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Seoul urges N. Korea to accept offer of high-level talks
Date: 2014-08-18 10:33:11 GMT - south korea - International - SN:37 - ID:879423
South Korea again called on the North on Monday to accept its proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks amid heightened bilateral tensions over Seoul's joint military exercises with Washington and Pyongyang's military threats to counter them, ....
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1st batch of drilling equipment arrives at Suez Canal
Date: 2014-08-18 10:24:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:879394
The first batch of drilling equipment to dig the new Suez Canal Project arrived at Alexandria Port on Monday. The equipment was transferred by the Armed Forces to the project site. The move comes as part of the Armed Forces' efforts in the new ....
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave embassy 'soon'
Date: 2014-08-18 10:21:06 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:35 - ID:879381
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced Monday that after spending two years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London he will "soon" leave the diplomatic safe harbor, USA Today reported. He made the comments during a joint press conference with ....
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PM receives report on measures to protect S. Sinai against dangers of floods
Date: 2014-08-18 10:18:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:879370
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab received Monday a detailed report from Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi on measures that should be taken to protect South Sinai against the dangers of floods. The irrigation minister made it clear that the report ....
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Israel destroys houses of Palestinians accused of killing 3 Israelis in West Bank
Date: 2014-08-18 10:03:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:879333
The Israeli army destroyed in the West Bank homes of the Palestinians, accused by Israel of murdering three Jewish teens who were abducted and killed in June, according to The Jerusalem Post. Special forces of the Israeli army destroyed the home ....
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Major earthquake in western Iran leaves 60 injured- IRNA
Date: 2014-08-18 10:01:46 GMT - Iran - International - SN:32 - ID:879323
A major earthquake struck the western Iranian city of Abdanan on Monday, leaving 60 people injured, IRNA News Agency said. IRNA said the quake was magnitude 6.1 while the US Geological Survey (USGS) put it at 6.3. Water, electricity, and ....
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2 bombs found under police cars in Haram defused
Date: 2014-08-18 09:59:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:879317
Explosives experts defused two explosive devices in Giza after finding them under a police car in front of a police station in Haram. The area around the station was combed to make sure that there are no other bombs, Head of the explosives ....
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OFID approves emergency grant to fight Ebola in West Africa
Date: 2014-08-18 09:57:31 GMT - Austria - International - SN:30 - ID:879311
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved an emergency assistance grant of US$500,000 to support the activities of the World Health Organization (WHO) in stopping the spread of the deadly Ebola virus which has claimed hundreds ....
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Electricity min. witnesses inking of 2 contracts of steam-electric power stations in Suez
Date: 2014-08-18 09:31:56 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:29 - ID:879252
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker witnessed Monday the inking of two contracts of steam-powered electricity stations in Suez with a cost of 102 million pounds. The capacity of the station is 650 megawatt. This comes to resume efforts of the ....
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Police conscript killed, another injured in attack on checkpoint in Gharbiya
Date: 2014-08-18 09:23:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:879202
A police conscript was killed and another injured on Monday in an armed attack on a checkpoint in Santa township in Gharbiya. A security source at the Ministry of Interior told MENA that the scene of the attack has been cordoned off and a search ....
