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ISAF service member killed in Afghanistan stabbing
Date: 2014-08-21 12:18:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:69 - ID:884450
KABUL, Aug 21 (MENA) - A coalition service member died Wednesday after being stabbed in the neck -- allegedly by a Taliban member -- near the international airport in Afghanistan's capital, a spokesman for Kabul's police chief said. The name and ....
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Ebola affected communities in West Africa at risk of severe food shortages
Date: 2014-08-21 12:03:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:66 - ID:884532
NEW York, Aug 21 (MENA) - Up to 1.3 million people require food assistance in areas worst affected by the Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The agency says populations in areas that have been ....
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Mitt Romney: Obama worse than even i expected
Date: 2014-08-21 11:49:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:884471
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a crowd of supporters on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is doing a “good deal worse than even I expected.” Romney, who lost to Obama by 126 electoral votes ....
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'75%' of Ebola victims are women - newspaper
Date: 2014-08-21 11:44:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:884592
LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - About 75 per cent of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders, health officials have said, according to The Independent. The disease, which has claimed the ....
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Germany says prepared to send weapons to Iraq's Kurds
Date: 2014-08-21 11:32:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:884270
LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government cleared the way for Germany to supply Iraqis with weapons to fight Islamic State militants, dropping a post-World War II taboo on arms shipments to conflict areas, The Financial Times ....
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Former Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds dies
Date: 2014-08-21 06:57:48 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:17 - ID:883959
DUBLIN, Aug 21 (MENA) - Ireland's former prime minister Albert Reynolds has died at the age of 81, the BBC reported Thursday. He played a key role in advancing the Northern Ireland peace process, including the 1994 IRA ceasefire. The Fianna ....
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Obama to host U.N. Security Council
Date: 2014-08-21 05:09:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:883883
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - President Barack Obama will host a United Nations Security Council Summit next month during the U.N. General Assembly, an administration official confirmed, CNN reported. The administration official noted it will be ....
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US offers $30 million in search for Haqqani leaders
Date: 2014-08-21 04:43:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:883865
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - The United States offered a total $30 million on Wednesday in return for information on key leaders of the feared Haqqani militant network, blamed for numerous bloody attacks in Afghanistan. "The Department has ....
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Head of Guatemalan military dies in chopper crash
Date: 2014-08-20 21:20:46 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:183 - ID:883751
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - The head of the Guatemalan military's Joint Chiefs of Staff died in a helicopter crash Wednesday near the border with Mexico, the ABC News reported. Interior Secretary Mauricio Lopez said Gen. Rudy Ortiz was killed ....
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Military considering sending additional troops to Iraq, officials say
Date: 2014-08-20 20:36:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:174 - ID:883719
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) – The US military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional US troops to Baghdad, US officials said. The US military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional ....