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Greece wants EU diplomatic pressure on Turkey
Date: 2018-03-26 16:38:59 GMT - Greece - World - SN:154 - ID:7317006
ATHENS, March 26 (MENA) - Greece urged the European Union to put political and diplomatic pressure on Turkey to end its illegal activity in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean, Ekathimerini reported Monday. Greek government spokesman ....
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Russia vows to respond to expulsion of its diplomats from western countries
Date: 2018-03-26 15:34:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:145 - ID:7316816
MOSCOW, March 26 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday Moscow will respond to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from some western countries. "We express a decisive protest over the decision taken by a number of EU and NATO countries ....
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US expels 60 Russian intelligence officers in response to ex-spy's poisoning
Date: 2018-03-26 14:45:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:136 - ID:7316531
WASHINGTON, March 26 (MENA) - US President Trump is expelling 60 Russian intelligence officers from the United States and ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, the White House announced. The expulsions are in response to the ....
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US, South Korea reach agreement on trade, steel tariffs: US Treasury
Date: 2018-03-25 22:54:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:7314601
WASHINGTON, March 25 (MENA) - The US and South Korea reached an agreement on revising the allies’ six-year-old bilateral trade deal and President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on imported steel, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ....
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Lab accidentally created 'city' of 180,000 mice: UK gov't
Date: 2018-03-25 22:47:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:7314705
LONDON, March 25 (MENA) - ‘A mouse city’ the size of the population of York was accidentally bred by scientists following a laboratory blunder, a new UK Home Office report has shown. Researchers at an unnamed laboratory bred nearly 180,000 more ....
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German defense minister tells troops in Afghanistan to prepare for long haul
Date: 2018-03-25 22:38:57 GMT - Germany - World - SN:80 - ID:7314595
BERLIN, March 25 (MENA) - German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has told the troops in Afghanistan they should prepare to stay in the country for the foreseeable future, after the Bundestag's decision to raise troop numbers. The German ....
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Brazilian president retreats, to run for new term
Date: 2018-03-25 22:30:22 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:79 - ID:7314596
BRASILIA, March 25 (MENA) - Brazilian President Michel Temer said he intends to seek a full term in October’s election, The New York Times newspaper reported on Sunday. Temer had said as recently as last month that he did not intend to run; ....
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6.4 quake hits Indonesia
Date: 2018-03-25 22:19:16 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:78 - ID:7314791
JAKARTA, March 25 (MENA) - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, Channel NewsAsia reported on Sunday. The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometers below the surface of ....
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Policeman injured in sword attack in UK
Date: 2018-03-25 22:12:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7314706
LONDON, March 25 (MENA) - A police officer has been seriously injured after he was slashed with a sword while on duty, The Independent newspaper reported on Sunday A 23-year-old man has been arrested after the incident in Whalley Range, ....
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Death toll from Russia's Kemerovo shopping mall up to 37
Date: 2018-03-25 22:06:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:7314776
MOSCOW, March 25 (MENA) - The death toll from the disastrous fire in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo has reached 37, a spokesman for the firefighting operation’s headquarters told TASS on Sunday. "The overall number of those ....
