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Myanmar declares 'no more political prisoners' after amnesty
Date: 2013-12-31 07:39:05 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:22 - ID:470946
YANGON, Dec 31 (MENA) - Myanmar on Tuesday announced there were "no more political prisoners" after issuing a sweeping amnesty order aimed at fulfilling a presidential pledge to free all dissidents by the end of the year, FRANCE 24 reported. The ....
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Northern Ireland talks end without deal
Date: 2013-12-31 07:33:02 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:20 - ID:470894
BELFAST, Dec 31 (MENA) - Talks to resolve some of the most divisive issues that have hampered the Northern Ireland peace process have broken up without agreement, BBC reported Tuesday. Northern Ireland's five main parties met through the night in ....
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N. Korea may stage provocation against Seoul around March: think tank
Date: 2013-12-31 07:02:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:470836
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (MENA) -- North Korea may stage provocations against South Korea early next year as part of efforts to further ensure internal unity following the execution of leader Kim Jong-un's once-powerful uncle and his associates, Yonhap quoted ....
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Michael Hayden 'drifting' toward calling Edward Snowden a 'traitor'
Date: 2013-12-30 16:02:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:115 - ID:470128
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency, said Sunday that he used to describe leaker Edward Snowden as a "defector," but is now "drifting in the direction of perhaps more harsh language ... such as ....
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Putin appoints new Russian ambassadors to Sudan and Oman
Date: 2013-12-30 16:00:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:113 - ID:469738
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin has appointed new Russian ambassadors to Sudan and the Sultanate of Oman. Corresponding decrees have been made public at the legal information portal, Itar Tass reported on Monday. The president ....
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N. Korea recalls deputy UNESCO envoy
Date: 2013-12-30 15:47:05 GMT - south korea - World - SN:108 - ID:470082
SEOUL, Dec 30 (MENA) - North Korea's deputy ambassador to UNESCO was called back to Pyongyang from Paris on Monday, a diplomatic source said, marking the latest summoning of North Korean diplomats following the recent execution of leader Kim ....
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China's earth observation satellite inducted into service
Date: 2013-12-30 13:55:43 GMT - China - World - SN:92 - ID:469755
BEIJING, Dec 30 (MENA) - China's high definition earth observation satellite Gaofen-1 has been formally inducted into service, it was announced Monday. According to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence ....
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OIC honors Ihsanoglu at end of his term
Date: 2013-12-30 13:31:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:90 - ID:469726
JEDDAH, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held a celebration to honor Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu whose term will end on Tuesday and to welcome the new elected secretary Iyad bin Amin Madani. During the ....
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Russia steps up security following deadly train station bombing
Date: 2013-12-30 13:21:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:469720
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - Russian officials have vowed to step up security following the bombing of a train station that killed more than a dozen people. The attack has raised renewed fears about security ahead of the Sochi Winter Games, Deutsche ....
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Security tightened in Moscow after deadly blast in Russian city
Date: 2013-12-30 13:09:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:469703
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - Security has been tightened in Moscow following two acts of terrorism in Volgograd, head of the regional security department of the Moscow city administration Alexei Mayorov said. "Corresponding instructions have been ....