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China to take part in Syria conference in Kuwait
Date: 2015-03-24 12:52:20 GMT - China - International - SN:16 - ID:2232853
China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Ambassador Gong Xiaosheng will attend the third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria will be held on March 31 in Kuwait, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a ....
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Plane crashes in French Alps with 148 people on board
Date: 2015-03-24 12:13:07 GMT - France - International - SN:10 - ID:2232421
A plane has crashed near the village of Digne-Les-Bains in the French Alps, Time reported Tuesday quoting the French Prime Minister. The Germanwings Airbus A320 was flying from Barcelona in Spain to Düsseldorf in Germany. Debris has been found ....
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David Cameron 'won't serve third term' if re-elected
Date: 2015-03-23 20:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:2228617
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he will not serve a third term as prime minister if the Conservatives remain in government after the general election, the BBC reported Monday. The PM said if re-elected he would serve the full five ....
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Gasoline bomb thrown at Berlin parliament offices
Date: 2015-03-23 11:44:28 GMT - Germany - International - SN:35 - ID:2224397
Berlin police say a gasoline bomb was thrown at a parliamentary office building in the capital overnight and they are investigating a possible far-right connection. Police said in a statement that the projectile was thrown at the facade of the ....
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Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests
Date: 2015-03-23 11:20:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:32 - ID:2224025
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa will be over by August, the head of the UN Ebola mission told the BBC. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed admitted the UN had made mistakes in handling the crisis early on, sometimes acting "arrogantly". A year after ....
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Afghans protest vicious mob killing of woman
Date: 2015-03-23 10:25:36 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:25 - ID:2223341
Hundreds of Afghans took to streets on Monday to protest the vicious mob killing of Farkhunda who was wrongly accused of burning the Koran, Fox news reported. The woman was beaten with sticks, run over by a car, and burned to death by men. The ....
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Israeli president meets with parties in second round of consultations over forming alliance
Date: 2015-03-23 10:18:59 GMT - Israel - International - SN:23 - ID:2223253
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met on Monday with representatives of Yisrael Beytenu and Meretz to receive their nomination for prime minister in a second round of consultations. Following Monday’s meetings, Rivlin is expected to task Netanyahu ....
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Taliban deny reports of Mullah Fazlullah’s death
Date: 2015-03-23 10:10:33 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:18 - ID:2223169
As unconfirmed reports of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah’s death circulated in the media early Monday, spokesmen for different Taliban groups denied that Pakistan’s most wanted terrorist was killed in an operation by the ....
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Singapore's founding PM dies aged 91
Date: 2015-03-23 08:00:06 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:5 - ID:2221853
Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has died in hospital at the age of 91 after suffering from severe pneumonia, Sky News reported Monday. Mr Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on February and was later placed on life ....
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S. Korea signs free trade deal with New Zealand
Date: 2015-03-23 07:58:41 GMT - south korea - International - SN:7 - ID:2221877
South Korea formally signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand on Monday, the latest in a series of deals Seoul has inked to boost the country's exports, Yonhap News Agency reported. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and New Zealand Prime ....