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Iran’s atomic chief Salehi in Prague to discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2016-05-02 12:51:30 GMT - Czech - International - SN:9 - ID:4831453
Iranian Vice-President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi arrived in Prague on a two-day visit to Czech Republic, Iranian news agency IRNA reported. Upon his arrival in Prague, Salehi was welcomed by Czech ....
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CIA chief on ISIS: Not just an organization, 'it's a phenomenon'
Date: 2016-05-02 07:44:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4829533
On the fifth anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan spoke exclusively with NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press". In a wide-ranging interview, Brennan soberly discussed the threat ....
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Japanese PM leaves for visits to Europe, Russia before G-7 summit
Date: 2016-05-01 11:47:00 GMT - Japan - International - SN:10 - ID:4826301
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Sunday for a weeklong visit to major European countries and Russia to lay the groundwork for a Group of Seven summit he will host in late May and address a decades-old territorial row with Moscow. Abe plans ....
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Priest & peace activist Daniel Berrigan dies
Date: 2016-05-01 07:45:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:4824693
Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic priest and peace activist who was imprisoned for burning draft files in a protest against the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 94, Sky News reported Sunday. Berrigan died on Saturday at Murray-Weigel Hall, a Jesuit ....
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South Korean president leaves for Iran
Date: 2016-05-01 07:44:37 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:4824681
South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Tehran on Sunday on a historic trip meant to boost political and economic relations between the two countries, Yonhap news agency reported. Park is set to meet with her Iranian counterpart, Hassan ....
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Venezuela hikes minimum wage 30% amid economic crunch
Date: 2016-05-01 07:42:38 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:3 - ID:4824657
Venezuela's president is ordering a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage, the latest move by the socialist government to grapple with high inflation and economic stagnation, Belleville News Democrat (BND) reported. The boost announced Saturday ....
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Top Daesh leader killed in Afghan Air Force raid in Nangarhar province
Date: 2016-04-30 09:29:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:4819061
A top leader of the Daesh terrorist group was killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, the Khaama Press reported Saturday. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in Achin ....
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Argentine's president reforms denounced by protesters
Date: 2016-04-30 09:27:14 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:2 - ID:4819057
Thousands of Argentines have staged a noisy protest against job cuts imposed under President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms, according to the BBC. The demonstration was organized by two major labor unions, the CGT and CTA, who united against ....
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California protesters force Trump to abandon convoy, delay speech
Date: 2016-04-30 09:24:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:4819045
Hundreds of protesters in California forced Republican front-runner Donald Trump to abandon his convoy and delay his speech for 40 minutes. The billionaire businessman was forced to enter the hotel, where he will address his Republican ....
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UNSC rejects Israeli jurisdiction on Golan as 'null and void'
Date: 2016-04-27 08:24:12 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:4800137
The UN Security Council rejected last week’s statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Golan Heights would always remain under Israeli sovereignty, The Jerusalem Post reported. On Tuesday, the UN Security Council in New York ....
