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UN chief welcomes Kiir's readiness for talks with opposition
Date: 2013-12-18 18:18:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:165 - ID:449286
NEW YORK, Dec 18 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said that he is encouraged by reports of President Salva Kiir’s willingness to enter into talks with the opposition in South Sudan. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Ban said he spoke ....
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Mass grave of Stalin-era repression victims found in Siberia
Date: 2013-12-18 18:14:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:161 - ID:449252
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - Remains of more than a dozen people presumably executed during Stalin’s repression campaign in the 1930s, were discovered Wednesday in Siberia, RIA Novosti reported. The remains were found during housing construction on ....
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US puts Qaeda-affiliated group on list of terrorist organizations
Date: 2013-12-18 18:13:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:160 - ID:449208
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - The United States has put Osama al-Shehabi, a member of Fatah Al-Islam movement, on the list of most-wanted terrorists in the world, SKY News Arabia reported Wednesday. It also placed Al-Mulathamoun (masked men) ....
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71 journalists killed in 2013 - Reporters Without Borders
Date: 2013-12-18 16:32:43 GMT - France - World - SN:148 - ID:449014
PARIS, Dec 18 (MENA) – In 2013 a total of 71 journalists have been killed while performing their duties, states the latest report by Reporters Without Borders, according to the Voice of Russia. The most dangerous region for journalists to work in ....
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Plastic banknotes to start in 2016, Bank of England says
Date: 2013-12-18 16:16:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:145 - ID:449033
LONDON, Dec 18 (MENA) - Plastic banknotes that can survive a spin in the washing machine are to be brought into circulation by the Bank of England in 2016, the BBC reported. The Bank argues that the polymer notes stay cleaner and are more secure ....
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Russia to grant amnesties, Greenpeace pardon unlikely
Date: 2013-12-18 16:15:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:143 - ID:449020
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Russian parliament has given preliminary approval to an amnesty that could pardon jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot, in what appeared to be legislation carefully tailored to send a symbolic message to the West ....
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Obamas, First Lady, Biden to skip the Winter Olympics in Russia
Date: 2013-12-18 15:09:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:125 - ID:448907
WASHINGTON, Dec (MENA) - The White House announced Tuesday tonight that President Obama, Vice President Biden and the first lady will not attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February, a pointed snub by an administration that is feuding ....
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Egypt obtains right to restore 8 wooden relics from Denmark
Date: 2013-12-18 12:26:55 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:91 - ID:448496
CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Egypt has obtained a court ruling by a Danish court giving it the right to restore eight wooden relics dating back to the Islamic era. The artifacts were stolen in 2008 from Hatem el-Bahlawan Mosque in el-Dab el-Ahmar ....
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US sending $25M in new typhoon aid to Philippines
Date: 2013-12-18 11:08:23 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:57 - ID:448182
MANILA, Dec 18 (MENA) - The United States is providing nearly $25 million in additional humanitarian aid to help the Philippines deal with the enormous devastation and deaths wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last month, ABC reported quoting U.S. Secretary ....
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World Bank receives $52 Billion in aid to poorest countries
Date: 2013-12-18 09:32:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:447862
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - the World Bank said it received a record amount estimated $52 Billion in financing over the next three years for the fund for the poorest countries. In a statement, the bank added a global coalition of developed and ....