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Int'l community to discuss greater pressure to change N. Korea, says S. Korea FM
Date: 2017-08-29 21:14:35 GMT - south korea - World - SN:114 - ID:6968168
SEOUL, Aug 29 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Tuesday the international community will discuss what additional measures can be taken to press North Korea to stop its provocations, Yonhap reported. She made the remarks ....
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Bulgaria launches construction of nuclear waste repository
Date: 2017-08-29 20:14:50 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:110 - ID:6968171
SOFIA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Bulgaria has started building a radioactive waste repository near the country's only nuclear power plant on the Danube River, ABC News reported. Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova on Tuesday called the project at ....
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EU should enhance relations with Russia for sake of bloc's security - Juncker
Date: 2017-08-29 17:40:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:100 - ID:6968170
MOSCOW, Aug 29 (MENA) - The European Union should consider improving relations with Russia, because the security of the bloc cannot be guaranteed in the coming centuries without Moscow, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was quoted by ....
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US clarified Trump's new strategy in Afghanistan to Russia
Date: 2017-08-29 17:28:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:99 - ID:6968160
MOSCOW, Aug 29 (MENA) - The United States has given explanations to Russia in connection with the new US strategy in Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday following a meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister ....
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Death toll in China landslide rises to 17
Date: 2017-08-29 16:56:49 GMT - China - World - SN:97 - ID:6968162
BEIJING, Aug 29 (MENA) - The death toll has risen to 17 people with 18 still missing, after a landslide at Nayong county in southwest China's Guizhou Province Monday morning, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying Tuesday. As of 4:30 p.m. ....
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Hekmatyar urges Pakistan not to turn Afghanistan into its regional rivalry hub
Date: 2017-08-29 16:41:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:96 - ID:6968128
KABUL, Aug 29 (MENA) - The leader of Afghanistan's Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmyat has urged the regional countries, specifically the neighboring Pakistan to refrain from efforts aimed at turning Afghanistan into its regional rivalry hub, Khaama ....
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Russia trying to convince US to continue implementing Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2017-08-29 16:05:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:6968048
MOSCOW, Aug 29 (MENA) - Russia is currently working on persuading the US leadership to keep on implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program, Sputnik quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as ....
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Libyan coast guard forces rescue 304 immigrants
Date: 2017-08-29 15:52:58 GMT - Libya - World - SN:87 - ID:6968042
TRIPOLI, Aug 29, (MENA) - Coast Guard forces of Libya rescued on Tuesday 304 illegal immigrants in Mediterranean sea, west of Tripoli. The spokesman of Libyan navy said that there were seven women and six children among the immigrants, according to ....
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Merkel calls on Turkey to release German citizens
Date: 2017-08-29 13:19:22 GMT - Germany - World - SN:66 - ID:6967658
BERLIN, Aug 29 (MENA) - Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Turkish government to release 10 Germans arrested in the last summer, after the military coup attempt. Turkey has arrested 10 Germans in recent months on charges the German ....
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Taliban claims responsibility for explosion in Kabul
Date: 2017-08-29 11:32:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:46 - ID:6967238
KABUL, Aug 29 (MENA) - The Taliban terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the recent Kabul explosion that took place close to the US embassy, local media were quoted by Sputnik news agency as saying on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, media ....
