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Kerry heading to Europe for Iran talks
Date: 2014-11-17 17:48:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:87 - ID:1353685
Just back from a whirlwind 10-day trip to Asia, the Middle East and Europe, US Secretary of State John Kerry is heading across the Atlantic again for nuclear talks with Iran as a November 24 deadline for a deal looms, ABC News reported on ....
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EU agrees to prepare further list of sanction measures against Ukraine's separatists - Hammond
Date: 2014-11-17 17:08:04 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:81 - ID:1353341
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Monday said the EU agreed to prepare further list of sanction measures targeted at separatists in Ukraine. Hammond, who announced the new sanction measures on his Twitter official account, joined European ....
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EU foreign ministers mull sanctions against Ukrainian separatists
Date: 2014-11-17 17:05:59 GMT - Italy - International - SN:80 - ID:1353329
EU foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday as the bloc mulled which pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists should be hit with sanctions after disputed elections in the east of Ukraine, Euronews reported. Officials in Brussels said ministers will ....
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Russia confirms German embassy worker expelled from Moscow
Date: 2014-11-17 15:39:43 GMT - Russia - International - SN:68 - ID:1352569
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday the reports that a German embassy’s staff member has been expelled from Moscow, according to Tass News Agency. The expulsion comes “in response to unfriendly actions of the German authorities in ....
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Czechs mark Velvet Revolution's 25th anniversary
Date: 2014-11-17 13:34:45 GMT - Czech - International - SN:63 - ID:1351141
Thousands of Czechs gathered in central Prague on Monday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Velvet Revolution that toppled communism — but festivities turned into an appeal for President Milos Zeman to resign. The center of ....
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Pope Francis Plans to Visit US in 2015
Date: 2014-11-17 12:57:03 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:60 - ID:1350697
Pope Francis plans to visit the US in 2015, ABC quoted the pontiff as announcing. It would be his first trip to the US as pope. The pope made the announcement when he addressed participants at a Vatican conference on traditional ....
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EU 'committed' to tackling ISIS after Kassig beheading
Date: 2014-11-17 12:27:17 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:58 - ID:1350417
The European Union said Monday it remains "fully committed" to tackling the threat posed by ISIS after it beheaded US aid worker Peter Kassig, The Daily Star reported. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and humanitarian aid commissioner ....
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UK's ex-Army chief: Airstrikes against Daesh 'not good enough'
Date: 2014-11-17 10:58:44 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:44 - ID:1349449
Former chief of the British army General Lord Dannatt said the airstrike campaign against Daesh was "just not good enough". He said it was time for a national debate on how to defeat Islamist fighters from the extremist group. Lord Dannat ....
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Putin says sides not abiding peace deal in Ukraine
Date: 2014-11-17 10:13:16 GMT - Russia - International - SN:40 - ID:1348949
Russia's president said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September, Novosti reported. Putin said he was convinced that it was possible to end the deadlock in east Ukraine, where ....
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N. Korea urges South to halt massive military drill
Date: 2014-11-17 08:28:16 GMT - south korea - International - SN:28 - ID:1347809
North Korea again urged South Korea Monday to suspend its ongoing large-scale military drill, claiming that the exercise has sent inter-Korean ties plunging into the worst crisis, Yonhap reported. The Hoguk defense exercise involving some 330,000 ....
