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S. Korea to return remains of Chinese troops killed in Korean War
Date: 2015-02-10 12:07:18 GMT - south korea - International - SN:9 - ID:1934769
South Korea and China agreed Tuesday to hold a ceremony next month to repatriate 68 sets of remains of Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War to their homeland, the defense ministry here said, according to Yonhap News Agency. The ....
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Malaysia court upholds Anwar Ibrahim sodomy conviction
Date: 2015-02-10 07:01:20 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:1932237
Malaysia's top court has upheld opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's conviction for sodomy. Anwar was accused of having sex with a male aide in 2008. Sodomy is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia, but very few people are ever prosecuted. The ....
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Sisi hosts banquet for Putin at Cairo Tower
Date: 2015-02-09 21:32:40 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:44 - ID:1931581
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attended on Monday a presidential banquet dinner at Cairo Tower, on the first of a two-day visit to Egypt. Following an Opera House show, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi hosted the banquet in honor of the visiting ....
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French president meets Morocco king
Date: 2015-02-09 21:29:43 GMT - France - International - SN:43 - ID:1931573
French President Francois Hollande met here on Monday with Morocco's King Mohammed VI, following reconciliation between Paris and Rabat after a diplomatic crisis between the two countries which lasted for one year. The Moroccan king started a ....
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Seoul, Moscow FMs hold talks over N. Korea nukes
Date: 2015-02-09 10:28:18 GMT - south korea - International - SN:25 - ID:1926129
The top diplomats from South Korea and Russia have held talks in Germany to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program and ways to promote the steady development of bilateral ties, Yonhap quoted Seoul's foreign ministry as saying Monday. South ....
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No stability if Jihadi leaders remain sidelined, Ismail Khan warns
Date: 2015-02-09 10:26:21 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:24 - ID:1926117
The former Jihadi leader and Minister of Water and Energy Mohammad Ismail Khan has warned that there will be no security in the country if the Jihadi leaders remain sidelined in the new government, Khaama Press reported Monday. Speaking in a ....
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Netanyahu: US, Iran galloping towards deal which threatens Israel
Date: 2015-02-09 10:13:46 GMT - Israel - International - SN:19 - ID:1925985
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated once again his promise to stop at nothing to prevent Iran from reaching nuclear capabilities, or maintain the ability to do so quickly through a deal with the west, Yediot Ahronot newspaper ....
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World governments urged to listen to voice of their people
Date: 2015-02-09 10:12:36 GMT - United Arab Emirates - International - SN:18 - ID:1925981
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon urged governments all over the world to listen to the voice of their people and confront exclusion which creates extremism. Speaking at Dubai Government Summit, the UN chief said that "We need more transparency and ....
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Chinese president Xi Jinping to visit US, says diplomat
Date: 2015-02-09 09:09:39 GMT - China - International - SN:13 - ID:1925261
A top Chinese diplomat has said President Xi Jinping plans to make his first state visit to the US later this year, Chinese state media reported on Monday, The Guardian reported Monday. The official China Daily newspaper quoted China’s ambassador ....
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S. Korea sends anti-piracy troops to Gulf of Aden
Date: 2015-02-09 07:58:38 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:1924441
South Korea dispatched the 18th batch of troops to the Gulf of Aden on Monday to continue its commitment to the international effort to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, Yonhap news agency reported quoting the Navy as having said ....