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Park arrives in Switzerland for state visit, Davos Forum
Date: 2014-01-19 08:40:11 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:506855
SEOUL, Jan 19 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Switzerland on Saturday for a state visit to Bern and an annual meeting of global business leaders and politicians at the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the Korean news agency Yonhap ....
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N. Korea slams U.S. for joint military drills with S. Korea
Date: 2014-01-19 07:52:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:506915
SEOUL, Jan 19 (MENA) - North Korea bashed the United States on Sunday for its plan to go ahead with its joint military exercises with South Korea despite Pyongyang's demand for cancellation last week, warning of "strong self-defense ....
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15 Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on Army convoy
Date: 2014-01-19 07:20:25 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:13 - ID:506908
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (MENA) - At least 15 security personnel were killed and 25 others injured when the Pakistani Taliban attacked a military convoy in the country’s restive northwest on Sunday, the BBC reported. The convoy, heading to North ....
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UN chief welcomes validation of Madagascar presidential elections results
Date: 2014-01-19 06:19:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:506822
NEW YORK, Jan 19 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the validation of the final results of Madagascar's presidential election, which international observers have assessed as peaceful and orderly. He called on all ....
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Japanese WWII soldier who refused to surrender for 29 years dies
Date: 2014-01-18 22:18:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:146 - ID:506756
TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - A Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle and refused to surrender until 29 years after the end of World War II died on Friday aged 91. Hiroo Onada was one of the last of many so-called "hold-outs" dotted around Asia who ....
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Water leakage found inside No. 3 reactor of Japanese Fukushima plant
Date: 2014-01-18 20:57:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:134 - ID:506719
TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - Water that could contain radioactive material has been pouring into a drain on the first floor of the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power said Saturday. The camera of a ....
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2 Americans among 21 killed in attack on restaurant in Kabul
Date: 2014-01-18 20:14:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:128 - ID:506662
KABUL, Jan 18 (MENA) - At least two Americans were among 21 killed in a Taliban attack Friday on a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners and affluent Afghans, the deadliest violence against foreign civilians in the country since the start of the ....
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Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue's thumb chipped in storm
Date: 2014-01-18 18:40:24 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:116 - ID:506452
BRASILIA, Jan 18 (MENA) - A lightning strike has damaged a thumb of Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer statue, the BBC reported on Saturday. The thumb on the right hand of the 38m statue was hit during a storm on Thursday night, ....
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AI urges Ukraine to repeal 'repressive law'
Date: 2014-01-18 17:28:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:105 - ID:506376
KIEV, Jan 18 (MENA) - Amnesty International called on Ukraine to cancel a "repressive legislation" that passed at record speed without discussion in the parliament. "The new laws passed on 16 January will suffocate freedom of speech and the right ....
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Obama recognizes global rights to privacy, still falls far short on safeguards
Date: 2014-01-18 15:32:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:506230
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - In response to President Obama’s speech today on surveillance, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement on Saturday: “The big picture takeaway from today's ....