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Venezuela secret service holding ex-minister: family
Date: 2017-09-02 07:36:04 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:7 - ID:6971985
CARACAS, Sept 2 (MENA) - Venezuelan former defense minister Raul Isaias Baduel, a government critic whose whereabouts have been unknown for three weeks, is being held by the intelligence service, his family was quoted by France 24 as ....
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Erdogan slams US court indictment of Turkish security detail
Date: 2017-09-01 20:50:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:6971875
ANKARA, Sept 1 (MENA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking to reporters after attending Friday prayers, faulted the US justice system for indicting 19 people, including 15 members of his security detail, who allegedly attacked ....
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US security services to search Russian consulate in San Francisco on Saturday -- Moscow
Date: 2017-09-01 19:58:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:6971858
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Ministry has said US security services intend to conduct searches in the building of the Russian consulate in San Francisco on September 2. "Alongside the yet another raid on expensive objects of Russian ....
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Woman denied appeal bid in Rwanda genocide case
Date: 2017-09-01 19:55:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:6971867
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - A federal judge has denied an appeal bid from a woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to obtain US citizenship, ABC news reported. Beatrice Munyenyezi ....
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Houston mosques open doors to shelter Harvey evacuees
Date: 2017-09-01 19:19:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:6971846
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - As flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey drives thousands of people from their homes across southeast Texas, more and more houses of worship are opening their doors to evacuees, CNN reportd. At least four Houston-area ....
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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Greek island of Rhodes
Date: 2017-09-01 18:33:44 GMT - Greece - World - SN:55 - ID:6971821
ATHENS, Sept 1 (MENA) - Greek authorities say a magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, but no injuries or damage have been reported. The Athens Institute of Geodynamics said the epicenter of Friday afternoon’s quake ....
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Merkel vows sharper response to Turkey after two more arrests
Date: 2017-09-01 18:29:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:54 - ID:6971818
BERLIN, Sept 1 (MENA) - Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to respond “more decisively” against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after two German citizens were taken into custody in Turkey on Friday, as she ruled out an expansion of ....
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Terror threat requires new approaches to military staff training — top brass
Date: 2017-09-01 18:21:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:6971811
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) - The growing threat of international terrorism and the spread of local armed conflicts require new approaches to ensuring security and training military staff, Chief of the Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov said ....
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Trump again lashes out at Comey’s handling of Clinton investigation
Date: 2017-09-01 18:11:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:6971804
NEW YORK, Sept 1 (MENA) - President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out anew at the F.B.I. director he fired in May, charging that James B. Comey had “exonerated” Hillary Clinton before fully completing the investigation into her use of a private ....
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Russia's Jets Conduct 8 Intercepts of Reconnaissance Aircraft Near Its Border
Date: 2017-09-01 13:37:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:6971533
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA) - Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday that air defense planes carried out eight sorties in one week to intercept targets near the country's borders. In a statement, Russian Defense Ministry noted that 24 foreign ....
