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UK rejects EU's offer on Ireland
Date: 2019-03-09 08:27:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:7839439
LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - The UK has rejected a proposal by the EU that would allow the so-called Irish backstop to apply only to Northern Ireland rather than the whole UK. The backstop is an insurance policy designed to prevent physical checks ....
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Brazil's Bolsonaro will visit US on March 19 - White House
Date: 2019-03-09 07:59:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:7839411
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit the White House on March 19, the White House said in a statement. The Brazilian president is expected to discuss subjects including the situation in Venezuela with ....
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UNHCR opens center near Colombian border to assist Venezuelans
Date: 2019-03-08 17:09:39 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:49 - ID:7839051
GENEVA, March 8 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the Colombian authorities, opened a reception center to offer support to vulnerable refugees and migrants from Venezuela in the border city of Maicao, in La Guajira region. The ....
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India fails in its attempt to isolate Pakistan at int'l level: FM
Date: 2019-03-08 16:16:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:7839019
ISLAMABAD, March 8 (MENA) - Pakistan i Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says India has failed in its attempt to isolate Pakistan at the international level, Radio Pakistan reported. Talking to a private news channel, he ....
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Swedish court convicts man for plot to carry out bombing
Date: 2019-03-08 16:09:08 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:45 - ID:7838752
STOCKHOLM, March 8 (MENA) - A Swedish court convicted a man on Friday of plotting to carry out a bombing in the name of Daesh, sentencing him to seven years in prison followed by expulsion from the country, Euronews reported. Evidence showed the ....
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May: One more push needed to get Brexit deal through parl't
Date: 2019-03-08 15:29:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:7838894
LONDON, March 8 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May asked the EU for "one more push" to get her Brexit deal through Parliament and warned that, if it fails, "we may never leave at all", the BBC reported on Friday. Delivering a speech to a ....
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Former Italian PM Berlusconi probed for corruption in Mediolanum case - source
Date: 2019-03-08 14:12:02 GMT - Italy - World - SN:35 - ID:7838708
ROME, March 8 (MENA) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for alleged corruption in a case revolving round a stake his holding company Fininvest has in the asset manager Banca Mediolanum, a judicial source said on ....
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Finnish president accepts PM's resignation
Date: 2019-03-08 12:45:18 GMT - Finland - World - SN:30 - ID:7838642
HELSINKI, March 8 (MENA) - Finland's President Sauli Niinisto accepted Prime Minister Juha Sipila's resignation, ABC News reported. The Finnish premier's center-right government resigned Friday after the governing coalition failed to agree on ....
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Finnish government resigns for failure to achieve reform
Date: 2019-03-08 09:09:12 GMT - Finland - World - SN:21 - ID:7838354
HELSINKI, March 8 (MENA) - Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila resigned after the government’s project, the health and social care reform, collapsed in parliament just weeks before general elections. Sipila met President Sauli Niinisto in ....
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Death toll rises to 11 in attack on Afghan politicians gathering
Date: 2019-03-08 09:03:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7838344
KABUL, March 8 (MENA) - The death toll rose to 11 in the attack on a gathering of Afghan politicians and hundreds of their supporters in the west of Kabul on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior confirmed on Friday. The ceremony, which was held to ....
