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Insurgents holding OSCE observers
Date: 2014-05-29 06:35:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:52 - ID:749696
KIEV, May 29 (MENA) - An insurgent leader's fighters in Ukraine are holding four observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the BBC reported. Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the self-proclaimed "people's mayor" of Slovyansk, a ....
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Bombs kill 1 Afghan policeman
Date: 2014-05-29 06:32:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:51 - ID:749697
KABUL, May 29 (MENA) - An Afghan officer said that two roadside bombings in the southern city of Kandahar have killed one policeman and wounded four others, ABC News reported Thursday. Officer Shamsullha, who like many Afghans goes by only one ....
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Quake rattles Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
Date: 2014-05-29 06:30:32 GMT - Dominican - World - SN:50 - ID:749654
SANTO DOMINGO, May 29 (MENA) - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the waters between the Dominican Republic and the US territory of Puerto Rico, shaking buildings in both places, ABC reported Thursday. There were no reports of injuries or ....
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Lebanese ambassador to South Korea killed in car crash
Date: 2014-05-29 06:28:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:49 - ID:749692
SEOUL, May 29 (MENA) -- The Lebanese Ambassador to South Korea died in a car accident in central Seoul on Thursday, Yonhap quoted police and fire officials as saying. A sedan carrying Jad Saeed El-Hassan, the top Lebanese diplomat in Seoul, ....
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Oil tanker explodes off the coast of Japan
Date: 2014-05-29 05:38:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:749639
TOKYO, May 29 (MENA) - A Japanese oil tanker exploded Thursday off the country’s southwest coast near Himeji port, leaving one of the eight people aboard missing, ABC news reported quoting the coast guard. Four others were severely ....
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Security Council discusses developments in Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-29 05:37:55 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:38 - ID:749623
NEW YORK, May 29 (MENA) – The UN Security Council held Wednesday night an open session to discuss developments in Ukraine after the presidential election. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefed the 15-member body ....
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John Kerry: Snowden is no patriot
Date: 2014-05-29 05:33:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:749620
WASHINGTON, May 29 (MENA) - Edward Snowden continues to haunt the Obama administration — and it’s evident from the official pushback that there is little officials can do beyond professing annoyance, The Wall Street Journal reported. US Secretary ....
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Putin warns of reviewing partnership with Kiev unless repays gas debts
Date: 2014-05-28 18:23:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:151 - ID:748944
MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country's approach to gas cooperation with Kiev was based not only on partnership, but also on friendship, but warned that Moscow may review its approach, RIA Novosti ....
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Obama outlines foreign policy vision
Date: 2014-05-28 17:37:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:748943
WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama has provided the broad outlines of the American foreign policy, during his second term, in conjunction with announcing the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan over the next two ....
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Top US commander: Obama ended Afghan uncertainty
Date: 2014-05-28 14:23:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:748586
WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The top US and coalition commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's decision to keep about 10,000 American troops in the country past 2014 has eliminated any uncertainty Afghans may have had ....