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Kremlin regrets US decision to quit UNESCO
Date: 2017-10-12 15:19:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7036360
MOSCOW, Oct 12 (MENA) - Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the United States’ withdrawal from UNESCO was sad news, said Tass news agency. "Sad news," the Kremlin spokesman told reporters. Earlier on Thursday, the United ....
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UNESCO director regrets US plan to leave agency
Date: 2017-10-12 15:17:18 GMT - France - World - SN:57 - ID:7036357
PARIS, Oct 12 (MENA) - The director of UNESCO is expressing “profound regret” at the US government’s decision to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency because of what’s seen as longstanding anti-Israel bias. Director-general Irina Bokova said in a ....
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Government denies rumors of civil aviation minister's trip to Moscow
Date: 2017-10-12 14:16:01 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:54 - ID:7036152
CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied Thursday rumors which surfaced in a number of local and foreign media outlets concerning a visit by the civil aviation minister to Moscow. The IDSC ....
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Sentencing Council urges tougher jail terms for terrorist plotters
Date: 2017-10-12 14:04:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:7035672
LONDON, Oct 12 (MENA) - Terrorist plotters are likely to be imprisoned for longer terms under new sentencing guidelines drafted in response to the surge in attacks this year. In its first comprehensive review of terrorist offences, the judicial ....
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U.S. Will Withdraw From UNESCO
Date: 2017-10-12 13:59:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7036149
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (MENA) - The United States announced that it would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), New York Times reported Thursday. According to the US State Department statement, ....
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Karzai warns of growing US-Russia rivalry in Afghanistan, slams Taliban for destructions
Date: 2017-10-12 13:58:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:46 - ID:7035955
KABUL, Oct 12 (MENA) - The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned of the growing rivalries between the United States and Russia in Afghanistan as he once again reiterated his opposition towards the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South ....
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Putin to visit Iran before year-end
Date: 2017-10-12 13:23:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:7035898
MOSCOW, Oct 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Iran before the end of this year, where a trilateral Russia-Iran-Azerbaijan meeting will be held, Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said, TASS news agency reported ....
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Moscow slams 'disgraceful' removal of Russian flags from diplomatic properties seized by US
Date: 2017-10-12 07:51:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:7035295
MOSCOW, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Embassy of Russia in the US has strongly condemned the removal of Russian flags from previously seized diplomatic compounds and which the State Department claims were "respectfully lowered" and "safely stored" within the ....
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Floods, landslides in Vietnam kill 37 people
Date: 2017-10-12 07:37:39 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:9 - ID:7035234
HANOI, Oct 12 (MENA) -Vietnamese authorities said 37 people have died from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain, the BBC reported Thursday. Another 40 are missing, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes, as a tropical depression ....
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Germany is blamed for blocking Brexit trade talks
Date: 2017-10-11 21:15:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:106 - ID:7035061
LONDON, Oct 11 (MENA) - Germany is blocking Brexit trade talks because they want more guarantees from Britain on the divorce bill, it has been reported. The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, is said to be keen to move on to discuss the UK's ....
