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IAEA delegation arrives in Tehran
Date: 2015-03-09 10:01:17 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:2121117
A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran on Monday to hold technical talks with senior Iranian nuclear officials, IRNA news agency reported. The five-member delegation is headed by Tero Varjoranta, IAEA ....
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15 wounded in Afghan prison riot as inmates hold hostages
Date: 2015-03-08 09:14:26 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:11 - ID:2113037
An Afghan security official says inmates at a northern prison are holding at least five people hostage after a riot wounded five police officers and 10 inmates, media reports said. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, the provincial police chief of ....
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Blair sought £30m UAE deal
Date: 2015-03-08 08:40:56 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:2112753
Tony Blair proposed a £30m contract to advise the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while working as the Middle East peace envoy, according to a confidential document on the deal obtained by The Sunday Times. The 25-page document provides an insight ....
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Nepal's only international airport reopens
Date: 2015-03-08 08:23:32 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:7 - ID:2112633
Nepal's only international airport has reopened four days after a Turkish Airlines jet skidded and blocked the single runway, FOX News reported on Sunday. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said Sunday the first planes took off just before ....
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S.Korea chiefs of rival parties visit attacked US envoy
Date: 2015-03-08 08:14:34 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:2112569
The leaders of rival parties in South Korea on Sunday emphasized a sustained Seoul-Washington alliance as they visited the hospitalized US envoy who is recovering from wounds he suffered last week from a knife attack, Yonhap News reported. Kim ....
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Christopher Lee Cornell, Ohio terrorism suspect, says he would have shot Obama
Date: 2015-03-07 13:13:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:37 - ID:2108793
A man accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol called a television station from jail and said if he hadn't been arrested he would have gone to Washington and shot President Barack Obama in the head. WXIX-TV in Cincinnati said Christopher Lee ....
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CIA to be overhauled to fight modern threats
Date: 2015-03-07 11:28:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:29 - ID:2107905
John O. Brennan, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is planning to reassign thousands of undercover spies and intelligence analysts into new departments as part of a restructuring of the 67-year-old agency, a move he said would make it ....
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EU says it would step up role in Libya if unity government formed
Date: 2015-03-07 09:17:26 GMT - Libya - International - SN:16 - ID:2106813
The European Union is looking to step up its role significantly in Libya, if a United Nations peace push paves the way for some form of a national unity government, The Wall Street Journal reported on its website. At a news conference after a ....
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Gunmen kill 3 Europeans, 2 locals in Mali restaurant attack
Date: 2015-03-07 08:24:20 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:11 - ID:2106309
Five people, including French and Belgian nationals, have been shot dead in a restaurant on a busy street in the Malian capital Bamako, according to The Guardian. At least one gunman entered La Terrasse in an area popular with expatriates ....
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Brazil Petrobras scandal: Top politicians accused
Date: 2015-03-07 08:03:20 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:10 - ID:2106109
Brazil's Supreme Court has approved the investigation of dozens of politicians for their alleged involvement in a kickback scheme at the state-run oil firm Petrobras. Investigators allege private firms paid corrupt officials in order to get ....
