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Pentagon urges patience in Anti-Daesh campaign
Date: 2014-10-25 18:18:45 GMT - USA - International - SN:38 - ID:1198893
It is imprudent to assess the US strategy against terrorists from the Daesh organization after only three months, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said during a Pentagon news conference Saturday. The Pentagon press secretary said the strategy against ....
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Moscow understands that Norway joined anti-Russian sanctions under pressure - Lavrov
Date: 2014-10-25 16:55:29 GMT - Norway - International - SN:30 - ID:1198469
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday Moscow understands that Norway joined anti-Russian sanctions under pressure from outside, Tass reported. "Our relations with Norway face certain tensions at the moment, as Norway joined ....
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Nuclear talks should see all anti-Iran sanctions lifted: MP
Date: 2014-10-25 16:31:37 GMT - Iran - International - SN:21 - ID:1197577
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 group should lead to the lifting, and not suspension of, sanctions against the Islamic Republic. “The Islamic Republic has never accepted the issue of suspension, but ....
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UN chief slams deadly terrorist attack in Egypt
Date: 2014-10-25 07:51:41 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:4 - ID:1193861
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that left at least 28 people dead at a local military checkpoint. "The secretary-general extends his deep condolences to the families of the ....
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Ehud Barak says not planning political comeback, denies Alzheimer's rumors
Date: 2014-10-25 07:29:01 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:1193765
Former Israeli prime minister and defense minister Ehud Barak indicated on Saturday that he was not planning to return to political life and denied rumors that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, The Jerusalem Post reported. Barak told ....
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Erdogan says 200 Kurdish fighters from Iraq to enter Kobani
Date: 2014-10-24 16:21:49 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:15 - ID:1191781
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that an agreement had been reached on sending 200 Kurdish peshmerga fighters from Iraq through Turkey to help defend the Syrian border town of Kobani against Daesh militants, The Daily Star reported on ....
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Cameron: UK won't pay £1.7bn EU bill next month
Date: 2014-10-24 16:20:22 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:14 - ID:1191773
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the bill presented to the UK by the EU is "completely unacceptable," the BBC reported Friday. "If people think I am paying that bill on 1 December, they have another thing coming," the prime minister said ....
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No Daesh link found in attack on parliament -- Canadian FM
Date: 2014-10-24 15:27:07 GMT - Canada - International - SN:13 - ID:1191525
There is no evidence so far that a gunman who attacked Canada's parliament had links to the terrorist Daesh group, stated the Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Friday to the BBC. "Gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was certainly radicalized, but ....
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Cameron: EU has secured 1 billion for Ebola fight
Date: 2014-10-24 12:46:56 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:1190485
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the European Union secured one billion euros ($1.25 billion) to fight the Ebola crisis in West Africa, according to ABC News. Cameron made the announcement as Friday's self-imposed deadline was ....
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Obama on Canada shooting: 'We're All Shaken by It'
Date: 2014-10-23 07:48:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:1181789
US President Barack Obama condemned fatal shootings in Canada on Wednesday as "outrageous attacks." ''We're all shaken by it," he said. Obama said the motive for the shootings remained unknown. But he said as more becomes known, that information ....