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Japan, China mutually aware of need to avoid clash: Abe
Date: 2014-02-06 15:42:46 GMT - Japan - World - SN:116 - ID:541035
TOKYO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Japan and China share a view that they must avoid any military conflict even if they have difficulty overcoming diplomatic problems, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said has said. Abe repeatedly called for talks with Chinese ....
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Egypt FM meets Dutch counterpart
Date: 2014-02-06 15:24:18 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:109 - ID:541026
CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met his Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans Thursday at the end of his foreign tour that took him to Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. During the meeting, the two sides discussed a host of ....
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John Kerry a no on 2016: This is my last stop
Date: 2014-02-06 14:56:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:101 - ID:540981
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - While his predecessor Hillary Clinton and his colleague Vice President Joe Biden may be contemplating another run at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry says he is out for 2016. "I'm out of politics. I have ....
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Algerian FM to arrive in Russia on woring visit
Date: 2014-02-06 14:05:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:540831
MOSCOW, Feb. 6 (MENA) - Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra will arrive in Moscow on a two-day working visit on Sunday to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich was quoted ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry calls for Olympic truce
Date: 2014-02-06 13:12:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:540279
MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) – Russia has called for the declaration of a truce, primarily by the sides in the Syrian conflict, for the duration of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, according to Voice of Russia. "The Russian Federation, as the organizer ....
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Russia expects Iran to be finally involved in Geneva talks – diplomat
Date: 2014-02-06 11:45:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:540278
MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) – Russia thinks that Iran's participation in the Geneva-2 international peace conference on Syria could play a positive role and hopes that there will be a way to involve that state in the negotiating process, Russian Permanent ....
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US to curb Pakistan drone program
Date: 2014-02-06 11:45:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:540270
NEW YORK, Feb 6 (MENA) – The Obama administration will narrow its controversial drone program in Pakistan to target a short list of high-level terrorists, and aim to end it during the prime minister's current term, senior US officials have told ....
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German FM hopes transition to democracy to succeed in Egypt
Date: 2014-02-06 11:41:26 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:63 - ID:540441
CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy's visit to Germany is part of deep ties between the German and Egyptian peoples. In statements, distributed by the Cairo-based German ....
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African leaders urged to invest in health, education
Date: 2014-02-06 11:30:08 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:57 - ID:540344
ABUJA, Feb 6 (MENA) - African leaders have been advised to invest more in the education and health sectors, Voice of Nigeria reported Thursday. Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) in New York, United ....
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Egypt FM, German national security adviser discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2014-02-06 11:09:01 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:540439
CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met, at the end of his visit to Germany, with the German national security adviser. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral ties and ways of boosting them in the various fields, ....