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Train passengers stranded overnight as polar vortex freezes nation
Date: 2014-01-07 13:01:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:484490
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - All right, East Coast and Deep South, it's your turn to be miserable, CNN said on Tuesday. The historic freeze that proved too cold for polar bears in the Midwest is spreading, dropping temperatures in the eastern third ....
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Turkish government seeks to control judiciary
Date: 2014-01-07 12:49:24 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:54 - ID:484409
ANKARA, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Turkish government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to introduce a package to make changes in the country's judicial system. The move will help the ruling Justice and Development Party take control of the ....
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Spanish princess summoned over fraud
Date: 2014-01-07 12:36:12 GMT - Spain - World - SN:51 - ID:484478
MADRID, Jan 6 (MENA) - A Spanish judge has summoned the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos to appear in court over accusations of fraud and money-laundering, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The Infanta Cristina, 48, has been linked to the ....
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Iran turns down proposal for sideline presence in Geneva II conference
Date: 2014-01-07 12:34:41 GMT - Iran - World - SN:50 - ID:484281
TEHRAN, Jan 7 (MENA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham stressed Tehran’s readiness to take part in the Geneva II conference on Syria, but stressed that Iran will not accept any precondition or improper invitations to the ....
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Iran to cooperate with Lebanon in investigating Majid death
Date: 2014-01-07 12:00:38 GMT - Iran - World - SN:48 - ID:484283
TEHRAN, Jan 7 (MENA) - Spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry Marziyeh Afkham said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to cooperate with Lebanon to find out the exact reason for the death of the terrorist Majid al-Majid, IRNA News Agency reported. ....
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Mali, Senegal evacuate citizens from restive Central Africa
Date: 2014-01-07 09:19:00 GMT - Central African Republic - World - SN:23 - ID:483853
BANGUI, Jan 7(MENA) - Mali and Senegal have repatriated hundreds of their nationals fleeing sectarian violence in the Central African Republic, officials in Bamako and Dakar told FRANCE 24. In the Malian capital Bamako the minister in charge of ....
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Yun, Hagel underscore role of alliance as linchpin for regional peace
Date: 2014-01-07 08:00:25 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:483686
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel agreed that the allies should step up efforts to bolster joint combat readiness against North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported. The ....
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Gunmen kill 30 people in Nigerian village
Date: 2014-01-07 07:47:26 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:10 - ID:483644
ABUJA, Jan 7 (MENA) - Gunmen have killed 30 people in a village in central Nigeria, according to a local official, Euronews reported. Gunmen stormed the majority-Berom Shonong village in the Riyom local government area in the early hours of ....
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Nicaragua: Canal construction to begin this year
Date: 2014-01-07 07:47:01 GMT - Nicaragua - World - SN:9 - ID:483643
MANAGUA, Jan 7 (MENA) - Nicaragua's government says the construction of the nation's inter-ocean canal will start at the end of this year, contradicting a recent announcement that it would be delayed until 2015, ABC News reported. The president ....
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S. Korea, U.S. resume talks on key nuke energy pact
Date: 2014-01-07 06:38:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:483622
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States began their ninth round of talks on Tuesday on whether to allow Seoul to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel, the foreign ministry here said as quoted by Yonhap. The parties, ....