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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 ....
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German FM warns of deteriorating situation in Gaza
Date: 2015-06-01 12:45:10 GMT - palestine - International - SN:31 - ID:2707729
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned of the deterioration of the situation in Gaza Strip, calling for exerting more efforts for the reconstruction of Gaza and improving the economic conditions there. At a press conference at ....
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej returns to hospital
Date: 2015-06-01 07:51:31 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:7 - ID:2705101
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has gone back into hospital, only a few weeks after being discharged, the BBC reported. A statement from the palace on Sunday said he was undergoing tests at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok but did not say when ....
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John Kerry suffers broken leg in bike accident in France
Date: 2015-05-31 17:23:23 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:42 - ID:2703137
US Secretary of State John Kerry suffered a broken leg in a bike accident in France early Sunday, and will return to the U.S. for treatment, the State Department said, according to NBC News. The cycling accident occurred near Scionzier, France, ....
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India heat wave death toll passes 2,200
Date: 2015-05-31 12:30:04 GMT - India - International - SN:33 - ID:2700773
Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heat wave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April climbed past 2,200, according to ABC News. Officials say the intense heat is ....
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Netanyahu says interested in renewing direct peace talks with Palestinians
Date: 2015-05-31 11:29:35 GMT - Israel - International - SN:29 - ID:2700109
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is interested in renewing direct peace talks with the Palestinians, and emphasized that he was committed to the principle of "two states for two peoples," Haaretz reported on Sunday Netanyahu has asked ....
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'Israel expects Germany to lead fight against West Bank product labeling'
Date: 2015-05-31 11:00:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:27 - ID:2699873
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely told visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday that Israel expects Germany to lead the fight against the labeling of products manufactured in the West Bank, Jerusalem Post reported. ....
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Turkey celebrates 562nd anniversary of Istanbul's conquest
Date: 2015-05-31 10:56:51 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:25 - ID:2699841
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey “will not excuse those who said ‘despotism started in 1453’ and [claimed that there was an] ‘Armenian genocide’ and a ‘Pontic genocide’”, Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday. Delivering a speech ....
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John Kerry: US secretary of state in Swiss hospital with likely leg injury after bicycle crash
Date: 2015-05-31 10:50:00 GMT - France - International - SN:22 - ID:2699749
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has been taken to hospital in Switzerland after a biking accident in the nearby French Alps. Kerry, 71, is in a stable condition and is likely to have suffered a leg injury, the BBC quoted a spokesman as ....
