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Israeli defense min.: Administrative detention for arsonists who burnt Palestinian toddler
Date: 2015-08-02 11:10:10 GMT - palestine - International - SN:8 - ID:3085537
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon instructed on Sunday morning security forces to use administrative detention (arrest without trial) to hold the suspected arsonists who set fire to a house in Nablus's Duma town last week, the Jerusalem Post ....
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260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: Report
Date: 2015-08-01 10:54:37 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:3080173
Around 260 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes against targets of the group inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, Hurriyet Daily reported on ....
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Turkish opposition party challenges Erdoğan remarks against Kurds
Date: 2015-07-29 18:24:24 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:16 - ID:3066709
The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday submitted a list of its members' signatures calling for lifting their parliamentary immunity. HDP's leader Selahattin Demirtas said that the party refuses parliamentary immunity and its ....
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Israeli PM approves 300 settler homes in occupied West Bank
Date: 2015-07-29 12:38:50 GMT - palestine - International - SN:8 - ID:3064133
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday approved the "immediate" construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government came under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups, according to France 24. "After ....
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Nigerian president to visit Cameroon on Wednesday
Date: 2015-07-28 13:15:55 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:10 - ID:3057989
A Nigerian official said newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari will make his first official visit to one-time enemy Cameroon on Wednesday to ease tension and bolster support for a regional army to fight the Boko Haram Islamic uprising spilling ....
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Obama: Africa’s progress dependent on development, democracy
Date: 2015-07-28 13:14:00 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:9 - ID:3057945
In his farewell speech capping a historic trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed Africa's extraordinary progress, while noting that such progress can only be sustained through continued development and democracy for all, ....
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Obama in Ethiopia for talks on South Sudan sanctions
Date: 2015-07-27 07:25:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:3048389
US President Barack Obama arrived in Ethiopia late on Sunday as part of an African tour that also took him to Kenya, a senior US administration official said. Obama will hold talks with leaders of Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia on the possibility of ....
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Obama heads for Ethiopia
Date: 2015-07-26 17:49:57 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:21 - ID:3046773
US President Barack Obama left Kenya Sunday for Ethiopia on the second and final leg of his state visit to Africa, according to Voice of America. Obama's visits to Kenya and Ethiopia come to continue his efforts to improve their economies, ....
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Israeli officials hit back at Kerry statements
Date: 2015-07-26 08:25:06 GMT - Israel - International - SN:5 - ID:3042877
An Israeli official hit back at US Secretary of State John Kerry over the weekend following remarks that were perceived by the government in Jerusalem as "thinly veiled efforts to muzzle criticism" of the Iran nuclear agreement, The Jerusalem Post ....
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Closure plan of Guantanamo prison in 'final stages' - White House
Date: 2015-07-23 08:01:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:3027821
The White House is in the "final stages" of drafting a plan to close the controversial US military prison Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman has said. Josh Earnest said the closure of the Cuban detention camp was a national security interest. It was ....