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Authorities order Florida Keys residents to evacuate
Date: 2017-09-09 07:34:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:6981404
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (MENA) - More than a million Florida residents have been ordered to evacuate ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma that is expected to hit Florida on Sunday. Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a press conference on Friday" If ....
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Israel keeps arming Myanmar military amid violence against Muslims -- paper
Date: 2017-09-08 22:44:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:108 - ID:6981337
LONDON, Sept 8 (MENA) - Israel is under fire from human rights groups for the continued sale of weaponry to the Burmese junta after intensified violence against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, The Independent reported Friday. More than ....
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UN plans to help 300,000 fleeing Myanmar
Date: 2017-09-08 21:09:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:101 - ID:6981315
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) – The United Nations said the UN and its partners have a plan to provide up to 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh with food, shelter, water, health care and other services until the end of the year, ....
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Moscow ready to improve relations with US -- amb.
Date: 2017-09-08 19:33:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:6981188
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - Russia is ready to improve the relations with the United States to be trust-based, respectful, equal and mutually beneficial, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said in statements to Russia Today ....
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Too early to speak about new UNSC resolution on North Korea, Lavrov says
Date: 2017-09-08 18:00:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:6981146
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday that the work on a new UN Security Council resolution on North Korea is underway but it is too early to say ....
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Tillerson-Lavrov meeting in New York not confirmed -- US Dept. of State
Date: 2017-09-08 17:58:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:6981168
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - The US State Department refrains from comments on a possibility of a meeting between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly ....
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Magnitude 5.3 quake jolts Akita; no tsunami warning issued
Date: 2017-09-08 15:39:46 GMT - Japan - World - SN:73 - ID:6980932
TOKYO, Sept 8 (MENA) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 jolted Akita Prefecture on Friday evening, the Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued after the quake, which measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic ....
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Trump steps into Qatar crisis, pushes end to terror financing
Date: 2017-09-08 15:01:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:6980898
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump put pressure on the leader of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad in a phone call Thursday to cut off funding sources for terrorism, the Washington Times reported Friday. During his phone call, Trump ....
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China, Pakistan air forces launch joint training exercise
Date: 2017-09-08 14:36:55 GMT - China - World - SN:68 - ID:6980869
BEIJING, Sept 8 (MENA) - The air forces of China and Pakistan began joint training exercises in China on Thursday, Chinese Xinhua news agency reported. China has dispatched J-11 fighters, JH-7 fighter-bombers, KJ-200 AWACS aircraft and ground ....
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Lavrov expects constructive dialogue on Syria with French top diplomat
Date: 2017-09-08 14:25:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:6980820
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expects a constructive dialogue on Syria, Libya and Ukraine with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, TASS reported. "We are happy to welcome you in Moscow, this is our third ....
