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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 ....
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US, Iran both want to defeat Daesh: Kerry
Date: 2015-02-26 08:21:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:2045801
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States and Iran both have a "mutual interest" in defeating Daesh terrorist group but the two countries are not cooperating with each other in this regard, Radio Sawa reported. "They are totally ....
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Gas to Ukraine could be cut off in 4 days unless prepayment made - Putin
Date: 2015-02-25 18:21:26 GMT - Russia - International - SN:33 - ID:2043461
Russia intends to suspend gas deliveries to Ukraine unless Kiev makes a further prepayment as its current balance only covers three or four days' gas supply, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, according to Sputnik news agency. ....
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Jewish settlers set ablaze mosque in western Bethlehem
Date: 2015-02-25 09:42:07 GMT - palestine - International - SN:12 - ID:2039033
Jewish settlers set on fire a mosque in Al Hoda village in western Bethlehem City, southern the West Bank, Sky News reported Wednesday. No further details are available so far on the incident. The all-news network said the attack on the mosque ....
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Israeli PM rebuffs Senate Democrats' meeting request
Date: 2015-02-25 07:38:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:7 - ID:2038077
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation to meet with two top Democratic senators, Radio Israel reported. Senators Dianne Feinstein, of California, and Dick Durbin, of Illinois, invited Netanyahu for a closed-door ....
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Obama nominates 1st US ambassador to Somalia since 1991
Date: 2015-02-25 06:43:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2037701
US President Barack Obama has nominated a career diplomat to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years, filling a post that has been vacant since the Horn of Africa country collapsed into chaos in 1991, forcing the closure of the ....