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ILO to host conf. on youth employment in north Africa
Date: 2017-09-19 18:57:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:69 - ID:6999600
CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) will host a High-Level Conference on Youth and Employment in North Africa, ILO said in a statement on Tuesday. A number of countries will participate in the conference, including ....
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Syrian people suffered enough, France's Macron tells UNGA
Date: 2017-09-19 18:44:56 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:67 - ID:6999605
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday the Syrian people have suffered enough for the international community to acknowledge its collective failure. Delivering his first speech to the United Nations General ....
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Russian helicopter accidentally fired on spectators during war games, state TV says
Date: 2017-09-19 18:38:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:6999594
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) - Russian media reported Tuesday that three people were wounded at major Russian military exercises when a helicopter accidentally fired a rocket at a crowd of invited spectators, according to the Washington Post. The ....
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82% of Republicans back military strike against N. Korea
Date: 2017-09-19 18:23:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:6999588
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) - The number of Americans who would support a US military response to North Korea’s aggression is “significantly higher” these days than in 2003, according to a new Gallup poll. “As North Korea continues to launch test ....
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Trump: We meet at a time of "immense promise and great peril"
Date: 2017-09-19 17:23:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:6999559
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump told world leaders at the United Nations that terrorists are gaining strength around the world but that peace is possible, CNN reported on Tuesday. “To put it simply, we meet at a time of both ....
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Lavrov to meet with foreign diplomats, officials in New York
Date: 2017-09-19 09:35:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:6998220
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is planning to meet on Tuesday with his American and British counterparts, Rex Tillerson and Boris Johnson, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Palestinian President ....
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Sahel G5 countries, int'l officials start consultative meeting in New York
Date: 2017-09-19 08:30:59 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:16 - ID:6998076
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - A consultative meeting between the Sahel Group of Five countries and international officials has been held here on the fringe of the 72nd session of UNGA. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz along side the ....
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Curfew imposed on British Virgin Islands ahead of Maria Hurricane
Date: 2017-09-19 08:13:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:6998180
LONDON, Sept 19 (MENA) - British Foreign Office said on Tuesday that local authorities have imposed a curfew on the British Virgin Islands ahead of Hurricane Maria and after the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Irma that strongly hit the islands ....
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Syrian government troops cross Euphrates River: Russian military
Date: 2017-09-18 16:08:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:6997488
MOSCOW, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Syrian government troops, supported by Russian warplanes, have crossed the Euphrates River near Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor, Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on ....
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Israeli jailed in Russia after trying to open plane door mid-flight
Date: 2017-09-18 16:05:19 GMT - Israel - World - SN:60 - ID:6997412
MOSCOW, Sept 18 (MENA) - A 51-year-old Israeli man has become the first to be prosecuted in Russia under a new amendment to the country's Aviation Code after he tried to open a plane door mid-flight, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported Monday. ....