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UN nuclear meeting rejects Arab push for Israel to join weapons pact
Date: 2013-09-20 14:43:46 GMT - Austria - World - SN:51 - ID:298776
VIENNA, Sept 20 (MENA) - Member states of the UN nuclear agency voted down an Arab-backed resolution targeting the Jewish state for criticism over its clandestine nuclear weapons arsenal, RIA Novosti reported on Friday. Fifty-one countries voted ....
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Arab Group submits draft resolution on Israel’s nukes
Date: 2013-09-20 12:51:45 GMT - Austria - World - SN:33 - ID:298593
VIENNA, Sept 20 (MENA) – Representative of the Arab Group at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Badr bin Mohammed called for keeping the “Israeli nuclear capacities” file under discussion within the body. The Arab Group will resubmit ....
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Egyptian resolution on nuclear supervision passed at IAEA
Date: 2013-09-20 12:46:41 GMT - Austria - World - SN:32 - ID:298563
VIENNA, Sept 20 (MENA) – Egypt’s delegation participating in the annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) succeeded in mobilizing international support for a resolution on applying full guarantees on nuclear facilities in ....
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Egyptian resolution on nuclear guarantees gets intl support
Date: 2013-09-20 12:46:17 GMT - Austria - World - SN:31 - ID:298573
VIENNA, Sept 20 (MENA) – Head of Syria’s delegation to the annual general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ibrahim Osman expressed support to an Egyptian-proposed resolution on applying full guarantees for nuclear ....
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Death toll of Mexico storms up to 97
Date: 2013-09-20 10:28:33 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:17 - ID:298381
MEXICO CITY, Sept 20 (MENA) - Mexican authorities say 97 people have been killed by storms that hit the country earlier in the week, BBC reported. In the village of La Pintada, near the Pacific coast, a landslide partially engulfed the ....
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Venezuela: US banned presidential overflight
Date: 2013-09-20 10:16:15 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:14 - ID:298362
CARACAS, Sept 20 (MENA) - Venezuela complained that Washington had barred President Nicolas Maduro from flying through US airspace and prohibited a general from later accompanying him to the United Nations. Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said ....
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America needs neocentrist foreign policy – magazine
Date: 2013-09-20 00:03:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:191 - ID:298177
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) – Washington is paralyzed over what to do in Syria. By all accounts, the president’s choices range from bad to worse, the US POLITICO magazine said on Thursday. "But Syria is actually a symptom of a deeper intellectual ....
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In 1973 testimony, Gold Meir feared US backlash for Israeli pre-emptive strike
Date: 2013-09-19 22:15:40 GMT - Israel - World - SN:186 - ID:298140
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) - Forty years later, Israel released testimony that reported fear of a US reaction to a pre-emptive strike that could have prevented the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria, the World Tribune reported. The government ....
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UN praises Iran for release of political prisoners
Date: 2013-09-19 20:05:14 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:173 - ID:297956
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday praised the new government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for releasing political prisoners and opening a new round of dialogue with the international community. ....
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APEC finance ministers kick off 2-day meeting in Bali
Date: 2013-09-19 19:59:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:171 - ID:297941
BALI, Sept 19 (MENA) - Finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum began a two-day meeting in Bali on Thursday to discuss ways to boost growth and strengthen regional resiliency amid current turbulence being experienced by ....