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Ukrainian president calls for UN peacekeepers
Date: 2015-02-19 07:52:48 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:7 - ID:1997593
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for UN peacekeepers to be deployed to eastern Ukraine to enforce a ceasefire, according to the BBC. At an emergency security meeting, he said such a force would help guarantee security "in a ....
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Obama meets with his new defense secretary
Date: 2015-02-19 07:41:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:1997493
US President Barack Obama met with his newly-appointed Defense Secretary Ashton Carter for talks over violent extremism, the current situation in Ukraine and the conditions of the US army. Obama told reporters that the meeting tackled fighting ....
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29 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2015-02-18 18:36:38 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:63 - ID:1995997
At least 29 Taliban militants were killed Wednesday in operations implemented by Afghan National Security Operation in southern Helmand province. Hundreds of national security forces took part in the operations, the Afghan's Interior Ministry ....
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Italy: 'Political solution' only way out for Libya
Date: 2015-02-18 13:38:20 GMT - Italy - International - SN:32 - ID:1993613
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni asserted on Wednesday that the political solution is the only way out to resolve the Libyan crisis, warning that the North African country is slipping into chaos. He said his country has backed efforts of ....
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Obama administration to allow sales of armed drones to allies
Date: 2015-02-18 12:15:27 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:1992781
The Obama administration will permit the widespread export of armed drones for the first time, a step toward providing allied nations with weapons that have become a cornerstone of U.S. counterterrorism strategy but whose remotely controlled power ....
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Lahore police station blast casualties rise to 15
Date: 2015-02-17 17:03:02 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:33 - ID:1984217
At least eight people were killed and seven others injured when a suicide bomber tried to enter a police station in central Lahore on Tuesday, CNN reported quoting the Pakistani police. Jamaat ul Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani ....
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Iran, Saudi Arabia can help battle terrorism -- Iranian official
Date: 2015-02-17 15:20:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:75 - ID:1986869
An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia have the necessary potential to help curtail terrorism, Press TV reported on Tuesday. “We believe that Tehran and Riyadh have the necessary potential to help countries ....
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UK police arrests man for encouraging terrorism
Date: 2015-02-17 14:01:08 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:1986089
A 29-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent city of Staffordshire, England, has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation, police was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the BBC. The man was detained by ....
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Indyk: Israel to face UNSC resolution proposed not by Palestinians, but int'l community
Date: 2015-02-17 13:01:16 GMT - Israel - International - SN:45 - ID:1985485
Former US envoy to peace talks hints that US would be part of such a resolution that would “lay out and preserve the principles of a two-state solution in the future," the Jerusalem Post reported. Martin Indyk said he expects this initiative ....
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Afghan army begins anti-Taliban drive, kills 76 militants
Date: 2015-02-17 12:56:50 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:44 - ID:1985433
The Afghan army has launched an offensive in the southern Taliban heartland to try to weaken the insurgents before the start of the new "fighting season", Sky News Arabia reported. Police and troops began targeting militants on Monday in four ....
