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UN chief supports Children of Syria as No Lost Generation initiative launched
Date: 2014-01-08 05:06:17 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:485396
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (MENA) -The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has added his support to a campaign led by UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children and UNICEF that calls for Champions for the Children of Syria as part of the new No Lost ....
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UK, Israel discuss Mideast peace process, nuclear Iran
Date: 2014-01-07 19:27:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:133 - ID:485157
LONDON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met Tuesday with his British counterpart William Hague for talks in London that touched on Middle East peace process and nuclear Iran, the Jewish Chronicle reported. In a joint ....
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Venezuelan ex-beauty queen murdered
Date: 2014-01-07 17:43:37 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:113 - ID:485021
CARACAS, Jan 7 (MENA) - Former Venezuelan beauty queen Monica Spear, 29, and her Irish husband Thomas Berry have been shot dead in their car in Venezuela. Their five-year-old daughter, who was injured in the incident, is said to be in a stable ....
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Obama greets Orthodox Christians on Christmas
Date: 2014-01-07 16:56:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:104 - ID:484967
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greeted the Orthodox Christians in the US who are celebrating the Christmas today. In a statement, Obama renewed his commitment to protect Christians around the ....
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UN: first chemicals have left Syrian port
Date: 2014-01-07 16:30:11 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:99 - ID:484912
THE HAGUE, Jan 7 (MENA) - The United Nations announced Tuesday that the first batch of Syrian poison gas precursor chemicals was loaded onto a Danish cargo ship and taken out of the war-torn country Tuesday — a week later than initially planned, the ....
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UN representatives not going to participate in Lavrov-Kerry meeting on Syria
Date: 2014-01-07 15:40:38 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:95 - ID:484842
NEW YORK, Jan 7 (MENA) - The United Nations representatives will stay away from the next meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Syrian settlement, according to Farhan Haq, the deputy of the ....
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Japan set to put 280 islands without owners under state control
Date: 2014-01-07 15:17:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:92 - ID:484714
TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Japanese government plans to make some 280 remote islands without owners state properties to strengthen control of the country's territory, Kyodo said Tuesday. "We will register the remote islands as state property to ....
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2014-01-07 15:08:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:86 - ID:484766
RIYADH, Jan 7 (MENA) – Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain held a meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal to discuss bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern, the Saudi news agency (SPA) ....
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Putin sends Christmas greetings to Orthodox believers
Date: 2014-01-07 14:05:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:484623
MOSCOW, Jan 7 (MENA) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to members of the Orthodox Church wishing them all a merry Christmas. He also sent a Christmas message to Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, said the ....
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Train passengers stranded overnight as polar vortex freezes nation
Date: 2014-01-07 13:01:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:484490
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - All right, East Coast and Deep South, it's your turn to be miserable, CNN said on Tuesday. The historic freeze that proved too cold for polar bears in the Midwest is spreading, dropping temperatures in the eastern third ....