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Pakistan releases senior Afghan Taliban leader Mansoor Dadullah
Date: 2014-02-21 16:14:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:89 - ID:568780
KABUL, Feb 21 (MENA) - Pakistan has allowed a senior Afghan Taliban commander, Mansoor Dadullah to reunite with his family, months after he was released from jail, Khaama Press reported on Friday. Mansoor Dadullah is the brother of Taliban leader ....
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Ukraine opposition signs deal with president
Date: 2014-02-21 16:09:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:87 - ID:568763
KIEV, Feb 21 (MENA) - A deal to end the crisis in Ukraine has taken a major step forward after protesters agreed to a compromise by the president to form a coalition government, Sky News reported Friday. Opposition leader Oleh Tyahnybok said a ....
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Two-billion dollar aid to Ukraine undecided - Russian minister
Date: 2014-02-21 15:53:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:568760
MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Two billion dollars of aid for Ukraine remains undecided as Russia awaits clarity on a new Ukrainian government, Itar Tass quoted Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev as saying in a news conference on ....
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Venezuela threatens to expel CNN over protest coverage
Date: 2014-02-21 15:12:46 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:78 - ID:568655
CARACAS, Feb 21 (MENA) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has threatened to expel the US news network CNN from the country over its reporting of recent protests here, the BBC reported. Maduro said he would take action if CNN did not "rectify ....
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At least 80 people killed during clashes in downtown Kiev
Date: 2014-02-21 15:06:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:77 - ID:568675
KIEV, Feb 21 (MENA) - Eighty Ukrainian citizens have died during clashes and shootings in downtown Kiev in recent days, Voice of Russia said Friday, quoting acting Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko. In particular, according to Ukraine's ....
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Ukraine's president declares early elections, constitutional reforms
Date: 2014-02-21 14:28:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:70 - ID:568557
KIEV, Feb 21 (MENA) - Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich has announced early presidential elections. He also said that the constitution of 2004, which limits presidential powers, will be returned. This was one of the main demands by the ....
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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 ....