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Guinea declares Ebola 'health emergency' in five regions
Date: 2015-03-29 08:02:58 GMT - Guinea - International - SN:2 - ID:2266081
Guinean President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day "health emergency" in five regions in the west and south-west of the country over Ebola, the BBC reported. The restrictions include the quarantining of hospitals and clinics where new cases are ....
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Taliban execute own fighters in Nooristan
Date: 2015-03-28 12:58:39 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:44 - ID:2262265
Taliban insurgents have beheaded own fighters in eastern Afghanistan. Hafiz Abdul Qayoum, acting governor of Nooristan province says that Taliban executed six members of their group on Thursday after accusing them of having relationship and ....
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Terrorism in Mideast was triggered by rash actions of external players - Russia's UN envoy
Date: 2015-03-28 11:19:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:34 - ID:2261217
An outbreak of terrorism in the Middle East was triggered by rash actions of external players, Russian Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation with Christians and other ....
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Erdogan approves bill on military cooperation with Qatar
Date: 2015-03-28 10:10:55 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:26 - ID:2260473
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratified a bill allowing military deployment in Qatar. The bill enables the Turkish Cabinet to deploy troops in Qatar and cooperate in the defense industry with the country's Sunni ally in the Mideast, ....
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Sri Lanka president's brother dies in axe attack
Date: 2015-03-28 08:16:56 GMT - Sri Lanka - International - SN:15 - ID:2259525
A brother of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has died in hospital after being attacked with an axe on Thursday, police were quoted by The BBC on Saturday. Priyantha Sirisena suffered severe head injuries in his hometown of Polonnaruwa, ....
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Austrian FM urges intl community to take unified stance against extremism
Date: 2015-03-28 07:39:42 GMT - Austria - International - SN:3 - ID:2259257
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz's statements that "Islam was part of Europe" and his participation in a United Nations Security Council session on the freedom of religion was the focus of the Austrian media Saturday. “It is important to ....
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Iran, US kick of fresh nuclear talks
Date: 2015-03-26 11:04:34 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:7 - ID:2247881
Iranian and US diplomacy chiefs have kicked off a fresh round of talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne as part of broader negotiations between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a final deal over Tehran’s nuclear program, Press TV ....
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Kerry on historic mission for Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2015-03-25 18:34:53 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:54 - ID:2243569
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Switzerland on Wednesday, hoping to seal a deal reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions for years to come, Daily Mail reported. After months of closed-door negotiations, Kerry and his team arrived once ....
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EU: Khartoum declaration 'important political initiative' for region
Date: 2015-03-25 17:37:50 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:48 - ID:2243249
The signature of the agreement regarding the Ethiopian dam by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in Khartoum stands as an important political initiative for the management of the Nile waters, the EU mission in Khartoum said on Wednesday. "The European ....
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Obama sees no Mideast peace deal during his term
Date: 2015-03-25 14:53:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:43 - ID:2241977
President Barack Obama, citing conflicting comments in the past week from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, predicted that there would be no peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians during the remainder of his time in ....
