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Erdogan’s talks in Kuwait to focus on issues of joint concern – amb.
Date: 2015-04-27 09:53:31 GMT - Kuwait - International - SN:21 - ID:2464757
The scheduled visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Kuwait, later Monday, will focus on political, economic and commercial issues of joint concern, said Turkish Ambassador here Murat Tamer. He told KUNA that the two-day visit had ....
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Kazakh leader gains crushing election victory
Date: 2015-04-27 07:52:46 GMT - Kazakhstan - International - SN:7 - ID:2463669
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a widely expected crushing election victory, with early results showing he has won 97.7% of the vote, the BBC reported. The country's Central Election Commission said that there had been a record ....
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Clinton foundation admits mistakes on tax filings
Date: 2015-04-27 07:41:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2463601
The Clinton Foundation defended its commitment to transparency on Sunday, but also admitted that the organization had made mistakes in its tax filings. Maura Pally, acting CEO of the foundation, posted a statement Sunday acknowledging that while ....
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Boko Haram attacks Niger army base, defense ministry says
Date: 2015-04-26 12:23:04 GMT - Niger - International - SN:28 - ID:2458881
Suspected Boko Haram fighters in motorized canoes attacked a Niger army base on an island in Lake Chad, the body of water touching all four countries that have been targeted by Nigeria's Islamic insurgency, Niger's defense ministry said Saturday as ....
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UNICEF fears for wellbeing of children after Nepal earthquake
Date: 2015-04-26 12:18:49 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:27 - ID:2458853
UNICEF is mobilizing an urgent response to meet the needs of children affected by today's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. With children accounting for half the country's population, UNICEF fears the disaster, which is reported to have already killed ....
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Blast in Sibi kills at least four
Date: 2015-04-26 12:14:18 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:26 - ID:2458817
At least four people were killed and 18 others injured on Sunday in a bomb explosion in Sibi, about 160km to the east of the provincial capital Quetta, Geo News reported. Police said that the explosives were planted inside a motorcycle parked on ....
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Amnesty International calls for including Libyan shores in rescue operations
Date: 2015-04-26 10:26:34 GMT - Libya - International - SN:17 - ID:2457645
Amnesty International called for having efforts to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean include the Libyan shores, pointing out that usually rescue operations take place around the Italian territorial waters and all boats sail from Libya do not ....
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70 killed, injured in Tibet earthquake
Date: 2015-04-26 09:51:11 GMT - China - International - SN:13 - ID:2457389
The Chinese authorities said 17 people were killed, 53 others injured and 12,000 have been evacuated in China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit neighboring Nepal on Saturday. The quake toppled 1,190 ....
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Iran nuclear team heads to New York
Date: 2015-04-26 08:43:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:2456701
Iran’s delegation of nuclear negotiators has set off for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York, where nuclear talks will also be held on the sidelines of the event, ....
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President Rouhani extends condolences to Nepal after quake
Date: 2015-04-26 08:37:39 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:2456641
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has offered condolences to the Nepali people for a devastating earthquake which has killed over 1,800 so far, Press TV reported. The Iranian president offered his “sympathy and condolences” to the people of Nepal ....
