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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 ....
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FM Yun: More hurdles lie ahead in S. Korea-Japan ties
Date: 2015-05-31 10:19:09 GMT - south korea - International - SN:20 - ID:2699441
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se has pledged his government will strive to improve ties with Japan, but added that Japan's failure to apologize for its wartime sex slavery and some other history disputes should be cleared first, Yonhap ....
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Guatemalan protesters demand president quit over corruption
Date: 2015-05-31 09:28:16 GMT - Guatemala - International - SN:15 - ID:2699013
Guatemalans angry over corruption scandals protested on the capital's main square Saturday, pressing their demands that President Otto Perez Molina resign, Miami Herald reported. People from all sectors of society in the Central American nation ....
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Schools reopen in quake-hit areas of Nepal
Date: 2015-05-31 09:26:29 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:14 - ID:2699005
Thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two earthquakes in Nepal have reopened, ABC News reported. With most buildings damaged or unsafe, classes are being held in temporary classrooms that were ordered by the Education ....
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Japanese and South Korean defense chiefs hold first talks in four years
Date: 2015-05-31 09:13:53 GMT - Japan - International - SN:12 - ID:2698897
Japanese and South Korean defense ministers on Saturday held their first bilateral talks in four years and agreed to continue a dialogue to improve strained relations, The Japan Times reported. “It is extremely meaningful” to resume defense ....
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Turkey’s government has no right to interfere in Egyptian laws, Turkish opposition leader tells MENA
Date: 2015-05-31 09:01:26 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:2698577
People’s Republican Party (CHP) Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroglu stressed that all countries must be respected and their internal affairs must not be interfered in, adding the Turkish government must respect Egyptian laws and justice as far as the death ....
