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Explosion kills dozens at Shiite mosque in Pakistan
Date: 2015-01-31 09:13:51 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:13 - ID:1862213
An explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan during Friday Prayer, killing at least 55 people and wounding at least 59 in an apparent suicide bombing, The New York Times quoted the police as saying. The bombing in Shikarpur, ....
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US criticized for meeting with MB delegation
Date: 2015-01-31 07:32:26 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:1861529
A US journalist has criticized a meeting between the State Department and a delegation of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group. Patrick Poole, a terrorism expert and national security reporter, said the pow wow at the State Department shows ....
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Hagel: U.S. may need ground troops in Iraq
Date: 2015-01-31 07:26:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:1861485
Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview on Friday the United States might eventually need to send non-combat ground troops to Iraq to help turn back the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces. Hagel, who ....
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US secretary of state may visit Moscow on February 4-5
Date: 2015-01-30 07:54:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:1855237
United States Secretary of State John Kerry may visit Moscow on February 4-5 to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Kommersant newspaper said. "Russian and US sides have been working on the possibility of US Secretary of State's ....
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Obama says not to meet Netanyahu during Washington visit
Date: 2015-01-29 08:59:06 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:1848497
US President Barack Obama says he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March because his trip to Washington comes too close to Israel's upcoming elections, CNN reported. "I'm declining to meet with him simply because ....
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UN Envoy: Nigeria needs regional help to defeat Boko Haram
Date: 2015-01-28 16:40:09 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:31 - ID:1845597
United Nations envoy for the Sahel region Hiroute Guebre Sellassie said on Wednesday that Nigeria cannot defeat Boko Haram fighters alone and that it needs regional multinational force. "Nigeria cannot handle the problem alone, Boko Haram is not ....
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Israeli Army chief evaluates security situation after Lebanon strike
Date: 2015-01-28 16:39:34 GMT - Israel - International - SN:30 - ID:1845589
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Gen. Benny Gantz made emergency security evaluations on Wednesday after a military vehicle was struck by projectiles near the northern border with Lebanon, according to the Jerusalem Post. Two soldiers were killed and ....
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Israeli president to address UN session
Date: 2015-01-28 07:28:03 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:1840141
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will address a UN session on Wednesday evening, marking 70 years since the end of the Holocaust. His trip comes at a point of high tension between Israel and United States after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ....
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Kosovo police use tear gas to disperse stone-throwing anti-government protesters
Date: 2015-01-27 18:30:33 GMT - Kosovo - International - SN:80 - ID:1838437
Police in Kosovo have fired volleys of tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters demanding the resignation of a minister who had denied that war crimes were committed against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war with Serbia, Fox News ....
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Poll: 55% of Britons would prefer Cameron as PM over Miliband
Date: 2015-01-27 18:20:48 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:78 - ID:1838397
More than half (55%) of Britons would prefer to see David Cameron carry on as prime minister after the general election. When faced with having to choose either Cameron or Ed Miliband as the next prime minister, only 45% opted for the Labour ....
