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Cambodia extradites fugitive tycoon Polonsky to Russia
Date: 2015-05-17 08:18:21 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:2603141
Former real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky is being transferred to Russia from Cambodia, Sputnik quoted the Russian Interior Ministry as saying on Sunday. Polonsky, one of Russia’s richest men in the past, was charged with multimillion dollar ....
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18 people accused of organising Burundi failed coup
Date: 2015-05-17 08:09:22 GMT - Burundi - International - SN:3 - ID:2603077
Eighteen people have appeared in court in Burundi accused of helping to organize last week's failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, the BBC reported on Sunday. It comes amid what appears to be a crackdown against those suspected of ....
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Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis
Date: 2015-05-17 07:54:53 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - International - SN:1 - ID:2602973
Myanmar's government has said it is not responsible for the migrant boat crisis in south-east Asia, and may not attend an emergency summit on the issue, the BBC reported on Sunday. Thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar are feared ....
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Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine
Date: 2015-05-16 14:03:54 GMT - Russia - International - SN:39 - ID:2599653
The US has not changed their rhetoric or policies regarding Ukraine, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday. "Surely, we have been using every contact with the American counterparts to induce them to refuse from the ....
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Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat
Date: 2015-05-16 14:02:52 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:38 - ID:2599641
Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him, The Times reported. Intelligence reports suggest that recent battlefield gains by rebel ....
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Chinese FM asserts to US counterpart keenness on defending sovereignty
Date: 2015-05-16 11:58:43 GMT - China - International - SN:34 - ID:2598733
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed his country's keenness on defending its sovereignty and maintaining the unity of its territories. The minister's remark came during a press conference with his US counterpart John Kerry after discussions ....
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France calls on new Israeli govt to work for peace
Date: 2015-05-16 11:17:45 GMT - France - International - SN:29 - ID:2598425
France called on the new Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu to work tangibly for peace. In a statement, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said his country urges both the Palestinian and Israeli sides to reach a final and ....
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Italy says military interference in Libya not possible
Date: 2015-05-16 11:16:13 GMT - Libya - International - SN:28 - ID:2598409
Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti has said that there won't be any military interference in Libya, rather moves to stop human smuggling. Pinotti, in press statements published in Libya Saturday, stressed an urgent need to move to stop ....
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Boko Haram recaptures key town in northeast Nigeria: official
Date: 2015-05-16 11:11:19 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:2598377
Boko Haram Islamists have recaptured the strategic town of Marte in northeastern Nigeria’s restive Borno state, a regional official said early on Saturday. “It is sad as we have been made to understand that Marte has today completely fallen under ....
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Pakistan, India exchange fire across joint borders
Date: 2015-05-16 08:07:21 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2596921
Pakistan and India exchanged fire across the joint borders on Saturday. No casualties were reported. The Indian forces opened fire toward Pakistani border villages, Sky News quoted Pakistani military sources as saying. Pakistani border ....
