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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 ....
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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 ....
