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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 ....
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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 ....
