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Official: At least 16 dead in Mexico bus-train crash
Date: 2015-02-14 08:11:49 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:3 - ID:1959313
A passenger bus and a freight train collided at a grade crossing in northern Mexico on Friday, killing at least 16 people and injuring 22, ABC News quoted a Mexican official as saying. The official said the accident occurred in the town of ....
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German FM hails Minsk agreement on ceasefire in Ukraine
Date: 2015-02-12 16:54:55 GMT - Germany - International - SN:41 - ID:1951969
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier hailed the Minsk agreement on Ukraine crisis by leaders from Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine. The agreement was not all Germany would have wished for, but it was a much-needed step away from ....
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Liberman after election committee vote on Zoabi: Her place is with Hamas in Gaza
Date: 2015-02-12 15:34:38 GMT - Israel - International - SN:31 - ID:1951369
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and head of Yisrael Beytenu praised the Central Election Committee on Thursday for voting to disqualify Balad MK Haneen Zoabi from running in the March 17 election, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Just ....
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Ukraine president: Russia conditions unacceptable
Date: 2015-02-12 09:45:10 GMT - Belarus - International - SN:13 - ID:1947865
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said Russian conditions in ongoing negotiations in Belarus over the conflict in Ukraine are "unacceptable," according to the BBC. He was speaking to reporters during a break in marathon talks involving ....
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Obama to Cameron: maintain UK defence spending or weaken Nato
Date: 2015-02-12 08:12:08 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:1947137
US President warns David Cameron that if Britain fails to meet its 2 per cent of GDP defence spending target, it will set a bad example to other European nations. Barack Obama has told David Cameron that Britain must stick to its Nato spending ....
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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 ....
