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8 Yemeni soldiers killed in armed ambush
Date: 2013-11-18 16:47:50 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:144 - ID:394138
SANAA, Nov 18 (MENA) - Eight Yemeni soldiers were killed in an armed ambush affiliated to special security forces in Shabwa governorate, in southern Yemen. In statements Monday, a well-placed military source at the Yemeni Defense Ministry said ....
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Unknown attacker opens fire in Paris business district, no one injured
Date: 2013-11-18 14:20:16 GMT - France - World - SN:103 - ID:393787
PARIS, Nov 18 (MENA) – An unknown attacker on Monday opened fire outside Societe General Bank in Paris's business district, but no one was reportedly injured. Some eye witnesses said police were searching the area for the attacker who was ....
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NTSB chief to visit Seoul over Asiana crash in U.S.
Date: 2013-11-18 11:45:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:70 - ID:393396
SEOUL, Nov 18 (MENA) - The head of the U.S. federal agency charged with investigating civil aviation accidents plans to visit Seoul this week for talks with South Korean officials over a fatal plane crash in July, Yonhap news agency reported quoting ....
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Typhoon Haiyan victims rise to 4,000 dead
Date: 2013-11-18 10:38:31 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:54 - ID:392866
MANILA, Nov 18 (MENA) - The number of victims resulting from Typhoon Haiyan rose to 4,000 with 18,000 people injured and almost half a million left homeless, the BBC reported. The international aid effort in parts of the Philippines devastated by ....
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OIC sends delegation to Philippine in solidarity gesture
Date: 2013-11-18 09:43:20 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:43 - ID:392999
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will send a delegation to visit the Philippines with the aim of conveying a message of solidarity from the Islamic world to the Filipino people who were afflicted by a huge devastation ....
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6 people killed as Tornadoes rip through Midwest US
Date: 2013-11-18 08:43:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:392975
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (MENA) - Tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest of American on Sunday have killed six people and destroyed at least 70 homes in Illinois State alone, CNN reported. Throughout the region, at least 67 tornadoes had been ....
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Bachelet goes to second round of Chile presidential elections
Date: 2013-11-18 08:23:09 GMT - Chile - World - SN:32 - ID:392878
SANTIAGO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet has won the first round of voting in Chile's presidential election, the BBC reported. But with most of the votes counted, Bachelet has conceded that she has failed to reach an ....
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French PM receives freed French hostage Collomp
Date: 2013-11-18 07:41:31 GMT - France - World - SN:25 - ID:392839
PARIS, Nov 18 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault received on Monday the freed French hostage who held by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria for nearly a year. The French hostage was freed after reportedly escaping during a ....
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Iran FM says enrichment redline
Date: 2013-11-17 21:09:40 GMT - Iran - World - SN:158 - ID:392670
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that uranium enrichment is inseparable right for his country. "Iran's enrichment right is inseparable right of Iranian nation based on the NPT." Zarif was quoted by ....
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Lavrov, Kerry discuss Geneva 2
Date: 2013-11-17 18:36:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:141 - ID:392505
MOSCOW, Nov 17 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry discussed Sunday over the telephone preparations for Geneva 2 conference on the Syrian crisis. Russia Today channel said the two ministers also ....