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Hollywood diversifies as stars adopt 'inclusion riders'
Date: 2018-03-11 22:47:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:111 - ID:7289728
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - Hollywood's next crop of movies and TV shows will be more diverse because actors have begun to demand equal pay and opportunities, The Telegraph newspaper cited industry insiders on Sunday. The idea has already been ....
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Aggrieved over growing trend of intolerance: Pakistani President says
Date: 2018-03-11 22:45:14 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:110 - ID:7289761
ISLAMABAD, March 11 (MENA) – Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain said on Sunday that he was aggrieved over the growing trend of intolerance, adding that it would put the country on the path to destruction, Pakistan Today reported. In a ....
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Seoul, Washington end 1st round of negotiations on military cost-sharing
Date: 2018-03-11 22:39:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:109 - ID:7289644
SEOUL, March 11 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States ended their first round of discussions in what will likely be months-long negotiations on cost-sharing for the upkeep of the 28,500 American troops stationed in South Korea, officials were ....
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Demonstrations in Greece call for release of 2 soldiers, detained in Turkey
Date: 2018-03-11 22:37:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:108 - ID:7289662
ATHENS, March 11 (MENA) - Rallies have taken place in northern Greece calling for the release of two junior army officers being held in Turkey, Greek Reporter news network reported Sunday. Local media reported two demonstrations, one in ....
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Britain may boycott 2018 FIFA World Cup over Sergei Skripal poisoning
Date: 2018-03-11 22:28:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:7289732
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - The UK is considering a boycott of the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosted by Russia if it is established Moscow was behind the poisoning of former Russian military intelligence (GRU) Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, ....
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Mattis warns against use of chemical weapons in Syria
Date: 2018-03-11 22:10:21 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - World - SN:105 - ID:7289793
MUSCAT, March 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary James Mattis warned the Syrian government not to use chemical weapons in its civil war and said the US administration has made it clear that it would be “very unwise” to use gas in attacks. Mattis ....
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Eni Sells 10 percent of Egypt's Shorouk Concession to Mubadala Petroleum
Date: 2018-03-11 19:57:43 GMT - Italy - World - SN:97 - ID:7289833
ROME, March 11 (MENA) - Italian oil company Eni said on Sunday it would sell a 10 percent stake in the Shorouk concession in Egypt's Zohr gas field to Mubadala Petroleum of the United Arab Emirates for $934 million, The New York Times ....
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11 people on board plane that crashed in Iran - report
Date: 2018-03-11 17:26:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:87 - ID:7289689
TEHRAN, March 11 (MENA) - At least 11 people were on board the small Turkish private plane that crashed, ABC News quoted Iran's state-run IRNA news agency as saying on Sunday. That's according to a report Sunday night on the crash that quotes the ....
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Iran’s threat keeps on growing - newspaper
Date: 2018-03-11 17:15:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:7289637
NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - North Korea’s nuclear program is dominating the headlines, for obvious reasons, but don’t lose sight of the growing danger posed by Iran’s ongoing ballistic-missile program. A number of significant developments last ....
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US defense secretary arrives in Oman
Date: 2018-03-11 16:36:28 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - World - SN:81 - ID:7289321
MUSCAT, March 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Oman on a several-day visit, Omani News Agency reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mattis said that he doesn't want to talk about the Korean Peninsula “at all” at this time, ....