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Israel's opposition leader concedes defeat
Date: 2015-03-18 09:02:33 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:2189297
Israel's opposition leader Isaac Herzog has conceded defeat in the country's election, ABC news reported. Herzog, who heads the center-left Zionist Union, said he had called prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer congratulations for his ....
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Pakistan executes nine more prisoners: Officials
Date: 2015-03-18 08:54:34 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2189237
Pakistan on Wednesday hanged nine more jailed murderers, officials said, taking the number of convicts executed over the past two days to 21, as the European Union condemned the executions, Euronews network reported. The latest round in Punjab ....
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Putin, Erdogan discuss energy cooperation, 'Turkish Stream' - Kremlin
Date: 2015-03-18 08:51:23 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:2189229
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have discussed in a phone call bilateral relations with the focus on energy cooperation, Sputnik quoted the Kremlin as saying. "The sides discussed in a friendly ....
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Shas will not join any gov't under Netanyahu unless he approved its conditions
Date: 2015-03-18 08:24:03 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:2188985
Israeli Shas party chief Aryeh Deri said his party will not join any government under Benjamin Netanyahu unless he accepted his conditions, Radio Israel reported. Shas has however been using several means to reach out to their potential voters in ....
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Police cars set afire at austerity protest in Germany
Date: 2015-03-18 08:13:40 GMT - Germany - International - SN:5 - ID:2188881
Demonstrators set at least two police cars on fire Wednesday as authorities confronted left-wing anti-austerity protesters trying to blockade the inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank's new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, ABC news ....
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PAF Jets pound militant hideouts in Tirah Valley
Date: 2015-03-18 08:12:34 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:2188869
At least 34 militants were killed in early morning strikes launched by Pakistan Air Force in Tirah valley, Geo News reported on its website. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) branch of the Pakistan Army, strikes were ....
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Japanese police investigating calls threatening to kill US ambassador Kennedy
Date: 2015-03-18 07:44:39 GMT - Japan - International - SN:2 - ID:2188717
Japanese police are investigating phone calls threatening to kill U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, ABC news reported. Authorities said Wednesday that Tokyo's metropolitan police were investigating the calls to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. They ....
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1 migrant killed, 1 wounded in Mexico
Date: 2015-03-18 07:25:43 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:1 - ID:2188589
One Honduran youth was shot to death and another migrant was wounded when assailants attacked Central American migrants riding a freight train in the central Mexico state of Puebla, Fox News reported. The shootings in Puebla may indicate gangs ....
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Hope still there Libya not to be divided: German FM
Date: 2015-03-17 16:29:46 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:42 - ID:2186437
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that there is still hope that Libya will not be divided and no more violence will take place. This came in Steinmeier's statements on the sidelines of the meeting of the EU foreign ministers in ....
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US offers Blair new role in Middle East - paper
Date: 2015-03-17 16:23:12 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:40 - ID:2186413
The United States is understood to be in talks with former UK prime minister Tony Blair about giving him a new role in getting Arab states to back a fresh Middle East peace initiative, The Times reported on Tuesday. The idea is believed to have ....