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Ottoman Empire died and will never be back to life again, Mardin Mayor tells MENA
Date: 2014-11-17 08:17:42 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:25 - ID:1347725
A veteran Kurdish politician said the current government in Turkey wants to put the entire Middle East region, not just Egypt, under Ottoman control and re-build the Ottoman Empire, which died long time ago and can never come back to life again. ....
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State Dept. email offline after suspected hack attack
Date: 2014-11-17 08:12:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:22 - ID:1347677
The US State Department has reportedly shut down its unclassified email system as it evaluates potential damage caused by a possible hacker attack, Fox news reported. The department's email system was shut down in a planned outage Friday to make ....
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Obama confirms death of Abdul-Rahman Kassig
Date: 2014-11-17 08:04:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:1347589
US President Barack Obama has confirmed the death of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, whose beheading was shown in a video posted by Islamic State (IS), the BBC news reported. Obama called the act "pure evil" and offered condolences to his ....
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Merkel calls for using every opportunity for dialogue with Russia
Date: 2014-11-17 08:00:23 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:1347389
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it is necessary to use every opportunity for a dialogue with Moscow, under the conditions of the Ukrainian crisis and worse relations between the West and Russia, Itar-Tass reported on Sunday. On Saturday, ....
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Iranian lawmaker blames US, its allies for regional crises
Date: 2014-11-17 07:58:27 GMT - Iran - International - SN:15 - ID:1347533
Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that the continued regional crises are the result of "the US and its allies' strategic mistakes," Fars news agency reported. "Dividing ....
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Iran stresses removal of sanctions as prerequisite for n. deal with powers
Date: 2014-11-17 07:56:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:1347513
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined that any nuclear deal with the world powers should include annulment of all sanctions against Tehran, Fars News Agency reported. "Since the very first day, all ....
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China sends Ebola team to Liberia to staff new clinic
Date: 2014-11-17 07:44:04 GMT - Liberia - International - SN:11 - ID:1347425
About 160 Chinese health workers have arrived in Liberia to help combat Ebola, Euronews reported Sunday. They are due to staff a new clinic that unlike most other foreign aid will be built and fully run by Chinese personnel. Beijing is ....
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Dutch ban on poultry transport after finding deadly bird flu strain
Date: 2014-11-17 07:38:56 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:8 - ID:1347393
Dutch authorities have confirmed the bird flu identified at a poultry farm is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, detected in Europe less than two weeks ago. A massive cull of 150,000 chickens has been ordered, and transport of all poultry ....
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Latvia ‘regretful and perplexed’ over Russia ‘spy’ expulsion
Date: 2014-11-17 07:24:48 GMT - Latvia - International - SN:2 - ID:1347305
Latvia’s foreign ministry has refused to accept the spying allegations that prompted the expulsion of former parliament deputy Aleksey Holostov from Russia, Russia Today channel reported. “All we can say at the moment, is that we are regretful ....
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Afghan suicide attack: 3 killed, lawmaker survives
Date: 2014-11-16 11:10:50 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:1340857
A suicide bomber tried to assassinate a prominent female member of Afghanistan’s parliament on Sunday, killing three people and wounding the lawmaker, BBC reported quoting a senior official. Shukria Barakzai was slightly wounded in the attack on ....
