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Merkel re-elected to CDU party chairwoman
Date: 2016-12-07 06:36:57 GMT - Germany - International - SN:1 - ID:6098981
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday with 89.5 percent of votes cast by just under 1,000 party delegates, giving her a boost as she seeks a fourth term in office next year. The ....
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Russia, China veto UNSC resolution on Aleppo ceasefire
Date: 2016-12-06 07:40:30 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:5 - ID:6092273
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on immediate seven-day ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which was submitted by Egypt, New Zealand and Spain. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier described the draft ....
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Prime Minister Valls set to announce French presidential bid
Date: 2016-12-06 07:37:00 GMT - France - International - SN:4 - ID:6092237
Socialist French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is to announce later on Monday that he will run for president in next year’s election. Valls’ office issued a statement that he would make a declaration at 1730 GMT at the town hall in Evry, just south ....
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Amnesty International urges Turkey to allow 24,000 displaced people to return to Diyarbakir.
Date: 2016-12-06 06:47:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:6092033
Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Turkey to compensate and allow 24,000 people displaced under a curfew to return to their districts of the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir. Turkish authorities imposed strict round-the-clock curfews ....
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Presidential office says Park will follow whatever decision parliament makes on her fate
Date: 2016-11-30 08:37:52 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:6056321
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will accept whatever decision parliament makes regarding her fate, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, as opposition parties continued to press her to swiftly resign over a corruption scandal ....
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No breakthrough in Normandy four talks on Ukrainian crisis - Russian FM
Date: 2016-11-30 07:51:52 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:6056041
No progress has been achieved in talks on the Ukrainian crisis in the Normandy Four ministerial format on Tuesday in Minsk, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. According to Lavrov, the ministers were not able to coordinate further steps ....
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Israel president opposes anti-muezzin bill
Date: 2016-11-30 07:31:04 GMT - Israel - International - SN:3 - ID:6055929
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin spoke out Tuesday against a bill that would prohibit mosques from using loudspeakers for Azan (a call to summon believers to prayers), The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Rivlin on Tuesday hosted a meeting of ....
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Colombia finds 'black boxes' from air crash
Date: 2016-11-30 07:16:16 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:1 - ID:6055857
Colombia's civil aeronautics agency says it has found the two flight recorders from the airplane that crashed Monday night with a Brazilian soccer team aboard. The agency says in a Twitter message that both of the recorders have been recovered ....
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Iran, Russia to sign deal on visa-free package tours soon - spokesman
Date: 2016-11-29 07:25:30 GMT - Iran - International - SN:1 - ID:6048845
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Monday Iran and Russia are set to sign an agreement in the near future on removing visa requirements for travelers using package tours. "Iran and Russia are due to abolish tourist visa ....
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Cuba calls 9 days of national mourning following death of Fidel Castro
Date: 2016-11-26 13:24:03 GMT - Cuba - International - SN:1 - ID:6033341
The Cuban Council of State on Saturday declared nine days of mourning for the death of former president and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro who died at the age of 90, the Fox News reported. Castro died late on Friday Nov. 25. The news was ....
