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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 ....
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WFP launches campaign to raise US$64m to help 1.7m Syrian refugees
Date: 2014-12-04 07:09:57 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:2 - ID:1467629
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced the launch of an ambitious 72-hour campaign to raise US$64million which will reinstate Syrian refugees’ food vouchers in December. The three-day campaign – starting Wednesday – asks members ....
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Conference on Middle East weapons-free zone may be convened soon — Lavrov
Date: 2014-12-03 17:12:07 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:48 - ID:1465953
A conference on creating the Middle East nuclear weapon free zone could be convened in the near future as signs of compromise are emerging, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the second session of Arab-Russian forum in Khartoum on ....
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Ex-Israeli minister: Netanyahu is afraid, must be replaced
Date: 2014-12-03 17:08:16 GMT - Israel - International - SN:47 - ID:1465933
Sacked Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a party faction meeting Wednesday, calling his speech to announce new elections the night before the words of a coward, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. "The ....
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Kerry says Daesh group 'significantly' damaged
Date: 2014-12-03 13:24:28 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:45 - ID:1464113
Air strikes carried out by the US-led coalition on Daesh have inflicted "significant" damage on the group's capabilities, US Secretary of State John Kerry said, the BBC reported. Kerry said the campaign against the militant group could take ....
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Ex-Israeli minister: Netanyahu is afraid, must be replaced
Date: 2014-12-03 12:13:45 GMT - Israel - International - SN:41 - ID:1463417
Sacked Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a party faction meeting Wednesday, calling his speech to announce new elections the night before the words of a coward, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. "The ....
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Iran bombs Isis targets in Iraq, says Pentagon
Date: 2014-12-03 12:03:36 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:38 - ID:1463321
Iran’s air force has attacked targets of Islamic State (Isis) in eastern Iraq but Tehran has denied that it acted in coordination with the US, which is leading a western-Arab coalition to defeat the jihadi group, The Guardian reported ....
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Official: Iran embassy staff in Yemen in healthy conditions
Date: 2014-12-03 11:42:39 GMT - Iran - International - SN:35 - ID:1463161
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the staff members of the Iranian embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, are safe and sound, IRNA news agency reported. She made the remarks here Wednesday morning during her weekly press briefing in ....
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Israeli legislators agree on March 17 parliamentary elections
Date: 2014-12-03 10:07:52 GMT - Israel - International - SN:29 - ID:1462173
Israeli legislators agreed on Wednesday to set March 17 as the date for a new parliamentary election, Israel Radio said. The report said the date was agreed in a meeting of the heads of parliamentary factions. Parliament was due to hold a ....
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Police detain three suspected Daesh militants
Date: 2014-12-03 09:54:49 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:28 - ID:1462089
Malaysian police announced yesterday that they have detained another three men in Kuala Lumpur and Kedah with suspected links to militant Daesh, ABC news reported. Police said one of the suspects, a 36-year old male, allegedly joined the militant ....
