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Abe’s popularity rises after Japan hostage crisis
Date: 2015-02-08 14:19:39 GMT - Japan - International - SN:53 - ID:1920781
Popular support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rose after a tense couple of weeks in which two Japanese hostages were brutally murdered in the Middle East, according to The Wall Street Journal. In a Kyodo News survey, approval for Mr. Abe’s ....
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Kerry meets Zarif for 2nd time in Munich
Date: 2015-02-08 11:47:08 GMT - Germany - International - SN:35 - ID:1919297
US Secretary of State John Kerry met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for the second time since their arrival in Munich to attend a security conference. The meeting comes at a time world powers are trying to clinch a nuclear deal ....
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North Korea test-fires 5 short-range missiles tnto the sea
Date: 2015-02-08 11:31:33 GMT - south korea - International - SN:30 - ID:1919161
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea has test-fired five short-range missiles into the sea, ABC news reported. The ministry said the missiles flew about 200 kilometers (125 miles) before landing in waters off North Korea's east coast ....
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5 African countries are sending 8,700 troops after Boko Haram
Date: 2015-02-08 11:28:22 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:29 - ID:1919133
Nigeria and its four neighboring nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to fight Boko Haram militants, Sky news reported. "The representatives of Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and ....
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Afghan president to visit Tehran late in Feb.
Date: 2015-02-08 11:15:45 GMT - Iran - International - SN:26 - ID:1918977
Afghani President Ashraf Ghani will pay an official visit to Iran later this month at an invitation from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. During his visit to Afghanistan in January, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif handed over an ....
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Vote today would see Britain exiting EU
Date: 2015-02-08 11:13:34 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:25 - ID:1918953
Britain would vote to leave the European Union if there were a referendum now, and even traditionally pro-EU countries are falling out of love with Brussels, The Sunday Times quoted a poll as saying. The survey, conducted in 13 European ....
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5 dead, including gunman, in Georgia shooting
Date: 2015-02-08 09:05:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:1917625
A man shot six people Saturday afternoon, killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself on a quiet, suburban street outside Atlanta, ABC news reported quoting police and neighbors as ....
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Nigeria postpones presidential vote over security
Date: 2015-02-08 08:06:52 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:9 - ID:1917153
The electoral commission in Nigeria has postponed the 14 February presidential election by six weeks over concerns about the security situation, the BBC reported. Commission chief Attahiru Jega said he had been told troops would not be available ....
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Netanyahu to meet French Israelis Sunday
Date: 2015-02-08 08:03:39 GMT - Israel - International - SN:7 - ID:1917117
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet a group of immigrants to Israel from France at his official residence on Sunday evening in an effort to win votes from that sector, the Jerusalem Post reported. The meeting will follow up on a ....
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Australia Abbott: Leadership vote brought forward
Date: 2015-02-08 08:00:32 GMT - Australia - International - SN:6 - ID:1917093
Australia's prime minister, fighting for his political life, has bought forward a party confidence vote on his leadership to Monday, the BBC reported. Tony Abbott said he wanted to hold the Liberal Party ballot sooner as it was important to end ....
