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Australia declines US request to increase military commitment in Middle East
Date: 2016-01-14 09:27:14 GMT - Australia - International - SN:6 - ID:4112061
Australia has formally declined a request from the United States to increase its military commitment in the Middle East, ABC news reported on Thursday. US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter asked all countries involved in the campaign to consider ....
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Indonesian president: Situation under control, urges people to remain calm
Date: 2016-01-14 08:29:47 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:4 - ID:4111569
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said in a statement on national TV the situation is under control and is calling on people to remain calm, ABC News reported on Thursday. Jokowi says: "The state, nation and people should not be afraid ....
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US embassy in Jakarta issues warning after reports of explosions
Date: 2016-01-14 07:32:05 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:3 - ID:4111185
All US citizens in Jakarta have been advised to shelter in place and monitor local and international media until the situation there becomes clearer, the American embassy said in its second emergency message following reports of explosions and ....
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6 killed as massive blasts, gunfire rock Jakarta
Date: 2016-01-14 07:09:36 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:2 - ID:4111073
At least six people were killed amid several large explosions and gunshots Thursday near a popular shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, ABC news reported quoting police. A national police spokesman told reporters that three police officers and ....
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2 killed in suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan near Iranian, Indian & Pakistani consulates
Date: 2016-01-13 09:35:00 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:4104689
At least two people have been killed and two injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a number of foreign consulates in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, ABC news reported quoting authorities. The diplomatic missions possibly ....
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Obama not to address detained US sailors in his State of Union - Psaki
Date: 2016-01-13 07:05:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4103669
White House Communications Director Jen Psaki said President Barack Obama has “no plans” to address Iran detaining 10 American sailors in the State of the Union. "This is an issue, like many others, that as president of the United States and ....
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Relatives of A321 crash victims prepare lawsuit against aircraft owner
Date: 2016-01-11 09:41:42 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:4090137
Some 100 relatives of the A321 passenger jet crash victims have prepared a class-action lawsuit to the New York Court against the US leasing company International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), from which the Russian Kogalymavia airline rented ....
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Russia repeatedly warned NATO against interference in Libya, Iraq
Date: 2016-01-11 08:15:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:4089405
Russia’s attempts to convince NATO against military involvement in Libya and Iraq had nothing to do with the alleged anti-Western rhetoric and were voiced only as a warning from possible mistakes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an ....
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N. Korea expands loudspeaker broadcasts to counter South
Date: 2016-01-11 08:13:59 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:4089397
SEOUL, Jan 11 (MENA) - North Korea has expanded its own loudspeaker broadcasts along the inter-Korean border as a counteraction to South Korea's retaliatory broadcasts critical of the communist nation, Yonhap news agency reported quoting sources as ....
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Obama to shut Guantanamo before he leaves office, says White House chief of staff
Date: 2016-01-11 08:12:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4089389
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough has vowed that President Obama will close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility before his presidency ends in 11 months. “He feels an obligation to his successor to close that, and that’s why we’re going ....
