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China offers help in search for missing AirAsia flight: FM
Date: 2014-12-29 13:47:50 GMT - China - International - SN:40 - ID:1636093
China offered on Monday to send aircraft and ships to help in the international search for a missing AirAsia flight that disappeared off Indonesia over the weekend, the Foreign Ministry said. “China has already said to Indonesia that it is ....
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Swedish mosque set ablaze in 2nd suspected arson attack in 4 days
Date: 2014-12-29 13:41:12 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:38 - ID:1635997
A fire broke out at a mosque in Sweden early on Monday, in what authorities believe to be the second arson attack targeting a Muslim center in the country in less than a week, Euronews reported. “We ... are working under the assumption it is ....
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Turkey top court revokes opposition leader's passport
Date: 2014-12-29 11:49:42 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:33 - ID:1634877
The top administrative court of Turkey has approved a March decision by the governor’s office in the eastern province of Erzurum, revoking a special passport granted to US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen more than two decades ago, local media ....
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Israel approves new security plan in Quds
Date: 2014-12-29 09:45:29 GMT - Israel - International - SN:21 - ID:1633701
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a plan for the implementation of increased security measures in Al-Quds (occupied east Jerusalem), local media reported on Monday. The integration of an additional 400 officers to the city's ....
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Scores awaiting rescue in Italy ferry fire
Date: 2014-12-29 09:42:54 GMT - Italy - International - SN:20 - ID:1633689
More than 160 people are still awaiting rescue on the deck of a blazing Italian ferry amid freezing temperatures off the Greek island of Corfu, the BBC news reported on Monday. Helicopter crews have been winching small groups of people to safety ....
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Iran armed forces, huge capacity for regional security: Speaker
Date: 2014-12-29 09:14:11 GMT - Iran - International - SN:17 - ID:1633457
Speaking in a local gathering on Monday, Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani underscored that the Iranian armed forces have managed to establish peace and tranquility in the hardest regional crisis, IRNA news agency reported. He also ....
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AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia plane 'at bottom of sea'
Date: 2014-12-29 08:59:21 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:16 - ID:1633357
The missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 is likely to be at the bottom of the sea, BBC quoted the head of Indonesia's search-and-rescue agency reported. Bambang Soelistyo said the hypothesis was based on the co-ordinates of the plane when ....
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Iran voices readiness to develop relations with China
Date: 2014-12-29 08:33:43 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:1633117
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expresses readiness for Iran to further develop relations with China in all fields, Press TV reported. He made the remarks at a meeting with Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Ming in Tehran on ....
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S. Korea to conduct first missile defense drill next year
Date: 2014-12-29 07:33:29 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:1632741
South Korea plans to conduct its first missile defense drill in the first half of next year to test the effectiveness of locally developed defense programs in the face of North Korea's missile and nuclear threats, Yonhap news agency reported quoting ....
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3 people killed in southeast Turkey clashes
Date: 2014-12-28 11:38:16 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:40 - ID:1628213
Clashes between militant groups, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Huda-Par, in southeast Turkey have left three people dead, Press TV reported on Sunday. According to a local governor’s office, the deadly skirmishes occurred in the town of ....
