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Cameron: Muslims must do more to tackle terrorism in wake of Paris shootings
Date: 2015-01-12 17:34:41 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:68 - ID:1727885
UK Prime Minister David Cameron believes that the Muslim community has a responsibility to do more to tackle terrorism in the wake of the Paris shootings, The Telegraph has reported. The Prime Minister agrees with Sajid Javid, the Culture ....
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Afghan government finally announces a cabinet list
Date: 2015-01-12 13:18:53 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:58 - ID:1725685
After months of delays and missed deadlines, the Afghan government finally unveiled its full list of Cabinet nominees. Abdul Salaam Rahimi, chief of staff for President Ashraf Ghani, announced the list of 25 Cabinet nominees Monday, as well as ....
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Divers find both black boxes in AirAsia crash
Date: 2015-01-12 12:37:49 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:6 - ID:1722201
Divers retrieved one black box and located the other underwater Monday from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, a key development that will help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea less ....
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Kerry involved in car accident in India
Date: 2015-01-12 12:36:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:52 - ID:1725177
US State Secretary John Kerry has been involved in a minor car accident in India, his spokeswoman has said, according to Sky News. No injuries were reported in the accident, which occurred as Kerry's motorcade was headed to the airport in ....
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Nigeria: Scores killed, wounded in Boko Haram attacks
Date: 2015-01-12 11:24:25 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:37 - ID:1724177
Over 20 people were killed at Kasuwar Jagwal GSM market in the commercial capital of Potiskum, Yobe State, when two female suicide bombers, one of them aged about 15, blew themselves up in the crowded market. Nigerian newspaper "Vanguard" said ....
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UN chief condemns Nigeria attacks
Date: 2015-01-12 10:53:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:32 - ID:1723869
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned recent attacks by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria in which hundreds of people have been killed. In a statement, Ban said he was appalled by reports that hundreds of civilians were slaughtered in an ....
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French president holds ministerial meeting over security plans
Date: 2015-01-12 10:32:32 GMT - France - International - SN:27 - ID:1723689
French President Francois Hollande held a ministerial meeting on Monday to stand on the extra security measures taken following the terrorist attacks that hit Paris lately. The meeting, attended by 20 ministers except the prime minister and ....
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Russian official says security services should partner over terrorist acts in France
Date: 2015-01-12 10:03:06 GMT - Ecuador - International - SN:17 - ID:1723149
Chairman of Russia's parliamentary upper house committee for international affairs Konstantin Kosachev said security services should interact regardless of political disagreements between different countries in order to avert terrorist acts similar ....
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Police in China shoot dead six in restive Xinjiang
Date: 2015-01-12 10:01:49 GMT - China - International - SN:23 - ID:1723385
The police in China's western Xinjiang region shot dead six attackers on Monday, official sources said. There were no police or civilian casualties. Residents of Shule county noticed a suspicious person carrying an explosive device. They ....
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Kerry will go to Paris for talks on extremist violence
Date: 2015-01-12 09:01:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:1722821
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he will travel to Paris this week for talks on countering extremist violence, following sharp criticism of the Obama administration for not sending a senior official to Sunday's rally for unity in Paris ....