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Thousands stage anti-corruption, government protest in Romania
Date: 2018-05-12 19:51:38 GMT - Romania - World - SN:65 - ID:7397228
BUCHAREST, May 12 (MENA) – Thousands of people have gathered in Romania's capital to protest a contentious judicial overhaul they say will make it harder to prosecute senior officials for graft, Fox News reported. Romanians of all ages assembled ....
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Kazakhstan says all parties to attend Astana talks on Syria
Date: 2018-05-12 19:23:46 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:63 - ID:7397232
ASTANA, May 12 (MENA) - All parties to the negotiations in Astana to resolve the Syrian crisis have confirmed their participation in the meeting scheduled to be held on May 14-15, the press service of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry was quoted by TASS ....
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Thousands of Poles march to denounce government
Date: 2018-05-12 19:22:10 GMT - Poland - World - SN:62 - ID:7397229
WARSAW, May 12 (MENA) - Thousands of Poles marched in Warsaw to demand respect for their country's constitution while denouncing a populist government that they accuse of eroding democracy, ABC news reported on Saturday. Many participants carried ....
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5 Taliban militants killed in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-05-12 18:44:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:57 - ID:7397181
KABUL, May 12 (MENA) - At least five Taliban militants were killed and seven others were wounded during operations jointly launched by the national security and defense forces in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported on ....
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Three killed when light aircraft crashes in Spain
Date: 2018-05-12 18:26:26 GMT - Spain - World - SN:54 - ID:7397153
MADRID, May 12 (MENA) - Three people were killed on Saturday when a light aircraft crashed in Spain, authorities said, Euro News reported. The nationality of the victims was not immediately known, though the plane began its journey in Cascais, ....
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North Korea to dismantle nuclear testing site on May 23
Date: 2018-05-12 17:08:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:51 - ID:7397101
WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) - North Korea outlined steps Saturday to dismantle its nuclear testing site on May 23 -- and confirmed that international journalists, including from the United States and the United Kingdom, would be invited to watch this ....
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US says hoping North Korea to be 'close partner'
Date: 2018-05-12 16:13:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:7397038
WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) - The United States aspires to have North Korea as a "close partner" and not an enemy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, noting that the US has often in history become good friends with former adversaries. In ....
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Ethnic Chinese named Malaysia's new finance minister
Date: 2018-05-12 11:43:33 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:28 - ID:7396541
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (MENA) - Newly-elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appointed on Saturday an ethnic Chinese as finance minister. Lim Guan Eng, was a former state chief minister. Mahathir also named former Deputy Prime Minister ....
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Defeated Malaysian leader resigns from his party
Date: 2018-05-12 08:46:32 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:15 - ID:7396216
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (MENA) - Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said that he is resigning as head of his Malay party to take responsibility for the electoral defeat that ended his coalition's 60-year grip on power. A scandal-plagued ....
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Japan trying to arrange Abe-Trump talks prior to US-N. Korea summit
Date: 2018-05-12 08:21:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:7396178
TOKYO, May 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government is making arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of a landmark U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, the Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted ....
