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Russia criticizes 'double standards towards Syrian terror'
Date: 2014-11-20 08:21:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:1370609
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin on Wednesday criticized the "double standards" followed by a number of states in dealing with terrorism in Syria. In front of the UN Security Council, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned ....
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Blair condemns attack on Jerusalem synagogue
Date: 2014-11-19 12:25:35 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:53 - ID:1365357
Quartet Representative Tony Blair strongly condemned Tuesday's attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that claimed the lives of five people, calling it a "heinous crime, a wicked killing of innocent people exercising their right to worship", according ....
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Crunch final round of Iran nuclear talks
Date: 2014-11-19 10:11:13 GMT - Austria - International - SN:36 - ID:1363853
Iran and world powers ratcheted up the rhetoric Tuesday as they entered a final round of nuclear talks six days before a deadline for a deal, with still-considerable differences dogging the negotiations, Daily Mail reported Wednesday. Iranian ....
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5 killed in fire in night club in Cambodia
Date: 2014-11-19 08:59:24 GMT - Cambodia - International - SN:32 - ID:1363153
Five people, including an Australian tourist, were killed in a fire in a night club in the city of Siem Reap, northwestern Cambodia, reported the BBC on Wednesday. Police suggested the blaze was due to short circuit. ....
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4 killed amid shooting in Kamalia, Pakistan
Date: 2014-11-19 08:57:01 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:30 - ID:1363133
Four people were killed, including two women, amid shooting by anonymous armed men in the suburbs of Kamalia city, reported Pakistani police on Wednesday. The motives were not yet clear, reported Pakistani Geo news channel, adding that bodies ....
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Senate votes down NSA reformation motion
Date: 2014-11-19 08:52:57 GMT - USA - International - SN:28 - ID:1363097
The American Senate has voted down, by only two votes, National Security Agency (NSA) reformation motion, Radio Sawa reported. Although supported by US president Barack Obama, personal freedom fighters, Silicon-Valley IT companies, the motion was ....
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Spanish parliament adopts motion recognizing Palestinian statehood
Date: 2014-11-19 08:23:17 GMT - Spain - International - SN:14 - ID:1362597
Spain's parliament adopted Tuesday a non-binding motion calling on the conservative government to recognize a Palestinian state in coordination with any similar EU move. The motion, proposed by the Socialists, calls on the Spanish government to ....
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Protesters clash with police at Hong Kong legislature
Date: 2014-11-19 08:16:40 GMT - Hong Kong - International - SN:22 - ID:1362801
Clashes have taken place between Hong Kong police and a small group of protesters who tried to break into parliament early on Wednesday, the BBC reported. Protesters used metal barricades to break down a side door at the Legislative Council ....
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Cuomo declares state of emergency for snow
Date: 2014-11-19 08:15:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:21 - ID:1362785
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency Tuesday for nearly a dozen counties affected by a winter snowstorm in Western New York and the North Country, ABC news reported. The counties now under a state of emergency include: ....
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Putin: 'US wants to subdue Russia, but no one did or ever will'
Date: 2014-11-19 07:57:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:1362561
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the US had no plans to humiliate Russia, but instead wanted to subdue it and no one had ever succeeded in doing so – and never will, Russia Today satellite channel reported. Speaking at a ....