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China welcomes Palestinian reconciliation deal
Date: 2014-04-24 19:03:46 GMT - China - World - SN:137 - ID:686333
BEJING, April 24 (MENA) - China on Thursday hailed a Palestinian reconciliation deal on ending a seven-year internal split, saying it will build Palestine's internal solidarity, Xinhua reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a ....
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UK party member suspended over anti-Islam Tweets
Date: 2014-04-24 18:15:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:135 - ID:686266
LONDON, April 24 (MENA) – A member of the UK Independence Party who featured in their party political broadcast has been suspended Thursday for conveying racist and anti-Islamic views on social media. After the tweets became known, a party ....
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New plans to attract int'l, Gulf entrepreneurs, investors to Britain
Date: 2014-04-24 17:54:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:132 - ID:686231
LONDON, April 24 (MENA) - Managing Director of the UK Trade & Investment Michael Boyd said Thursday a set of government plans were set to make Britain one of the basic destinations for international and Arab Gulf entrepreneurs and investors. In a ....
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'Tunisia .. hope of Arab Spring' conference continues activities in Vienna
Date: 2014-04-24 17:52:13 GMT - Austria - World - SN:131 - ID:686232
VIENNA, April 24 (MENA) – A conference dubbed "Tunisia … hope of Arab Spring" has continued its activities for the second day in the Austrian capital of Vienna. The two day event was attended by a host of political experts, representatives of the ....
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Egyptian GDRs in LSE stable
Date: 2014-04-24 17:40:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:129 - ID:686233
LONDON, April 24 (MENA) – The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) showed stable performance at the close of Thursday's trading. The GDRs of Orascom Telecom, EFG-Hermes and Orascom Construction Industries ....
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UN Security Council voices outrage over South Sudan violence
Date: 2014-04-24 16:45:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:125 - ID:686134
NEW YORK, April 24 (MENA) – The Security Council on Thursday voiced its outrage at the killings of hundreds of people in the oil town of Bentiu on April 14-16, by armed groups in South Sudan that have purposefully targeted civilians as well as the ....
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British govt 'very concerned' about threat from Syria conflict
Date: 2014-04-24 16:34:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:686169
LONDON, April 24 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said the Government was "very concerned" about the terror threat posed by the conflict in Syria, according to the BBC. His comments come as a national campaign to urge British Muslim ....
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Sudanese MP meets EU envoy
Date: 2014-04-24 16:23:08 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:121 - ID:686050
KHARTOUM, April 24 (MENA) – National Congress Parliamentary Group Chairman at the National Assembly, Mahdi Ibrahim met, Thursday, with the EU ambassador to Sudan Thomas Ulicny. The meeting took up the Sudan-EU relations and means for developing ....
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US condemns South Sudan violence
Date: 2014-04-24 16:15:53 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:119 - ID:686084
NEW YORK, April 24 (MENA) – The United States condemns the outrageous and deliberate targeting of civilians in South Sudan, a statement issued, Thursday, by US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power, said. The "Cessation of ....
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Putin: Sanctions hurting Russia's economy, but not critically
Date: 2014-04-24 15:12:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:686033
MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that sanctions were hurting the Russian economy but that the damage was not critical, according to Huffington Post. "Overall they are causing (damage), because (credit) ....