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Soldier 'shot dead by police' in Burundi protest clashes
Date: 2015-05-20 13:49:53 GMT - Burundi - International - SN:45 - ID:2629521
A Burundian soldier has been killed after being shot in the heart by a police officer, says another trooper amid tensions between the two forces, according to Press TV. The killing took place on Wednesday during clashes with demonstrators on the ....
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Italian police arrest Tunisia museum attack suspect
Date: 2015-05-20 12:49:43 GMT - Italy - International - SN:35 - ID:2628705
Italian police say they have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of involvement in the March 18 attack on a Tunisian museum that left 22 people dead, according to Voice of America. Police told reporters Wednesday that a 22-year-old suspect was ....
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Obama's new Twitter account just broke Guinness world record
Date: 2015-05-20 11:51:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:29 - ID:2628045
US President Barack Obama broke the Guinness world record Monday for the "fastest time to reach 1 million followers on Twitter," according to Huffington Post. Obama finally got his own Twitter account, which will feature tweets exclusively from ....
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Netanyahu suspends 'apartheid' bus plan for Palestinians
Date: 2015-05-20 10:14:37 GMT - palestine - International - SN:18 - ID:2627025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked a controversial plan to ban Palestinian workers from riding the same bus lines as Israelis, hours after it was approved by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, Radio Israel reported. Netanyahu ....
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Police, students clash in Istanbul
Date: 2015-05-20 09:12:28 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:11 - ID:2626321
Police forces and faculty of law students clashed Wednesday during a march staged on the University of Istanbul campus. The marchers hurled stones at polices forces, prompting them to fire teargas bombs to disperse the protesters, CNN Turk ....
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N. Korea cancels U.N. chief's visit to Kaesong complex
Date: 2015-05-20 08:40:53 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:2626025
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that North Korea has called off his planned visit to an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Ban was scheduled to visit the North's ....
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S.Korea regrets cancelling Ban's visit to Kaesong complex
Date: 2015-05-20 08:37:56 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:2626009
South Korea's Ministry of Unification expressed regret on Wednesday over North Korea's abrupt decision to cancel a planned visit of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Kaesong complex, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. South ....
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US condemns Russian embassy attack in Damascus
Date: 2015-05-20 07:52:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:2625601
The United States condemned a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries. The US renewed calls for a political solution to end the bloody Syrian conflict. "We call for those responsible for ....
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European nations harmonize laws barring citizens from becoming foreign fighters for extremists
Date: 2015-05-19 17:04:27 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:51 - ID:2623309
European governments have agreed to synchronize their laws to bar citizens from going abroad to fight for Daesh group and other extremists, Fox News reported. A document signed Tuesday by foreign ministers from the 47-nation Council of Europe ....
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Israel slams US for allowing Iranian purchase of aircraft, violating sanctions
Date: 2015-05-19 16:37:35 GMT - Israel - International - SN:46 - ID:2623181
A senior Israeli official took a swipe at Washington on Tuesday over Iran's purchase of second-hand civilian aircraft, saying the acquisition violated US sanctions and went ahead despite a tip-off from Israel, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post ....
