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Russian transport minister says search operation suspended until Monday morning
Date: 2016-12-26 08:11:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:6218725
Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Sunday that the search for victims of a Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea earlier today would resume Monday. "The operation on raising wreckage and bodies of the victims will be continued ....
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Addis Ababa keen on optimal use of Nile water without harming basin countries: Ethiopia FM
Date: 2016-12-26 08:02:22 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:3 - ID:6218665
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu on Sunday said his country is keen on the optimal use of the Nile water without prejudice to the rights of the basin countries. In a press conference held at the headquarters of the Ethiopian Embassy ....
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George Michael dies at 53
Date: 2016-12-26 07:44:59 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:6218577
Singer George Michael has died at his home at the age of 53, the BBC reported Monday. The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, "passed away peacefully" on Christmas Day in Goring, ....
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Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN'
Date: 2016-12-24 07:05:04 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:6207849
An Israeli official has accused Barack Obama of colluding in a “shameful move against Israel at the UN” over a planned security council vote on Israeli illegal settlements, the Guardian reported on Friday. In striking language underlining the ....
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UN secretary-general welcomes resolution on Israel settlements
Date: 2016-12-24 06:57:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:3 - ID:6207789
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the UN Security Council on Israeli settlements. In a statement, spokesman for the secretary general Stephane Dujarric said the adoption of the resolution is a ....
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Ban might seek South Korea presidency
Date: 2016-12-21 09:03:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6190969
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday gave the strongest signal yet that he’s willing to run for president in his native South Korea, Bloomberg reported. Ban said he’d be inclined to run if his decade-long experience as UN head "can be of ....
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Electoral college vote seals Trump White House victory
Date: 2016-12-20 08:30:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6183141
The Electoral College formalized Donald Trump's election victory on Monday despite protests around the country to encourage GOP electors to abandon the Republican. The president-elect easily racked up the 270 electoral votes needed to send him to ....
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Egypt condemns car-ramming attack in Berlin
Date: 2016-12-20 08:24:21 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:2 - ID:6183101
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry condemned a car-ramming attack in Berlin on Monday that left 12 persons dead and 48 injured. The ministry, in a statement on Tuesday, offered its condolences to the German government and families of the victims, ....
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23 hurt in Russian plane crash in Siberia
Date: 2016-12-19 09:08:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:6175853
The Russian defence ministry said one of its planes has crashed in northeast Siberia, but that nobody had been killed in the accident, Russian news agencies report. The Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft is believed to have been carrying 32 passengers - a ....
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Obama expects terror threat to continue in ME
Date: 2016-12-07 08:38:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6099741
US President Barack Obama said the terrorist threat was never restricted to South Asia, or to Afghanistan, or Pakistan. Even as al Qaeda has been decimated in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the threat from terrorists metastasized in other parts of the ....
