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US, S.African Qaeda hostages killed in Yemen rescue bid
Date: 2014-12-06 17:53:15 GMT - Yemen - International - SN:51 - ID:1483845
An American and a South African were killed Saturday as US forces tried to free them from Al-Qaeda in Yemen, with President Barack Obama accusing the militants of "barbaric murder", the Daily Mail reported. Obama said he had authorized the joint ....
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Hagel: Afghanistan on right track
Date: 2014-12-06 09:35:00 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:18 - ID:1480381
On his final visit to Afghanistan as U.S. defense secretary, Chuck Hagel said Saturday that he believes Afghans will successfully put down a surge in Taliban attacks in the capital and stabilize the nation, ABC news reported. Hagel arrived in ....
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Top Al-Qaida militant killed in Pakistan raid
Date: 2014-12-06 09:33:39 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:17 - ID:1480365
Pakistan's military said Saturday that soldiers killed al-Qaida's chief of global operations during a raid in the country's lawless tribal region, a man indicted in the U.S. over a plot to bomb New York's subway system, ABC news reported. Adnan ....
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Moderate earthquake strikes China, five injured
Date: 2014-12-06 09:20:51 GMT - China - International - SN:14 - ID:1480209
At least five persons were injured when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted China's southwest Yunnan Province, The Times of India reported. The tremor struck at 2:43am (local time) at Jinggu County, Pu'er City. The quake hit at a depth of 9 ....
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Police say Taliban attack kills 3 in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-12-06 09:20:00 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:13 - ID:1480189
Authorities say a Taliban attack on a convoy in northern Afghanistan has killed three police officers, the ABC reported. Police spokesman Abdul Manan Rauofi said the attack happened Friday night in Jawzjan province. Rauofi said Saturday that ....
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UNODC to help Nepal fight wildlife crimes
Date: 2014-12-06 08:05:35 GMT - Austria - International - SN:8 - ID:1479585
Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov has met with government leaders in Nepal and learned about the country's anti-poaching initiatives as part of his official visit to South Asia, a statement by the UNODC ....
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Kerry to Sen. Feinstein: Consider timing of CIA report release
Date: 2014-12-06 08:00:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:1479537
Secretary of State John Kerry asked Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday to "consider" the timing of the expected release of a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques. The official said Kerry called Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate ....
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Obama picks Ashton Carter to be defense secretary
Date: 2014-12-05 12:15:18 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:1476561
US President Barack Obama has picked former Pentagon official Ashton Carter to be his next secretary of Defense, Fox News quoted a White House official as confirming Friday. The official said Obama would announce his intent to nominate Carter to ....
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Kerry: Russia isolating itself over Ukraine policies
Date: 2014-12-04 20:51:07 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:30 - ID:1474077
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that Moscow had only itself to blame for the misery caused by sanctions imposed for its intervention in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported. Speaking at a meeting of senior diplomats for countries ....
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White House unable to list qualifications of Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Hungary
Date: 2014-12-04 07:53:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:1467905
The White House struggled on Tuesday to defend Colleen Bell, President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Hungary but failed. Bell, a top Obama reelection campaign bundler and a producer of the soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful, was ....
