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Beheading threat puts troops on high alert
Date: 2015-01-13 12:30:02 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:19 - ID:1733129
Britain is on high alert for a beheading attack after jihadists were detected discussing plans to murder members of the armed forces, police officers and people working in the intelligence services. Monitoring by counter terrorism agencies has ....
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Jewish victims of Paris terrorist attack arrive in Israel for burial
Date: 2015-01-13 12:23:23 GMT - Israel - International - SN:16 - ID:1732997
The bodies of four Jewish victims of the Paris terrorist attack on a kosher supermarket have arrived in Israel for burial, according to the Guardian. They were brought by a plane that landed early on Tuesday morning at Ben Gurion airport, near ....
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Harry Potter author attacks Murdoch for tweet blaming Muslims for Charlie Hebdo deaths
Date: 2015-01-13 06:10:19 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:1729725
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has condemned and mocked the tweet from Rupert Murdoch which insisted that even peaceful Muslims must bear responsibilities for jihadi attacks. “I was born Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my ....
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Charlie Hebdo: French police commissioner 'kills himself after meeting with victim's family'
Date: 2015-01-13 06:07:01 GMT - France - International - SN:3 - ID:1729705
A French police commissioner has reportedly killed himself after meeting relatives of a victim murdered in the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Television station France 3 reported that Helric Fredou, 45, shot himself in his office on Wednesday night in ....
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Kerry arrives in Pakistan for security talks
Date: 2015-01-13 06:03:16 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:2 - ID:1729689
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Pakistan on Monday for wide-ranging security and economic talks. Kerry, along with Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the head of the United States Central Command, was to meet with Pakistan’s top civilian and ....
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No progress in Russian-Georgian political relations: Georgian PM
Date: 2015-01-12 18:40:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:82 - ID:1728421
Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili said that economic relations between Georgia and Russia have improved, TASS reported on Monday. “There is no progress in the political sphere,” he said. “Georgia seeks to have normal relations with ....
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Russia must play more active role in nuclear talks -- Iran FM
Date: 2015-01-12 17:46:47 GMT - Iran - International - SN:77 - ID:1728037
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a more active Russian role will be crucial in accelerating a final deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries about Tehran’s nuclear program, Press TV reported Monday. In a meeting with Russian ....
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Cuba completes release of 53 political prisoners
Date: 2015-01-12 17:45:55 GMT - Cuba - International - SN:76 - ID:1728029
Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners that was part of last month's historic deal with the US, ABC News reported Monday. The move clears a major hurdle for the normalization of ties between the two countries after more than ....
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Russian lawmaker bashes Kiev for Donbas shelling amid French unity march
Date: 2015-01-12 17:37:52 GMT - Russia - International - SN:70 - ID:1727905
A senior Russian lawmaker has lashed out at Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for having eastern Ukraine bombed at a time when hearts of "all civilized countries" went out to France and those killed during three days of violence in Paris, Sputnik ....
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Australian PM urges leaders to refer to ISIL as Daesh because 'they hate the term'
Date: 2015-01-12 17:36:41 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:69 - ID:1727893
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will now refer to ISIL as "Daesh" because the jihadists hate the term and "what they don't like has an instinctive appeal to me". Urging other leaders to join him in rebranding the extremist movement, ....
