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Obama mourns boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Date: 2016-06-05 08:52:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:5044669
US President Barack Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama mourned boxing legend Muhammad Ali who denied on Friday at the age of 74, CNN reported. "We're also grateful to God for how fortunate we are to have known him, if just for a while; ....
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Argentina's president hospitalized over irregular heartbeat
Date: 2016-06-04 09:38:18 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:5 - ID:5039313
Argentine President Mauricio Macri was taken to hospital over suffering irregular heartbeat, presidency press office said. The 57-year-old president left the hospital after undergoing medical check up, the press office added. ....
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US diplomat: Kerry keen to attend Paris conf. on Mideast peace talks
Date: 2016-06-02 08:02:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5027030
US Secretary of State John Kerry is keen on participating in the international ministerial meeting due to be held in Paris on Friday to push forward the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, State Department Spokesman John Kirby said on ....
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Taliban kidnap around 185 in Kunduz
Date: 2016-05-31 13:18:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:5016329
The Taliban insurgents abducted nearly 200 in the early hours of today in northern Kunduz province, Khaama Press reported. According to the local government officials, the Taliban militants have killed at least 12 of the abducted ....
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Putin arrives in Astana to take part in Eurasian Economic Union summit
Date: 2016-05-31 12:46:36 GMT - Kazakhstan - International - SN:6 - ID:5015849
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Astana, Kazakhtan, where he will hold talks on Tuesday with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, according to TASS. He also will take part in a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at ....
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No-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet voted down
Date: 2016-05-31 11:34:28 GMT - Japan - International - SN:4 - ID:5015037
A motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet failed in the House of Representatives Tuesday following its joint submission by the Democratic Party and three other Japanese opposition parties in response to Abe's plan to further ....
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Israeli government unanimously approves Lieberman as defense minister
Date: 2016-05-30 10:28:49 GMT - palestine - International - SN:9 - ID:5007562
The latest version of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition was unanimously approved by the cabinet Monday after weathering its first storm, Netanyahu's Likud party said as quoted by Ha'aretz newspaper. The expanded ....
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Vatican pope rules out retiring like his predecessor
Date: 2016-05-30 07:26:25 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:6 - ID:5005961
Pope Francis says he has no intention of quitting the papacy — a possibility opened up by his predecessor Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, The Washington Post reported. The pope, responding to a question from a young person at a Vatican event, said ....
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Larijani elected Iran’s new parliament speaker
Date: 2016-05-29 08:29:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:4999953
Lawmakers have voted Ali Larijani as the temporary speaker of Iran’s new parliament following February elections, Press TV reported. Larijani, a Principlist, won the post on Sunday with 173 votes in a race against Mohammad Reza Aref who had ....
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Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela
Date: 2016-05-29 07:51:41 GMT - Germany - International - SN:2 - ID:4999681
The German airline, Lufthansa, has announced that it will suspend flights to Venezuela from 18 June due to economic difficulties in the country, the BBC reported on Sunday. The company also said currency controls in Venezuela made it impossible ....
