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Angela Merkel to visit White House next week
Date: 2015-02-02 19:19:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:53 - ID:1881669
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with President Obama at the White House on Feb. 9, Washington Post reported, citing officials as saying on Monday. Merkel and Mr. Obama will discuss Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine, ....
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Obama’s words on power transition in Ukraine confirm US involvement in state coup — Lavrov
Date: 2015-02-02 18:55:16 GMT - Russia - International - SN:49 - ID:1881521
The statement of US President Barack Obama on the United States role in "brokering power transition" in Ukraine confirms that Washington was involved in the February state coup, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by TASS news agency ....
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U.S. taking new look at giving arms to Ukraine forces
Date: 2015-02-02 12:13:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:24 - ID:1877033
US President Barack Obama's administration is taking a new look at providing Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and equipment in the face of a rebel offensive that shattered a five-month truce, the New York Times reported. The newspaper ....
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UN Weather Agency says 2014 hottest year
Date: 2015-02-02 11:43:57 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:34 - ID:1877597
The U.N. weather agency says 2014 was the warmest year on record, though the temperature difference with 2010 and 2005 is so small that it's impossible to say for sure which of the three years was the hottest. The World Meteorological ....
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Time not ripe to resume Mideast peace talks -- UN envoy
Date: 2015-02-02 10:32:37 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:26 - ID:1877129
UN Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry said on Monday time is not ripe now to resume stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians as the Israeli elections are soon. Addressing a news conference after talks with ....
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Israeli PM criticizes UN over Lebanon
Date: 2015-02-02 09:00:21 GMT - Israel - International - SN:13 - ID:1876057
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused United Nations peacekeepers on Sunday of failing to enforce a resolution barring Hezbollah fighters from "smuggling weapons into Lebanon." In a phone call with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, ....
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Australian PM Abbott 'has not considered resigning'
Date: 2015-02-02 07:42:29 GMT - Australia - International - SN:7 - ID:1875377
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he has not considered resigning, despite a slump in popularity and growing questions about his leadership, the BBC reported. In a major policy speech, he confirmed the scrapping of a paid parental leave ....
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Robert Gates says Obama’s plan to defeat Islamic State is ‘unrealistic’
Date: 2015-02-02 07:39:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:1875353
Former defense secretary Robert M. Gates described President Barack Obama's strategy for defeating Daesh in Iraq and Syria as “unrealistic," adding that ground troops may be necessary to achieve the administration's goals. “I think that the ....
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US nuke sub visits S. Korea for joint drill
Date: 2015-02-02 07:35:34 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:1875301
A nuclear-powered US submarine has arrived in South Korea to participate in an annual joint military drill this week, Yonhap said Monday. The USS Olympia (SSN-717), a Los Angeles-class submarine, carrying some 120 sailors, arrived in the southern ....
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Britain PM condemns beheading of Japanese hostage
Date: 2015-02-01 12:08:53 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:1868125
British Prime Minister David Cameron has deplored the purported beheading of a Japanese hostage by Daesh. "I utterly condemn what appears to be the despicable and appalling murder of Kenji Goto," a cabinet press release said on Sunday. "It is ....
