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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 ....
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Netanyahu "will go anywhere invited" to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons
Date: 2015-01-25 13:12:23 GMT - Israel - International - SN:40 - ID:1819933
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened this week’s Sunday cabinet meeting with a grim warning about the current negotiations taking place between world powers and Iran — and the implications for Israel, according to The Jerusalem Post. World ....
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Liberman orders party to buy up, distribute Charlie Hebdo
Date: 2015-01-25 11:32:06 GMT - palestine - International - SN:29 - ID:1818953
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Sunday he had instructed Yisrael Beytenu party activists to buy thousands of copies of the latest issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and distribute them to the public, pushing back against feared ....
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Livni: Netanyahu ruining US ties for election speech
Date: 2015-01-25 09:43:59 GMT - Israel - International - SN:18 - ID:1817833
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Yesh Atid party chief Yair Lapid have warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was wrecking Israel’s relationship with the White House for political gains, The Times of Israel reported. Livni and ....
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Obama pays respects at Gandhi memorial
Date: 2015-01-25 09:15:38 GMT - India - International - SN:17 - ID:1817617
US President Barack Obama on Sunday visited Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the final resting place of the Father of the Nation, according to ABC News. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush ....
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Japan says online image of hostage's body likely authentic
Date: 2015-01-25 08:39:03 GMT - Japan - International - SN:10 - ID:1817313
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday it is highly likely that an image purporting to show that one of the two Japanese hostages being held by a group believed to be Daesh has been killed is authentic, Kyodo News reported. "We cannot ....