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Japan contacts US, S. Korea about trilateral talks on N. Korea
Date: 2014-02-21 14:17:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:68 - ID:568583
TOKYO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Japan has contacted the United States and South Korea about holding high-level trilateral talks soon on North Korea, Kyodo news agency reported Friday, citing a senior Foreign Ministry official. The move is aimed at ....
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Norway warns citizens against traveling to Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-21 14:08:14 GMT - Norway - World - SN:66 - ID:568491
OSLO, Feb. 21 (MENA) – The Norwegian Foreign Ministry warned its citizens on Friday not to travel to Ukraine, citing escalating violence between opposition supporters and security forces. On Thursday, the government in Oslo joined the sanctions ....
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Hollande orders moving remains of four French to Pantheon
Date: 2014-02-21 14:03:08 GMT - France - World - SN:63 - ID:568493
PARIS, Feb 21 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande announced Friday the transfer to the Pantheon of the remains of four victims of the Nazi occupation in World War II, RFI reported. Two of them are women, which would bring the total number ....
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Russian Air Force receives first FGFA T-50 fighter for tests
Date: 2014-02-21 13:37:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:568490
MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Russian Air Force received its first fifth generation T-50 (PAK-FA) fighter on Friday. The flight model of the prospective fifth generation fighter aircraft (PAK-FA, T-50) arrived at the 929th Chkalov State Flight Test ....
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Obama, Merkel discuss Ukrainian situation over phone
Date: 2014-02-21 13:22:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:568389
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by phone to consult on the situation in Ukraine, the White House said. During the contact, Obama and Merkel agreed that it is critical that the United ....
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Ukrainian parliament chairman signs resolution banning antiterrorist operation
Date: 2014-02-21 13:12:01 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:53 - ID:568386
KIEV, Feb 21 (MENA) - Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Rybak has said he signed a Ukrainian parliamentary resolution condemning violence in the country and banning an anti-terrorist operation, Voice of Russia reported Friday. "The ....
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Putin, Russia's Security Council members discuss Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-02-21 12:35:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:568345
MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council to address the situation in Ukraine on Friday, The Voice of Russia ....
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Ukraine president agrees to hold early presidential elections, make constitutional changes
Date: 2014-02-21 12:10:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:36 - ID:568277
KIEV, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Ukrainian president has revealed details of a temporary deal with opposition leaders to end the crisis which has seen dozens killed and hundreds injured, the British Sky News channel reported Friday. In a statement on ....
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Russia will continue to increase potentials of its Armed Forces and security forces -- Putin
Date: 2014-02-21 08:06:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:567816
MOSCOW, Feb (MENA) - Russia will continue to increase the potentials of its Armed Forces and all security forces, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting marking Defender of the Fatherland Day, which is traditionally celebrated in Russia on ....
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Bundestag extends German military mission in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-02-20 22:05:48 GMT - Germany - World - SN:202 - ID:567614
BERLIN, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Bundestag on Thursday extend Germany's participation in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan, Deutsche Welle reported. So far, Germany's troop presence in the country has ....