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Indian PM to embark on two-day UAE visit
Date: 2015-08-16 08:49:16 GMT - India - International - SN:3 - ID:3165709
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Abu Dhabi on Sunday on a two-day trip, packed with a string of engagements high on substance and symbolism, including talks with the leadership of world’s second largest Arab economy and an address ....
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123 insurgents killed, 76 wounded in Afghanistan- ministry
Date: 2015-08-15 11:25:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:3162297
Afghan Ministry of Defense said that 123 insurgents were killed, 76 wounded and 13 others arrested during military operations across the country in past 48 hours, the Khaama Press cited the ministry’s spokesman General Zahir Azimi as saying. In a ....
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IMF says Greece needs debt relief as further bailout agreed
Date: 2015-08-15 10:52:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:3161977
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde released a statement calling for some form of debt relief for Greece, following the eurozone announcement, Deutsche Welle reported Saturday. Several of Greece's creditors oppose such a ....
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Iran committed not to meddle in Lebanon's internal affairs - FM
Date: 2015-08-12 14:57:06 GMT - Lebanon - International - SN:11 - ID:3147813
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif informed Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that Iran is committed not to meddle in Lebanon's internal affairs. During his meeting Wednesday with a number of Lebanese parliamentarians, Berri ....
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Afghan official says corpses of 4 kidnapped men found
Date: 2015-08-12 09:37:30 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:3144909
Afghan authorities recovered the corpses of four men kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan last week, officials said Wednesday, while at least eight others have been newly abducted, ABC News reported. The four corpses, found in Nawur district near the ....
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5 PKK elements killed in clashes with Turkish police
Date: 2015-08-12 09:35:15 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:5 - ID:3144893
At least five separatists of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in clashes with Turkish police on the Iğdır-Doğubeyazıt highway in eastern Turkey. PKK militants, meanwhile, hurled hand grenades at troops guarding a police station ....
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Rocket attack foiled on Kabul city
Date: 2015-08-10 10:21:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:3132737
The Afghan national security forces thwarted a plot by the militant groups to fire a rocket on Kabul city, Khaama Press quoted Kabul police as saying Monday. The BM-1 rocket was discovered by the security forces from Qalacha area where the ....
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US Consulate in Istanbul attacked
Date: 2015-08-10 08:18:21 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:4 - ID:3131825
Turkish police detained a woman suspected of participating in an attack on a US consulate building in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, local news channel NTV reported. The shooting took place in the northernmost district of Istanbul, Sariyer, ....
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Operation to free hostages in Mali hotel siege ends
Date: 2015-08-08 08:41:28 GMT - Mali - International - SN:5 - ID:3121377
The operation to free hostages in a hotel in the central town of Sevare in Mali has ended, according to the BBC. A number of attackers had stormed Byblos Hotel, frequented by foreign visitors and troops, at around 7am on Friday, according to the ....
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Panama Canal to limit ship size due to drought
Date: 2015-08-08 08:39:12 GMT - Panama - International - SN:3 - ID:3121349
The Panama Canal Authority says it will temporarily cut the size of ships allowed through because of drought caused by El Nino, the BBC reported on Saturday. From 8 September, the maximum draft of ships will be cut to 39ft (11.89m), which may ....
