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Britain urges immediate humanitarian action in Syria
Date: 2014-03-28 19:31:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:126 - ID:636409
LONDON, March 28 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague called on the Assad regime to provide immediate humanitarian access to people in need in Syria. Speaking as the UN makes its monthly report on progress of the UN Security Council ....
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Afghan intelligence agency foils suicide car bombing plot
Date: 2014-03-28 18:42:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:119 - ID:636346
KABUL, March 28 (MENA) - The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced Friday that a deadly suicide car bombing plot was foiled by NDS operatives in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, said local media. The NDS said in a ....
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Hollande hails appointing new NATO Secretary-General
Date: 2014-03-28 18:37:50 GMT - France - World - SN:118 - ID:636336
PARIS, March 28 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande praised on Friday the appointment of Jens Stoltenberg as North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Secretary-General. Having assumed the position of Norway Prime Minister, Stoltenberg ....
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Condoleezza Rice blames Obama for ‘vacuum’ that’s led to Putin
Date: 2014-03-28 17:15:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:636228
WASHINGTON, March 28 (MENA) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a spirited defense of a broader role for the US in the world, saying President Obama’s leadership has left a vacuum that’s been filled by “dictator Vladimir Putin in ....
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N. Korea threatens to make S. Korea pay dear price
Date: 2014-03-28 16:52:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:97 - ID:636207
SEOUL, March 28 (MENA) - North Korea threatened on Friday to settle scores with South Korea over what it claims were atrocities against North Korean fishermen by the South Korean Navy, Yonhap news agency reported. South Korea's Navy expressed ....
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Moscow astonished by Obama’s claims that decision on Kosovo was taken at referendum
Date: 2014-03-28 16:39:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:95 - ID:636209
MOSCOW, March 28 (MENA) - Moscow is astonished by US President Barack Obama’s claims that a decision on independence of Kosovo and Metohija district from Serbia was taken upon a referendum and after reaching consent with the UN and neighboring ....
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Obama: Russia needs to "move back those troops"
Date: 2014-03-28 16:23:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:636094
NEW YORK, March 28 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama has repeated calls for Moscow to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, warning of the dangers of returning to a Cold War mentality, CBS news reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been ....
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UNSC to hold emergency meeting on Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2014-03-28 16:01:45 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:87 - ID:636116
NEW YORK, March 28 (MENA) - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later Friday on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will inform the council's members about the outcome of his visit to Moscow and ....
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13 terrorist acts thwarted in 2013: Putin
Date: 2014-03-28 15:32:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:636095
MOSCOW, March 28 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that security forces thwarted 13 terrorist operations and killed 278 militants in 2013, Ria Novosti reported Friday. Addressing a gathering at a ceremony attended by senior ....
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Taliban insurgents attack Kabul guest house
Date: 2014-03-28 14:00:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:635926
KABUL, March 28 (MENA) - A guest house in Kabul, close to the Afghan parliament, is under attack by Taliban insurgents, the BBC reported Friday. Gunmen entered the building after a powerful explosion and officials say the fighting is still going ....