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Cameron says 'hard military force' needed to tackle Assad, Daesh
Date: 2015-09-09 13:53:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:3318905
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said "hard military force" will be needed to remove President Bashar al Assad from power in Syria and to defeat Daesh, The World Bulletin reported on Wednesday. Cameron remarks come in response to MP ....
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Russia to send military aid to Afghanistan
Date: 2015-09-08 12:58:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:3311089
Russia plans to send military assistance to Afghanistan which could include helicopters, to fight Taliban and Daesh, Interfax news agency quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy as saying on Tuesday. Zamir Kabulov, Putin's special envoy ....
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Netanyahu announces creation of security barrier on Jordan border
Date: 2015-09-06 14:38:42 GMT - palestine - International - SN:11 - ID:3298629
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday the start of a multi-billion-shekel effort to construct a sensor-laden fence on the southern border with Jordan, Israeli media reported. Netanyahu said he would not allow Israel to be ....
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Pope urges Catholic parishes to take in refugees
Date: 2015-09-06 12:17:32 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:10 - ID:3297289
Pope Francis is asking faithful throughout Europe to shelter refugees fleeing “death from war and hunger” in their countries. Francis said that the Vatican’s two parishes are taking in two families of refugees. He gave no details as he addressed ....
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10 people dead, several missing from capsized boat
Date: 2015-09-06 08:26:42 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:3295273
The death toll from a capsized fishing boat off the country's south coast increased to 10 Sunday, as several others remained unaccounted for, Yonhap quoted coast guard officials as saying. The 9.77-ton boat Dolphin was found at around 6:25 a.m. ....
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Taliban rocket kill a woman and her 3 children in Kunar province
Date: 2015-09-06 08:25:47 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:2 - ID:3295265
A woman was killed along with her three children after a rocket fired by Taliban militants landed in a residential house in eastern Kunar province, Khaama Press reported. According to local government officials, the incident took place in Chapa ....
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Merkel: Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes
Date: 2015-09-05 12:08:07 GMT - Germany - International - SN:10 - ID:3291249
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Berlin can cope with a record-breaking influx of refugees and migrants this year without raising taxes and without jeopardizing its goal of a balanced budget, the Guardian reported. "We won't raise ....
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Afghan president opens meeting of donor countries with positive progress report
Date: 2015-09-05 12:06:54 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:3291241
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has opened a conference of donors to his country's reconstruction after almost 40 years of war, telling them he has made progress on a range of major challengers including security and corruption, the Fox News ....
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Panetta : Arms control agreements are controversial
Date: 2015-09-05 09:41:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:3290129
Arms control agreements are by their very nature controversial, Los Angeles Times quoted former US defense secretary Leon Panetta as saying. They often fall short of achieving everything that was hoped for. Potential gaps in enforcement can make ....
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Queen Elizabeth to make rare public speech on day she overtakes Victoria as longest-reigning monarch
Date: 2015-09-05 09:39:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:3290081
Queen Elizabeth is expected to make a rare public speech thanking her British and Commonwealth subjects for 63 years of support when she becomes longest-reigning monarch on Wednesday, The Telegraph reported. Her Majesty, who had originally wanted ....