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MiG-29SMT fighters leave Syria for Astrakhan region
Date: 2017-12-14 13:23:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:7140295
MOSCOW, Dec 14 (MENA) - Crews of MiG-29SMT fighters arrived in the Astrakhan region after performing tasks on eliminating terrorists in the Syrian Arab Republic. Deputy Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov, ....
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Putin holds traditional year-end press conference
Date: 2017-12-14 12:29:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7140071
MOSCOW, Dec 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's 13th annual conference has kicked off on Thursday in his first major public appearance since announcing he would seek a new six-year term in March 2018 elections. This year, the number of ....
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Over 6,700 Rohingya Muslims killed in one month, says aid group
Date: 2017-12-14 12:05:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:7140121
LONDON, Dec 14 (MENA) - International aid group Doctors Without Borders said its field survey has found at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a crackdown by Burma's security forces, The Independent reported ....
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Putin vows to run as independent candidate in 2018 race
Date: 2017-12-14 10:01:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:7139943
MOSCOW, Dec 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his annual news conference on Thursday he will run in the 2018 presidential election as an independent candidate, Tass news agency reported. "This will be a self-nomination," Putin ....
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US politician facing sexual assault claims commits suicide
Date: 2017-12-14 08:02:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:7139705
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (MENA) - A US state politician accused of sexually molesting a 17-year-old girl in a media expose earlier this week has taken his own life, Sky news reported. Kentucky Republican representative Dan Johnson was found dead inside ....
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MSF: More than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
Date: 2017-12-14 06:18:41 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:5 - ID:7139615
GENEVA, Dec 14 (MENA) - At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said in a report. Based on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is much higher than ....
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Canadian passenger plane crashes
Date: 2017-12-14 05:50:54 GMT - Canada - World - SN:2 - ID:7139597
OTTAWA, Dec 14 (MENA) - A Canadian passenger plane carrying 25 passengers crashed shortly after taking off from the Fond-du-Lac, Sask., airport Wednesday night, CBC news reported. There were no fatalities but some injuries, RCMP said. "There ....
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Houthis release 40 journalists seized in Yemen
Date: 2017-12-13 22:39:55 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:100 - ID:7139560
SANAA, Dec 13 (MENA) - All 40 staff of the Al Yaman Al Yaum TV station as well as the freelance Sputnik correspondent, seized two weeks ago, were released Wednesday by their captors in Yemen, Sputnik news agency reported. "In the evening of ....
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US Republicans plan to accuse Justice Department of bias
Date: 2017-12-13 22:31:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:7139519
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - The release Tuesday night of FBI officials’ text messages describing the possibility of a victory by Donald J. Trump as “terrifying” and saying that Hillary Clinton “just has to win” is fueling a Republican campaign to ....
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US National Security Adviser: Qatar, Turkey main sponsors of extremist ideologies
Date: 2017-12-13 22:27:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:98 - ID:7139494
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - US national security adviser HR McMaster accused Turkey and Qatar of funding extremist ideologies during a panel held at a think tank in Washington, Al Arabiya news channel reported on Wednesday. McMaster condemned ....
