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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 ....
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Death toll of Volgograd bomb attack rises to 15
Date: 2013-12-30 07:44:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:468954
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - At least 15 people have been killed and more than 20 others hurt in a suspected suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, the BBC reported. The blast comes a day after 17 people died in another ....
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Thousands leave homes as volcano erupts in El Salvador
Date: 2013-12-30 07:43:48 GMT - El Salvador - World - SN:14 - ID:468935
SAN SALVADOR, Dec 30 (MENA) - Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after a volcano erupted, the BBC reported. Residents in the coffee-producing region said they had heard a powerful explosion before the Chaparrastique ....
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South Korea sends military expert to help remove Syria's chemical
Date: 2013-12-30 07:27:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:468918
SEOUL, Dec 30 (MENA) - South Korea has dispatched a military expert to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to participate in international efforts to remove Syria's chemical arsenal, the Korean news agency Yonhap ....
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Second blast in Russia's Volgograd city kills 10
Date: 2013-12-30 06:07:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:468855
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - At least 10 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a trolleybus on Monday in the second deadly attack in the Russian city of Volgograd in two days, Voice of Russia reported quoting law enforcement ....
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Security Council condemns terrorist attack at Russian train station
Date: 2013-12-29 21:35:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:159 - ID:468741
NEW YORK, Dec 29 (MENA) - The Security Council strongly condemned a terrorist attack that occurred at the central train station of the Russian city of Volgograd on Sunday causing numerous deaths and injuries. In a statement issued to the press, ....