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Officials say bombings across Afghanistan kill at least 13
Date: 2015-03-10 18:24:17 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:51 - ID:2133929
A series of bombings across Afghanistan, including one targeting a police checkpoint in the country's south, killed at least 13 people Tuesday, ABC News quoted authorities as saying. The day's deadliest attack targeted the checkpoint on the ....
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Zarif: Iran, undisputable winner of nuclear talks
Date: 2015-03-10 18:04:59 GMT - Iran - International - SN:48 - ID:2133861
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be the winner of nuclear talks irrespective of its results, IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Zarif made the remarks in a speech to the ....
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UN refugee agency reports 'appalling' conditions in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2015-03-10 16:52:01 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:40 - ID:2133289
Humanitarian conditions in war-torn east Ukraine regions controlled by Kiev government forces are of special concern, TASS News agency quoted the spokesman for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees while telling reporters on ....
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AI urges France to receive more Syrian refugees
Date: 2015-03-10 12:34:31 GMT - France - International - SN:15 - ID:2130857
Amnesty International and the French NGO Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture have launched a petition, urging France to receive more Syrian refugees. The petition addressed to French President Francois Hollande states that, since ....
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U.S. envoy to Seoul leaves hospital after attack
Date: 2015-03-10 09:31:40 GMT - south korea - International - SN:7 - ID:2128857
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was released from a Seoul hospital on Tuesday, five days after he was knifed by a South Korean nationalist, saying he felt "darn good". "I feel pretty darn good all things considered," Lippert told ....
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S. Korea president makes surprise visit to hospitalized US envoy
Date: 2015-03-09 13:53:20 GMT - south korea - International - SN:50 - ID:2123545
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday made a surprise visit to the hospital where the top US envoy has been recovering from wounds he sustained in a knife attack last week, Yonhap News Agency reported. The visit is the latest in a series ....
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Former Mossad chief hits out at Benjamin Netanyahu
Date: 2015-03-09 11:56:51 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:37 - ID:2122225
The former head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has delivered an extraordinary assault on the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying his policies left him fearing for the future of the state. Meir Dagan accused Netanyahu of ....
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BP makes second significant gas discovery in Egypt’s East Mediterranean Sea
Date: 2015-03-09 11:07:35 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:32 - ID:2121741
British Petroleum (BP) Egypt announced Monday a significant gas discovery in the East Nile Delta in the Mediterranean Sea. The “Atoll-1” deepwater exploration well, currently being drilled using the 6th generation semi-submersible rig “Maersk ....
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Germany to continue training Somali forces
Date: 2015-03-09 10:54:43 GMT - Germany - International - SN:6 - ID:2120173
The German Cabinet has extended the mandate of the German contingent of the EU Training Mission to Somalia. The EU Training Mission to Somalia trains recruits of the Somali National Army and provides strategic advice to the General Staff and to ....
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4 Filipinos among 9 foreigners abducted From Libya oil field
Date: 2015-03-09 10:18:07 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:17 - ID:2121265
Four Filipinos are among nine foreigners abducted by still-unidentified armed men from an oil field in central Libya and their abductors have yet to communicate any demand, The New York Times quoted officials as saying Monday. Department of ....