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Malaysian PM cuts vacation short over floods
Date: 2014-12-27 08:27:24 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:26 - ID:1620789
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak cut short his US vacation to deal with his country's worst floods in years,The BBC reported. Five people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced following unusually strong torrential rains in the ....
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Argentine president hospitalized for sprained ankle
Date: 2014-12-27 08:10:04 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:22 - ID:1620657
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was hospitalized after spraining her ankle, according to Sky News. The 61-year-old leader had been resting at her home in southern Santa Cruz province, from where she was taken to be treated at a hospital in ....
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NATO poses no threat to Russia, seeks constructive relations -- Spokesperson
Date: 2014-12-27 07:40:45 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:16 - ID:1620405
NATO poses no threat to Russia, and will seek a constructive relationship with Moscow, NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu told Sputnik on Friday. "NATO poses no threat to Russia or to any nation," Lungescu said, commenting on Russia's revised ....
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Russia to counteract NATO's boosted presence in Black Sea – Grushko
Date: 2014-12-27 07:38:26 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:14 - ID:1620381
Moscow is being forced to come up with countermeasures in response to NATO's increased presence in the Black Sea, Russia Today quoted the country's envoy to the alliance Aleksandr Grushko as saying, following an announcement on the arrival of ....
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Paris condemns attack on African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia
Date: 2014-12-27 07:34:36 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:1620325
France condemned on Friday an attack on the main base of the African Union peacekeeping forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing three soldiers and a civilian. In a press conference on Friday, French Foreign Ministry spokesman ....
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Turkish engineers’ union slams AKP government’s attempts to control it
Date: 2014-12-27 07:30:32 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:1620301
The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (UCTEA) criticized the Justice & Development Party (AKP) government’s attempts to put their union under control by making it an affiliate to the environment & urban planning ....
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Erdoğan in dispute with Davutoğlu over fired ministers
Date: 2014-12-26 13:19:28 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:15 - ID:1617725
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got into a dispute with his Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu after the latter demanded referring the four fired Turkish ministers to the Supreme Council Court. Erdoğan refused Davutoğlu's suggestion because it ....
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Israel searches for stabber of 2 policemen
Date: 2014-12-26 09:27:20 GMT - palestine - International - SN:6 - ID:1616433
A large Israeli army and police are conducting searches around Al-Quds’ historical gate, the scene of a stabbing attack against two Israeli policemen. The policemen suffered light injuries, one to the neck and the other to the hand, after being ....
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Pope condemns religious violence in Christmas address
Date: 2014-12-25 14:37:35 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:25 - ID:1613137
Pope Francis has denounced the "brutal persecution" of religious and ethnic minorities, in his traditional Christmas Day address, according to BBC News. In his second "Urbi et Orbi" - to the city and the world - Christmas message, the pontiff ....
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Obama falls far short of expectations -- Poll says
Date: 2014-12-25 07:49:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:1609629
Improving views of the US economy have helped hike President Barack Obama's approval rating to a 20-month high, a new CNN/ORC poll showed Tuesday. More Americans still disapprove of the job Obama is doing as President. But at 48%, Obama's ....
