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Argentina to dissolve intelligence body after prosecutor death
Date: 2015-01-27 06:25:05 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:4 - ID:1831685
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced plans to disband Argentina's intelligence agency. In a TV address, she said she would draft a bill to set up a new body. Fernandez said the intelligence services had kept much of the same ....
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49 Philippine police commandos killed after clash with rebels
Date: 2015-01-26 11:15:09 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:21 - ID:1825497
Forty-nine Philippine police commandos were killed when they clashed with Muslim rebels in the south, police said Monday, a bloodbath which tested a peace accord signed last March, media reports said. An 11-hour gun battle broke out after police ....
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AU commissioner says terrorism, extremism must come to an end in Africa
Date: 2015-01-26 11:11:05 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:35 - ID:1826173
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission, underlined the importance of bringing to an end the risks of terrorism and extremism in the African continent. She called for "silencing the guns and neutralizing the threats of ....
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Japan seeks Jordan's help on gaining hostage's release
Date: 2015-01-26 10:48:18 GMT - Japan - International - SN:31 - ID:1825957
Japan sought help from Jordan and other countries Monday in its race to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group, with no signs of progress on securing his release, according to ABC News. The chief government spokesman refused ....
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At least 30 Taliban killed in Kundoz operation
Date: 2015-01-26 09:54:04 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:12 - ID:1825261
Security officials in northern Kundoz province say Taliban have suffered heavy casualties in the ongoing operation in Imam Sahib District, Khaama Press reported. General Abdul Saboor Nasrati, police chief of Kundoz province says at least 30 ....
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Obama 'not surprised' at Yemen collapse
Date: 2015-01-26 08:03:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:1824113
US President Barack Obama was “not surprised” the Yemeni government fell into the hands of rebels backed by Iran, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said. The senior Obama aide said, as quoted by CBS news, the president has had concerns ....
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Missing journalist found dead in Mexico's Veracruz state
Date: 2015-01-26 07:59:55 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:5 - ID:1824065
The body of a journalist who was abducted by armed men three weeks ago has been found in eastern Mexico, ABC news reported quoting authorities. A former police officer has confessed to carrying out the crime allegedly at the request of the town's ....
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Iran's FM expresses hope Riyadh sets cooperation ground
Date: 2015-01-25 16:42:24 GMT - Iran - International - SN:53 - ID:1821601
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed hope that Saudi Arabia, with an outlook based on realism and good-neighborly relations, would prepare the ground for bilateral cooperation, according to IRNA News Agency. Speaking in a press ....
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Lifting all sanctions "test" to West's honesty - Shamkhani
Date: 2015-01-25 13:55:16 GMT - Iran - International - SN:45 - ID:1820317
Secretary of Supreme Council of National Security Ali Shamkhani said nuclear negotiations with the Group 5+1 is a test of these countries' commitments to the talks and lifting all the illegal and oppressive sanctions, according to IRNA News ....
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Boko Haram frees 200 hostages in northeast Nigeria
Date: 2015-01-25 13:54:21 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:44 - ID:1820305
Nigerian group Boko Haram has released nearly 200 hostages, most of them women, who were kidnapped from a village in the northeast Nigerian state of Yobe, according to The Sunday Telegraph. A total of 192 people were released from two Islamist ....
