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Poland: Comprehensive reforms led to join EU
Date: 2014-04-30 19:49:33 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:125 - ID:697154
CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Wednesday that his country Poland and nine others joined the European Union decade ago after conducting comprehensive reforms the meet the membership criteria. In a statement ....
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No updates available on reopening British embassy in Tehran - UK foreign ministry
Date: 2014-04-30 18:32:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:120 - ID:697102
LONDON, April 30 (MENA) – The British foreign ministry on Wednesday said that no updates are available concerning the reopening of the UK embassy in Tehran. On Monday, British Foreign Office Political Director Simon Gass held meetings with ....
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Merkel threatens with imposing more sanctions on Russia
Date: 2014-04-30 18:23:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:697038
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) – Germany's Angela Merkel said Wednesday that the leading industrial powers would not waver on further sanctions on Russia. "We have always managed to agree on G7 declarations so far and I see no reason why further steps ....
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Russia starts combat helicopter training flights on Baltic border
Date: 2014-04-30 18:09:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:116 - ID:697072
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) - A newly formed Russian army helicopter brigade begun training flights in the northwest of the country near the borders with the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia, a spokesman for the Western Military District Col. Oleg ....
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Russia says Western countries planning UN SC resolution on Syria
Date: 2014-04-30 17:28:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:110 - ID:697037
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) - Western countries are planning to draft a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria in accordance with Section 7 of the U.N. Charter, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on ....
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UN chief strongly condemns latest attacks on civilians in Syria
Date: 2014-04-30 16:05:24 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:96 - ID:696766
NEW YORK, April 30 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the latest attacks in Syria – which left dozens of civilians dead or wounded from mortar fire and shelling in neighborhoods in Homs and ....
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Investor fears hurt Russian economy more than sanctions – IMF
Date: 2014-04-30 15:40:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:88 - ID:696726
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) – Fears of sanctions have a greater impact on the Russian economy than sanctions themselves, RIA Novosti quoted the International Monetary Fund’s mission chief to Russia as saying on Wednesday. “We have noticed that fears ....
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83 Taliban militants killed, injured in Afghan operations
Date: 2014-04-30 15:21:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:82 - ID:696636
KABUL, April 30 (MENA) - At least 83 Taliban militants were killed and injured during military operations by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours, Afghan's Khaama Press reported. The interior ministry said in a statement ....
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Antibiotic resistance imposes serious threats to public health - WHO report
Date: 2014-04-30 14:48:22 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:76 - ID:696645
GENEVA, April 30 (MENA) - Antibiotic resistance taking place in every region of the world has imposed serious threats to public health, according to a new global report launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday. The report ....
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Kiev regime is pushing Ukraine to catastrophe — Russia's ambassador to UN
Date: 2014-04-30 07:02:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:695451
MOSCOW, April 30 (MENA) - The current Kiev regime, encouraged by the “Western friends” is pushing Ukraine towards a catastrophe, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security ....