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Colombian president says peace deal will be reached between government, guerrillas
Date: 2013-11-10 10:49:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:378986
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (MENA) - Negotiations with Marxist guerrillas are closer than ever to ending a 50-year conflict, the Washington Post reported quoting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as having said in an interview after a breakthrough in ....
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Earthquake shakes Salmas in west Azerbaijan province
Date: 2013-11-10 10:05:31 GMT - Iran - World - SN:26 - ID:378883
TEHRAN, Nov 10 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 3.9 on Richter scale jolted surrounding area of Salmas city in west Azerbaijan Province early Sunday morning, IRNA news agency reported. According to the report of seismography center affiliated to ....
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Strong earthquake rattles eastern Japan
Date: 2013-11-10 10:04:59 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:378677
TOKYO, Nov 11 (MENA) - A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has hit eastern Japan, rocking buildings in Tokyo, Sky News reported Sunday. Seismologists say the quake hit on Saturday morning (local time), in Ibaraki prefecture, north of the capital, at a ....
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10,000 could be dead in super typhoon Haiyan - Philippine police
Date: 2013-11-10 08:01:23 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:378705
MANILA, Nov 10 (MENA) - At least 10,000 people in the central Philippine province of Leyte could have been killed by Typhoon Haiyan, Sky News reported quoting a police chief. The national government and disaster agency have yet to confirm the ....
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Iran FM: Good progress achieved in talks with 5+1
Date: 2013-11-10 07:48:38 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:13 - ID:378719
Geneva, Nov 10 (MENA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said despite the fact that Iran and the 5+1 reached no agreement during the Geneva talks, good progress was made in the course of negotiations, IRNA news agency reported ....
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Maldives election: Supreme Court delays run-off vote
Date: 2013-11-10 07:30:38 GMT - Maldives - World - SN:10 - ID:378644
MALE, Nov 10 (MENA) - The Supreme Court in the Maldives has suspended a presidential election run-off, after protests from a candidate, the BBC reported. On Saturday, ex-President Mohamed Nasheed polled nearly 47%, just short of the 50% needed ....
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Iran nuclear talks conclude without a deal
Date: 2013-11-10 06:21:30 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:4 - ID:378615
GENEVA, Nov 10 (MENA) - Intense negotiations between world powers on Iran's nuclear future have ended without a hoped-for deal - but talks will resume in less than two weeks, reported Sky News on Sunday. International foreign ministers and ....
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US Defense Department supports Philippines in face of Typhoon Haiyan
Date: 2013-11-10 06:02:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:378563
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (MENA) - At the request of the government of the Philippines, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has directed US Pacific Command to support US government humanitarian relief operations in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon ....
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Iran nuclear talks making very good progress - UK
Date: 2013-11-09 19:09:27 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:92 - ID:378295
GENEVA, Nov 9 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Iran and six major world powers have made headway with the talks over Tehran's nuclear energy program, calling on both sides to take the chance to reach an agreement, Press TV ....
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Source denies western media speculations about contents of deal between Iran, G5+1
Date: 2013-11-09 17:27:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:76 - ID:378252
TEHRAN, Nov 9 (MENA) - An Iranian source dismissed the western media speculations about the contents of a draft deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany), calling them an attempt to wage ....