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Paraguay president says he won't run in 2018 election
Date: 2017-04-18 07:56:07 GMT - Paraguay - International - SN:4 - ID:6773082
Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes says he will not be a candidate in the 2018 election even if Congress approves a constitutional amendment to allow a second term, Fox News reported. Cartes made the announcement Monday in a letter to the ....
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US vice-president arrives in Japan on second stop of his Asian tour
Date: 2017-04-18 07:43:36 GMT - Japan - International - SN:3 - ID:6773072
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has arrived in Japan for the second stop of a 10-day Asia tour, ABC News reported. His plane touched down Tuesday at the U.S. military's Atsugi base outside Tokyo. The focus of his trip is expected to shift in ....
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Anti-Erdogan protests held as Turkey extends state of emergency
Date: 2017-04-18 07:42:25 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:2 - ID:6773071
Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Istanbul on Monday for a second night of protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The demonstrators denounced impending "fascism" in Turkey after Erdogan won a referendum on Sunday that will ....
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Turkey extends state of emergency another 3 Months
Date: 2017-04-18 07:37:17 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:1 - ID:6773067
The Turkish government said Monday the state of emergency that went into effect following the failed coup on July 15 will be extended another three months, VOA News reported. Turkish deputy prime minister Noureddine Janechli said that the ....
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Iran says it will seek 'no one's permission' to build up military
Date: 2017-04-17 07:10:06 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:6771891
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in what appeared to be a defiant message to President Trump, said Saturday that Tehran will seek “no one’s permission” to build missiles, Fox News reported. "The strengthening of the capability of the Iranian ....
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Air China to suspend flights to Pyongyang from Monday
Date: 2017-04-14 16:06:29 GMT - China - International - SN:3 - ID:6769135
Air China, the only Chinese carrier with regular services to North Korea, will suspend flights between Beijing and Pyongyang from Monday, China Central Television reported on Friday. No reason was given for the suspension but flights between the ....
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Four injured in Croatia’s grain silo blast
Date: 2017-04-14 16:02:49 GMT - Croatia - International - SN:1 - ID:6769127
An explosion occurred at a grain silo in Vranjic, just north of Split, around Friday noon leaving two persons seriously injured and another two with minor injuries, Croatia News Agency HINA reported. Firefighters were at the site of the ....
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Putin blames Washington allies' support over strikes on Syria
Date: 2017-04-12 09:34:53 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:6765230
The missile strike on Syria was a clear breach of international law, while Washington’s claim that Damascus carried out the chemical attack that the US used as its casus belli is yet to be proven by any hard evidence, Russian President Vladimir ....
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Former president Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election
Date: 2017-04-12 09:33:13 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:6765222
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered for the upcoming presidential elections to be held on May 19, IRNA News Agency reported. Head of the Islamic Coalition Party’s Central Council Mostafa Mirsalim also registered for the upcoming ....
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Xi, Trump discuss North Korea, Syria by phone, China says
Date: 2017-04-12 09:24:30 GMT - China - International - SN:4 - ID:6765196
Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in North Korea and Syria with US President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Wednesday, CNN quoted China's foreign ministry as saying. Trump has repeatedly called on China to do more to rein ....
