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UN chief calls for dialogue to settle Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Date: 2014-11-04 13:40:48 GMT - Austria - International - SN:35 - ID:1263817
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for holding dialogue to settle the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East. In press statements, Ban called upon Palestinians to reunite and support their ....
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Thai man convicted for defaming King on Facebook
Date: 2014-11-04 13:04:23 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:23 - ID:1263469
A Thai court has sentenced a university student to two and half years in prison for posting a message on Facebook that the court found to have insulted the country's king, ABC news reported. A Criminal Court judge on Tuesday found 24-year-old ....
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Riots erupt in Zambia capital
Date: 2014-11-04 12:47:32 GMT - Zambia - International - SN:21 - ID:1263281
Police and demonstrators clashed early Tuesday in protests against the acting president, a white Zambian who fired the ruling party's chief following the death last week of President Michael Sata, ABC news reported. The riots started Monday night ....
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Obama’s top negotiator tapped for new post
Date: 2014-11-04 08:53:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:1261205
The Obama administration’s top diplomat in the sensitive negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program has now been tapped to serve as acting deputy secretary of state. The State Department confirmed Monday that Wendy R. Sherman — at the center of ....
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Argentine president in hospital with fever
Date: 2014-11-03 09:53:03 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:23 - ID:1254177
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has checked into a Buenos Aires hospital for treatment of an "infectious fever," ABC News reported quoting health officials. The presidential medical unit released a statement saying that the 61-year-old ....
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S. Korea, Dutch sign dlrs 23 mln deal on upgrading atomic reactor in Netherlands
Date: 2014-11-03 09:36:21 GMT - south korea - International - SN:21 - ID:1253989
South Korea and the Netherlands signed a deal Monday to upgrade a Dutch experimental reactor in the first export of the Asian country's nuclear reactor technology to Europe, Yonhap news agency reported. The signing ceremony took place as South ....
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S. Korea, U.S. eye summit next week
Date: 2014-11-03 09:28:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:18 - ID:1253889
South Korea and the United States are in talks to arrange a summit between their leaders on the sidelines of a series of regional conferences next week, Yonhap reported quoting government sources. The meeting, if realized, would likely be held ....
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Merkel warns Cameron over freedom of movement
Date: 2014-11-03 08:42:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:11 - ID:1253425
British Prime Minister David Cameron has been warned by German chancellor Angela Merkel that she would rather see the UK leave the European Union than change freedom of movement rules, The Guardian reported. Downing Street on Sunday did not deny ....
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UN marks 1st International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists
Date: 2014-11-03 08:39:08 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:1253021
Protecting the safety of journalists and ensuring that crimes committed against them do not go unpunished is ever-more important in today's changing times in order to build transparent societies and keep citizens around the world informed, the UN ....
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4 dead after boat capsizes off California coast
Date: 2014-11-03 08:28:14 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:1253321
A large wave capsized a fishing boat off the coast of Northern California Saturday, leaving four of the five people aboard dead, Fox News reported. One man survived by swimming to the shores of a rocky islet, where he was rescued by a helicopter ....
