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Venezuela to shrink US embassy staff, require tourist visas
Date: 2015-03-01 08:44:27 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:9 - ID:2063973
Venezuela will shrink the size of the US Embassy staff, limit the activities of US diplomats and require American citizens to apply for visas if they want to come bask on the beach, ABC News reported on Sunday. Speaking before a crowd that ....
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Blasts from women suicide bombers kill 4 in North Nigeria
Date: 2015-03-01 08:34:42 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:2063885
A witness and a security officer say four people died when two women blew themselves up at a bus stop in a village in northeast Nigeria, the latest in a series of suicide bombings carried out by females and blamed on the Boko Haram Islamic extremist ....
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Park urges Japan to quickly restore honor of S. Korean sex slaves
Date: 2015-03-01 08:30:50 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:2063849
South Korean President Park Geun-hye pressed Japan on Sunday to quickly address the issue of former South Korean sex slaves for Japan's World War II soldiers, saying time is running short for the elderly victims seeking restoration of honor, Yonhap ....
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Netanyahu: I respect Obama, but it's my duty to ensure Israel's security
Date: 2015-03-01 08:25:01 GMT - Israel - International - SN:4 - ID:2063805
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on eve of Washington trip that strength of US-Israeli relations will prevail over current disagreements, The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday. “When there is something that is connected to our very ....
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Members of Russian presidential council to monitor Nemtsov funeral march
Date: 2015-03-01 08:19:55 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:2063773
According to a statement, posted on the council's website, six of its members will attend the Sunday march, monitoring the situation, Sputnik reported. Nemtsov, who served as Russian deputy prime minister under the country's former President ....
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Iran, Italy stress broadening of bilateral ties
Date: 2015-02-28 14:15:49 GMT - Iran - International - SN:40 - ID:2060705
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his visiting Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni in a meeting in Tehran on Saturday underlined the need for the further expansion of mutual cooperation in various fields. Gentiloni, heading a ....
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Pentagon: Syrian rebels to begin training to fight Daesh as soon as March
Date: 2015-02-28 07:56:44 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2057565
Pentagon officials expect to begin training a few hundred Syrian rebels at various international training sites as soon as next month. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon that officials have ....
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Putin cuts salaries of presidential administration by 10 percent
Date: 2015-02-27 13:40:05 GMT - Russia - International - SN:16 - ID:2054925
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to cut the salaries of members of the presidential administration by 10 percent, Kyiv Post said Friday quoting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The expenditures of all administrative bodies and ....
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Susan Rice, Samantha Power to speak at AIPAC meeting
Date: 2015-02-27 08:16:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2052597
President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power will be the two administration officials to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference that will ....
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Putin aide predicts relations 'renaissance' if Russian 'national interests' respected
Date: 2015-02-26 08:25:32 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:2045841
Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that much has changed since Russia and the United States were important partners. In an interview with CNN's on Wednesday, he added "Let's be frank. Quite unexpectedly lots of water has passed ....