 11:45:54 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:45 - ID:1077765
STOCKHOLM, Oct 7 (MENA) - Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes - a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light ....
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Kerch Strait Bridge to be built despite Western pressure: Crimean leader
Date: 2014-10-07 11:40:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:1077757
MOSCOW, Oct 7 (MENA) - The construction of a transport corridor linking Crimea with mainland Russia will be completed despite Western pressure and possible new round of sanctions, the Crimean republic’s acting head was quoted by TASS news agency as ....
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Dengue kills six in 'worst China outbreak in decades'
Date: 2014-10-07 11:31:55 GMT - China - World - SN:41 - ID:1077881
BEIJING, Oct 7 (MENA) - An outbreak of dengue fever in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has killed six people and infected thousands more, the BBC said Tuesday, quoting a state media report. Provincial health authorities said that as of ....
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Kurds across Turkey protest Daesh assault on Kobani
Date: 2014-10-07 10:58:34 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:37 - ID:1077509
ANKARA, Oct 7 (MENA) - Kurdish protesters flocked to the streets across Turkey to protest the advance of Daesh militants toward central Kobani, a key Syrian border town with Turkey, Today's Zaman newspaper reported. Riot police and gendarmerie ....