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Pope Francis appeals for solidarity and aid for migrants
Date: 2015-02-11 18:35:00 GMT - Italy - International - SN:56 - ID:1945481
Pope Francis has appealed for solidarity and aid for migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of refuge, the Vatican Radio reported. His call for increased attention and aid follows news of the death of over 300 migrants who have ....
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Obama seeks war authorization from Congress to fight Daesh
Date: 2015-02-11 18:20:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:55 - ID:1945417
US President Barack Obama sent Congress his request for authorization to use military force in the campaign against the Daesh group, the Voice of America reported on Wednesday. The authorization for the use of military force would limit ....
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Jordan king meets former Sudanese minister
Date: 2015-02-11 17:13:11 GMT - Jordan - International - SN:50 - ID:1944993
King Abdullah II of Jordan met on Wednesday with former Sudanese Minister of Endowments and Head of the Islamic Fiqh Academy Dr. Essam al Bashir. The two sides discussed challenges facing the Arab and Islamic nations, especially international ....
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Lavrov: Ukraine's full control of joint borders 'unrealistic' condition
Date: 2015-02-11 15:56:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:44 - ID:1944601
At a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Ukraine's demand of making any agreement conditional on restoring full control of its border with Russia "unrealistic", ....
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Daesh war to extend far beyond Iraq, Syria under Obama's proposed plan
Date: 2015-02-11 11:23:19 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:19 - ID:1941745
US President Barack Obama’s proposed framework for the US-led war against Daesh will not restrict the battlefield to Iraq and Syria, multiple congressional sources told the Guardian, placing the US into a second simultaneous global war that will ....
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Putin, Obama urge swift end to bloodshed in Ukraine
Date: 2015-02-11 11:21:57 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:1941709
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama emphasized the need for a political solution to the internal conflict in Ukraine to swiftly end the bloodshed in the country's south-east, the Kremlin press service said in a ....
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Hollande, Merkel head to Belarus for Minsk talks on Ukrainian settlement
Date: 2015-02-11 11:19:20 GMT - France - International - SN:17 - ID:1941677
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will go to the Belarusian capital of Minsk for the talks on the Ukrainian conflict settlement, the French presidential office said in a statement on Wednesday, Tass ....
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One dead in attack on Donetsk bus station
Date: 2015-02-11 10:12:46 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:8 - ID:1940609
At least one person was killed when a shell hit a bus station in the center of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, Kyiv Post reported Wednesday. The body of a man could be seen behind the wheel of a minibus after a shell fell through the ....
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Diplomatic staff withdrawn from the British Embassy in Sana’a on security grounds
Date: 2015-02-11 09:52:00 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:1940677
Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood announced a decision to temporarily suspend the operations of the British Embassy in Yemen. The security situation in Yemen has continued to deteriorate over recent days. Regrettably we now judge that ....
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100-car pileup leaves 2 dead, dozens injured in South Korea
Date: 2015-02-11 07:51:55 GMT - south korea - International - SN:1 - ID:1939397
Two people were killed and at least 42 were injured on Wednesday after a pileup involving about 100 vehicles in foggy weather on a bridge near the Incheon International Airport, South Korean officials said as quoted by Yonhap. Eight of the people ....
