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India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile
Date: 2014-11-09 21:09:44 GMT - India - World - SN:142 - ID:1300205
NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (MENA) - India has test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni-II missile from the country’s military base in Odisha, Russia Today reported. A defense official said the routine test by the army was successful. The two-stage, ....
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1 million Catalans vote in independence poll - Catalonia's government
Date: 2014-11-09 21:09:16 GMT - Spain - World - SN:141 - ID:1300189
MADRID, Nov 9 (MENA) - Catalonia's government said more than a million voters participated Sunday in an informal vote on whether the wealthy northeastern region should secede from the rest of Spain, ABC News reported. The regional Catalan ....
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Pakistan air strikes kill 13 militants
Date: 2014-11-09 20:36:18 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:135 - ID:1299981
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9 (MENA) - At least 13 militants have been killed in the Pakistani army's air raids in a volatile tribal area close to the country’s border with Afghanistan, Press TV reported. In a statement released on Sunday, the Pakistani ....
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Donetsk separatists accuse Kiev forces of violating ceasefire
Date: 2014-11-09 20:34:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:133 - ID:1299949
KIEV, Nov 9 (MENA) - Donetsk People’s Republic HQ on Sunday said the Ukrainian forces have violated the ceasefire regime at least 16 times during a single day, Russia Today reported. According to them, the situation remains tense. Donetsk city ....
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US delegation arrives in Egypt
Date: 2014-11-09 16:17:59 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:106 - ID:1298789
CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) - A US economic delegation, under Senior Adviser to the US Secretary of State David Thorne, arrived in Cairo Sunday on a three-day visit. The delegation, which groups representatives of 66 American companies, is set to meet a ....
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Romanians protest against Expatriates voting difficulties
Date: 2014-11-09 13:21:50 GMT - Romania - World - SN:73 - ID:1296809
BUCHAREST, Nov 9 (MENA) - Thousands of Romanians have demonstrated against the government. The protest is due to difficulties faced by expatriates in voting in the presidential runoff slated after a week. About five thousand people gathered in ....
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North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller And Kenneth Bae
Date: 2014-11-09 10:19:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:1295549
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (MENA) - North Korea unexpectedly freed the two remaining U.S. citizens in its custody Saturday, removing a source of tension between Washington and Pyongyang but leaving open questions about the North’s motives and whether the ....
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S. Korea to send medical team to Sierra Leone to help Ebola victims
Date: 2014-11-09 09:33:53 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:1295061
SEOUL, Nov 9 (MENA) - South Korea said Sunday it will dispatch medical personnel to a British-led Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone to help West African countries that have been hit by the deadly disease, Yonhap reported. A group made up of ....
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S.Korean, US presidents meet on fringe of APEC summit leaders
Date: 2014-11-09 08:48:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:1294349
SEOUL, Nov 9 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for China on Sunday for an annual summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, due to open on Monday in China, Yonhap news agency reported. A Seoul official said Park is also scheduled to meet ....
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Japanese PM in Beijing for APEC with eye on Japan-China summit
Date: 2014-11-09 08:44:10 GMT - China - World - SN:22 - ID:1294589
BEIJING, Nov 9 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday arrived in Beijing, the first leg of his three-nation tour, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit from Monday, Kyodo reported. Abe's trip to China comes ....