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UK will quit EU unless PM's reforms go through, says Philip Hammond
Date: 2015-05-28 11:26:26 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:16 - ID:2682861
Britain will vote to leave the EU unless European leaders agree to a “substantial package of reform” demanded by Prime Minister David Cameron, the foreign secretary has warned as quoted by the BBC. As the prime minister embarked on a two-day tour ....
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Tony Blair resigns as Middle East peace envoy
Date: 2015-05-27 15:59:44 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:2678265
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has submitted his resignation as Middle East peace envoy, an official has said. Diplomatic sources revealed Blair had written to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announcing his resignation as ....
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UK's Re-Elected Cameron Outlines Plans in Queen's Speech
Date: 2015-05-27 13:20:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:40 - ID:2676965
Britain's first all-Conservative government in two decades unveiled its plans for power, including laws to hold a referendum on European Union membership, give Scotland more autonomy and toughen immigration policies. The list of proposed ....
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Park to visit U.S. in June for talks with Obama
Date: 2015-05-27 10:09:15 GMT - south korea - International - SN:18 - ID:2674817
South Korean President Park Geun-hye plans to visit Washington next month for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, Yonhap News Agency reported quoting Park's office as saying Wednesday. The two leaders are set to meet on June 16 to discuss a ....
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Regional powers agree to enhance pressure on N. Korea
Date: 2015-05-27 08:21:11 GMT - south korea - International - SN:9 - ID:2673857
South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday to ratchet up pressure and sanctions on North Korea, while continuing efforts to bring the communist nation back to talks, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Top nuclear envoys of the ....
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India heatwave toll passes 1,000
Date: 2015-05-27 08:16:12 GMT - India - International - SN:7 - ID:2673829
The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas, the BBC reported. Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where at least 1,118 people ....
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Italia calls for int'l mobilization to protect tourist sites against terror attacks
Date: 2015-05-26 17:58:15 GMT - Italy - International - SN:59 - ID:2671441
Italian Minister of Cultural Activity and Tourism Dario Franceschini called on Tuesday for international mobilization to protect tourist sites from terror attacks. Franceschini made the statement on the sidelines of a ceremony marking the ....
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France's Fabius says anti-Daesh coalition must be reinforced
Date: 2015-05-26 17:22:53 GMT - France - International - SN:52 - ID:2671205
Iraq and Syria risk further division if international efforts to tackle ISIS aka Daesh militants there are not stepped up quickly, France warned Tuesday. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, speaking ahead of a June 2 meeting in Paris of nations ....
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Joint Chiefs Chairman says U.S. blindsided by fall of Mosul
Date: 2015-05-26 16:51:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:50 - ID:2670989
Outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey admits in a new interview that the U.S. military had done no contingency planning to prepare for the fall of Mosul when Daesh terrorists swept into Iraq’s second-largest city last June and ....
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Taliban suicide bombers attack Afghan court
Date: 2015-05-26 13:12:49 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:25 - ID:2668897
Taliban suicide bombers attacked a court in Wardak province on Tuesday, killing two police officers before being shot dead as they entered the compound, the police chief said. The police officers were killed when one of the bombers detonated his ....
