International
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Qatar, Turkey discuss bilateral cooperation
Date: 2014-12-19 15:50:36 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:20 - ID:1571369
Turkish President Recep Tayyeb Erdogan has met with visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani to discuss strategic cooperation between the two countries. The two leaders also talked about regional and international issues of mutual ....
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Ban Ki-Moon visits Ebola regions
Date: 2014-12-19 11:11:57 GMT - Liberia - International - SN:10 - ID:1569865
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday he’s heading to West Africa to demonstrate the United Nation’s solidarity with the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak and to see for himself how the world is responding. The ....
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Israel FM to shun Swedish FM when she visits Israel
Date: 2014-12-18 19:58:49 GMT - Israel - International - SN:25 - ID:1567537
In a response to the EU Parliament’s move to recognize a Palestinian state, Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman will boycott Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström during her upcoming visit to Israel, The Times of Israel newspaper reported ....
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UNESCO chief condemns murder of Syrian television journalists
Date: 2014-12-18 08:52:41 GMT - France - International - SN:10 - ID:1562369
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, deplored the killing of three Syrian journalists, who were killed while reporting on fighting in the southern Syrian province of ....
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Afghan official says suicide car bomb kills police officer, wounds 3
Date: 2014-12-18 07:24:09 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:1561665
An Afghan official says a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle as it was being followed by police on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, killing a police officer and wounding three others, according to Fox News. Hashmat Stanekzai, spokesman for ....
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Cuba's Raul Castro urges US to lift trade embargo
Date: 2014-12-18 07:07:03 GMT - Cuba - International - SN:4 - ID:1561569
Cuban President Raul Castro has urged the US to end its trade embargo after the two countries opened formal talks on restoring diplomatic relations, the BBC reported. He said the five-decade embargo "caused enormous human and economic ....
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Australian PM orders inquiry into Sydney siege
Date: 2014-12-18 06:51:55 GMT - Australia - International - SN:3 - ID:1561497
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ordered an urgent inquiry into the deadly Martin Place siege as authorities faced fierce scrutiny over why the gunman was free despite the raft of serious criminal charges against him, The Sydney Morning ....
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Larijani calls for safeguarding Syria's territorial integrity, national sovereignty
Date: 2014-12-17 17:58:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:60 - ID:1560061
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined the necessity for safeguarding Syria's territorial integrity and national sovereignty, Fars news agency reported Wednesday. Iran supports any action in support of stability and tranquility in ....
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French Interior Minister to visit Algeria Thursday
Date: 2014-12-17 17:57:41 GMT - Algeria - International - SN:58 - ID:1560049
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will visit Algeria on Thursday to discuss security coordination between both country. Cazeneuve is due to hold meetings with Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz. ....
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Pakistani PM vows to wipe out 'terrorism'
Date: 2014-12-17 17:56:52 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:57 - ID:1560045
Pakistan's prime minister has vowed to rid his country of terrorism after a Taliban attack at a school in Peshawar killed 141 people, mostly children, the BBC news reported. Nawaz Sharif spoke after talks between political parties about the ....