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Miliband: Britain must take 'leading role' in ending ME violence
Date: 2014-08-02 17:08:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:97 - ID:854833
LONDON, Aug 2 (MENA) - The British government must speak with “one voice” and take a “leading role” in pressuring both Israel and Hamas to end the violence in the Middle East, leader of the Labor Party Ed Miliband said Saturday. As the fighting ....
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US doctor infected with Ebola arrives in United States
Date: 2014-08-02 17:00:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:854897
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - The first of two US aid workers infected with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia arrived in Georgia the United States Saturday morning, the CNN reported. A chartered medical aircraft carrying Kent Brantly touched ....
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Armenian army violated ceasefire over 70 times - Azerbaijan
Date: 2014-08-02 16:43:58 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:88 - ID:854834
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Saturday a ceasefire on the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line was broken 71 times in numerous positions during the last 24 hours. A statement distributed by the Azerbaijan Embassy in ....
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Britain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya
Date: 2014-08-02 15:47:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:854728
LONDON, Aug 2 (MENA) - Britain is closing its embassy in the embattled Libyan capital, Tripoli, and evacuating staff in tacit recognition that the country is now in a state of war, The Guardian reported. The UK was, with Italy, one of the last ....
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Britain pledges further £3 million to Gaza aid workers
Date: 2014-08-02 14:52:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:854684
LONDON, Aug 2 (MENA) - Britain has pledged a further £3 million to help workers in Gaza provide a rapid response to the crisis, ITV reported. International Development Secretary Justine Greening called the three-week offensive "nothing short of a ....
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US-Africa summit to tackle economic relations only - minister
Date: 2014-08-02 14:52:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:63 - ID:854573
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Industry, Trade and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour said that he will visit the US within the Egyptian delegation to be led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to attend the activities of the ....
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First UN humanitarian aid arrives in Ukraine's Donetsk - Officials
Date: 2014-08-02 14:48:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:61 - ID:854701
KIEV, Aug 2 (MENA) – The first part of the UN humanitarian aid for internally displaced persons, fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine, has arrived in a village in Donetsk Region, the RIA Novosti reported on Saturday. “Today in the village of ....
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Defense minister calls for creation of violence-free culture in military barracks
Date: 2014-08-02 13:59:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:854450
SEOUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - South Korea's defense minister Saturday deplored the death of a soldier by violence and abusive treatment by fellow soldiers and called for the creation of an environment where soldiers' human rights can be respected. In ....
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N. Korea's top diplomat launches trip to ASEAN countries
Date: 2014-08-02 13:55:25 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:51 - ID:854570
SEOUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - North Korea's top diplomat began a trip to five southeast Asian countries Saturday, Yonhap quoted state media as saying. The move is widely expected to include his participation in a regional forum in Myanmar next ....
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Nine shells fired from Ukraine explode in Russia's territory
Date: 2014-08-02 12:05:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:854399
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) - Nine Ukrainian shells have exploded in Russia's Rostov region, a Russian border guard official told Itar-Tass. There were nine explosions of shells about a kilometer away from the village of Mityakinskaya. The shells were ....