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London accuses Syria of buying oil from Daesh
Date: 2015-03-07 07:48:32 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:2105969
The British government has accused Syria of buying oil shipments from Daesh through middlemen. A middleman involved in deals between Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime and Daesh terrorist group has been hit by the latest round of European ....
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2 pilots killed in Turkish fighter jet crash
Date: 2015-03-05 10:25:21 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:15 - ID:2095121
Two Turkish pilots have been killed after their fighter jet crashed near the central Anatolian city of Konya, Press TV reported. Turkey’s military said in a statement that the incident happened at 9:00 local time on Thursday when the F-4E took ....
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Lavrov assures Bassil of Russia's support for Lebanon
Date: 2015-03-04 12:56:11 GMT - Lebanon - International - SN:49 - ID:2089301
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has assured Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil of Moscow’s support for Lebanon’s stability, unity and territorial integrity amid a troubled Middle East swept by conflicts and jihadi violence, a Russian Foreign ....
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China urges comprehensive deal on Iran nuclear issue
Date: 2015-03-04 12:48:04 GMT - China - International - SN:44 - ID:2089173
China on Wednesday urged parties to seek an opportunity to reach a fair, balanced and mutually beneficial deal on the Iran nuclear issue, Xinhua News Agency reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a press ....
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Iran, US start 4th round of talks
Date: 2015-03-04 10:51:57 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:2087745
The fourth round of talks between Iranian and US nuclear delegations started in Montreux, Stwitzerland, on Wednesday, IRNA news agency reported. The delegations are led for Iran by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and for the US by Secretary ....
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Iran only to accept single-stage deal: Afkham
Date: 2015-03-04 10:36:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:2087529
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswomen Marzieh Afkham said on Wednesday that Iran would not accept a two-stage nuclear agreement with the world powers, IRNA news agency reported. We will accept an agreement in a single-stage manner, all its details ....
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Kenya destroys 15 tons of elephant tusks
Date: 2015-03-04 10:30:44 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:24 - ID:2087441
Kenya’s president set fire to 15 tons of elephant tusks during World Wildlife Day Tuesday to discourage poaching and trade in ivory, ABC news reported. Twenty-five years since ivory trade was banned, new demand from emerging markets threatens ....
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Netanyahu's Congress speech is part of his elections campaign
Date: 2015-03-04 09:03:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:2086569
Iran has dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress as “boring and repetitive”, characterizing it as an anti-Iranian tirade aimed at influencing the upcoming elections in Israel. “Netanyahu’s lie-spreading ....
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Turkish Airlines jet veers off runway in Nepal
Date: 2015-03-04 08:05:16 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:9 - ID:2086029
A Turkish Airlines jetliner veered off the runway in Nepal on Wednesday morning due to sense fog, wounding some passengers, ABC news reported. Flight TK726 was on its way to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, from Istanbul carrying 238 passengers when ....
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China to boost military budget by 10 percent in 2015
Date: 2015-03-04 07:51:28 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:2085901
China's defense spending will increase by 10 percent this year, the latest double-digit increase for the world's largest standing military. The figure announced Wednesday by National People's Congress spokeswoman Fu Ying means China's officially ....