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Taliban bicycle bomber kills 2 in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-01-12 19:51:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:135 - ID:494421
KABUL, Jan 12 (MENA) - A Taliban suicide bomber riding a bicycle attacked a bus Sunday carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, killing two people and wounding some 20 others, police was quoted by the ABC News as saying. One of those killed was ....
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Ashton not officially invited to visit Iran: Spokesman
Date: 2014-01-12 19:49:59 GMT - Iran - World - SN:134 - ID:494469
TEHRAN, Jan 12 (MENA)- Michael Mann, the spokesman of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, underlined her willingness to visit Tehran, but said Ashton has not yet been officially invited to go on such trip, Iranian news agency FARS reported. ....
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Iran, G5+1 to implement Geneva accord as of Jan 20 -- report
Date: 2014-01-12 18:55:40 GMT - Iran - World - SN:125 - ID:494338
TEHRAN, Jan 12 (MENA) - Iran and the G5+1 have decided to implement the joint action plan or the Geneva Accord as of January 20, IRNA news agency quoted a source as saying on Sunday. The decision was made by the governments of all parties ....
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Friends of Syria in Paris to press opposition to attend Geneva 2
Date: 2014-01-12 17:21:29 GMT - France - World - SN:107 - ID:494214
PARIS, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Friends of Syria group was meeting the Syrian opposition in Paris on Sunday to press them to attend the Geneva 2 peace talks set for 22 January in the Swiss town of Montreux, Radio France Internationale reported on Sunday. ....
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Spanish riots leave 11 police injured; 40 arrested
Date: 2014-01-12 17:19:16 GMT - Spain - World - SN:106 - ID:494215
MADRID, Jan 12 (MENA) - Spanish officials said riots in the northern city of Burgos have left 11 police injured and 40 people have been arrested after protesters began attacking police vehicles, burning garbage containers and breaking windows, ABC ....
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Haiti marks 4 years since huge earthquake
Date: 2014-01-12 17:06:58 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:102 - ID:494033
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan 12 (MENA) – Haitians are pausing to remember the tens of thousands of people who died in the catastrophic earthquake that struck four years ago, ABC news reported. The government of President Michel Martelly issued a ....
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Netherlands extradites alleged Russian drug lord
Date: 2014-01-12 11:21:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:493435
MOSCOW, Jan 12 (MENA) – Dutch authorities handed over to Russia the man accused of masterminding a major drug operation that saw millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine smuggled into Russia hidden in banana shipments, RIA Novosti news agency ....
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Counting of votes to begin after end of voting time, says diplomat
Date: 2014-01-12 10:45:42 GMT - Austria - World - SN:22 - ID:493093
VIENNA, Jan 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Austria and its permanent representative to international organizations Khaled Shamaa said that counting of Egyptian expatriates' votes will start on Sunday evening after the end of voting time. In ....
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Strategic expert Seif Al-Yazal receives invitation to visit China
Date: 2014-01-12 08:58:35 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:493008
BEIJING, Jan 12 (MENA) - Retired General and strategic expert, Sameh Seif Al-Yazal, received an official invitation from China to visit Beijing and meet with a number of officials at the Chinese Communist Party, strategic experts and academics to ....
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Ukraine ex-minister Lutsenko 'out of intensive care'
Date: 2014-01-12 07:05:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:4 - ID:492888
KIEV, Jan 12 (MENA) - Ukraine's ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has been moved from intensive care after getting hurt in clashes in the capital Kiev, the BBC, quoting an MP, said Sunday. He was "in a stable condition" with concussion, Yuriy ....