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Montenegro newspaper offices targeted in blast
Date: 2013-12-27 20:41:36 GMT - Montenegro - World - SN:136 - ID:465356
PODGORICA, Dec 27 (MENA) - Montenegrin police said they are investigating a bomb blast at the offices of an independent Montenegrin newspaper, the ABC News reported Friday. No one was injured in the blast late on Thursday at the offices of ....
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France advises citizens not to visit Beirut
Date: 2013-12-27 20:34:07 GMT - France - World - SN:134 - ID:465328
PARIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - France advised its citizens Friday not to travel to Beirut due to a car bomb assassination in the downtown area of Beirut killed at least eight people including the former Lebanese Finance Minister, and injured more than ....
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US judge says NSA phone surveillance lawful
Date: 2013-12-27 20:32:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:133 - ID:465325
NEW YORK, Dec 27 (MENA) - A US federal judge ruled Friday that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans' phone calls is lawful, calling it a "counter-punch" to terrorism that does not violate Americans' ....
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Israel to announce plan for attracting more French Jews
Date: 2013-12-27 20:10:35 GMT - Israel - World - SN:130 - ID:465323
GAZA CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - Israel was set to announce a three-year plan aimed at attracting more French Jews to settle in the country, The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday. The first move will consist of recognizing French diplomas for medical ....
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2 peacekeepers killed in C. African Republic
Date: 2013-12-27 19:37:48 GMT - Central African Republic - World - SN:127 - ID:465304
BANGUI, Dec 27 (MENA) - Two African Union peacekeepers were killed overnight in the Central African Republic, the ABC News reported. The two officers from the Republic of Congo were killed by unidentified assailants, African Union mission ....
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At least 3 dead after car explodes in Russian city of Pyatigorsk
Date: 2013-12-27 17:20:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:465104
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (MENA) - A car exploded in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk in the North Caucasus region on Friday, killing at least three people, the Russian news agency reported on Friday. The blast in the city of Pyatigorsk took place ....
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Koreas set up dispute arbitration panel for Kaesong complex
Date: 2013-12-27 15:49:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:86 - ID:464948
SEOUL, Dec 27 (MENA) - South and North Korea set up a dispute arbitration panel for a jointly run factory park in the communist nation, Yonhap quoted an official as saying Friday, despite tensions on the divided peninsula. The move came three ....
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N. Korea summons amb. to Sweden
Date: 2013-12-27 14:54:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:76 - ID:464769
PYONGYANG, Dec 27 (MENA) - North Korea’s ambassador to Sweden has been recalled, apparently as part of a purge prompted by the execution of the once-powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un. Pak Kwang-Chol, an associate of the young supremo’s uncle ....
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Russia Buries Famed AK-47 Inventor Kalashnikov
Date: 2013-12-27 13:30:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:464625
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (MENA) - Russia’s most famous gun designer, Mikhail Kalashnikov, was buried Friday at a new military cemetery outside Moscow, RIA Novosti reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and a host of ....
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Italy condemns attack on Daqahliya security directorate
Date: 2013-12-27 11:35:12 GMT - Italy - World - SN:41 - ID:464239
ROME, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Italian Foreign Ministry Friday condemned the attack on the Daqahliya Security Directorate that left scores of people dead and injured. In a statement, the Italian Foreign Ministry also condoled with families of the ....