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UN chief urges rationalization of natural resources' consumption
Date: 2015-06-03 13:04:59 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:38 - ID:2722705
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for rationalizing the consumption of natural resources worldwide, adding that many of the earth's ecosystems is about to reach the point of no return. He made such remarks on the occasion of ....
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Russian investigators release name of key witness in Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine
Date: 2015-06-03 12:56:24 GMT - Russia - International - SN:34 - ID:2722613
The Russian Investigation Committee has decided to release the name of the key witness to the Malaysian Airlines flight that was downed over eastern Ukraine last year, Russian Investigation Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said. “The [key] ....
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Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'
Date: 2015-06-03 11:22:07 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:19 - ID:2721665
Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say, according to the BBC. The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced that he was stepping ....
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Edward Snowden: 'David Cameron could have been spied on by the US'
Date: 2015-06-03 08:50:27 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:2720113
British Prime Minister David Cameron could have been spied on by the US because they have already collected his phone records, Edward Snowden claimed. The former CIA contractor said the US National Security Agency had stored everyone's ....
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Hammond calls for intensifing work with Iraqis to defeat Daesh
Date: 2015-06-02 17:55:26 GMT - France - International - SN:58 - ID:2717709
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Tuesday said the Iraqis needed support in terms of logistics, air cover and training, but insisted that offering ground troops was not an option, the BBC reported. Britain already has more than 100 personnel ....
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Iran’s nuclear stockpile grows, complicating negotiations
Date: 2015-06-02 16:52:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:54 - ID:2717301
With only one month left before a deadline to complete a nuclear deal with Iran, international inspectors have reported that Tehran’s stockpile of nuclear fuel increased about 20 percent over the last 18 months of negotiations, partially ....
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20 people killed in market bombing in Nigeria
Date: 2015-06-02 15:17:51 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:47 - ID:2716569
A bomb blast struck a busy market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing about 20 people. Local residents said a man blew himself up at Gamboru cattle market, killing 20 at least. Newly-inaugurated President Mohamed ....
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Israel denies reports on preventing German FM plan from flying over its airspace
Date: 2015-06-02 13:10:12 GMT - Israel - International - SN:24 - ID:2715201
Israel’s Embassy in Berlin and the Israeli Foreign Ministry denied a German Der Spiegel article alleging that Israel’s air traffic authority refused to give German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s plane a permission to fly over its ....
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Gunmen assault airport in east Congo; at least 6 dead
Date: 2015-06-02 12:45:55 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - International - SN:21 - ID:2714985
Officials say at least six people are dead following an attack on the largest airport in eastern Congo, according to ABC News. Government spokesman Lambert Mende says that heavily armed gunmen broke into the Goma airport early Tuesday. Mende ....
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Abe says Japan could give US forces logistical support in Mideast
Date: 2015-06-01 14:45:31 GMT - Japan - International - SN:40 - ID:2708993
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday the Japanese Self-Defense Forces could provide US or other foreign troops logistical support in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean under new security bills, Kyodo reported. Abe for the first time ....
