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AKP denies claims of govt plans to hold early elections
Date: 2014-10-22 10:37:12 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:31 - ID:1175837
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has denied claims it was planning for early parliamentary elections The government has never made any such decision over the past 12 years, an AKP official told Sabah newspaper. The next ....
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Seoul hails N. Korea's release of detained American
Date: 2014-10-22 09:48:02 GMT - south korea - International - SN:28 - ID:1175389
South Korea on Wednesday welcomed North Korea's release of one of three American citizens detained in the communist country, calling on Pyongyang to set free other detainees from a humanitarian perspective, Yonhap said. North Korea has released ....
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No Russia-Ukraine gas deal at EU talks
Date: 2014-10-22 09:23:43 GMT - Russia - International - SN:23 - ID:1175145
Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an accord on gas supplies for the coming winter in EU-brokered talks on Tuesday but agreed to meet again in Brussels in a week in the hope of ironing out problems over Kiev's ability to pay, Tass reported. After ....
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Togolese PM says his country free from Ebola
Date: 2014-10-22 09:15:29 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:22 - ID:1175081
Togolese Prime Minister Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu asserted that his country is free from Ebola epidemic disease, asserting that all preventive measures have been taken on borders, airports and harbors to detect the virus. During a meeting with Egypt's ....
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UN chief: Two-state solution only viable option for durable peace in ME
Date: 2014-10-22 08:37:57 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:17 - ID:1174729
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday on the international community to help unify the two separate strands of administration for the Gaza Strip, noting that the two-state solution was the only viable one for the Middle East question. ....
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Netanyahu: Last thing Israel needs is an election
Date: 2014-10-22 08:32:58 GMT - Israel - International - SN:14 - ID:1174665
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday the last thing Israel needed was an election now, the Ynetnews reported. He made the comments amid reports he was hoping to hold early elections in May, a move that was expected to be ....
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Cuba to submit draft resolution to UNGA to lift US embargo
Date: 2014-10-22 08:07:55 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:10 - ID:1174489
Cuba said on Tuesday it would submit a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Oct. 28 to end an economic, financial and trade embargo the U.S. imposed on it. The embargo is the most unfair and cruel unilateral sanctions, the Cuban ....
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France FM, EU counterparts discuss situation in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine
Date: 2014-10-22 07:40:19 GMT - France - International - SN:5 - ID:1174297
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius discussed during a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Luxemburg the latest moves to combat Daesh militant group in Syria and Iraq, Spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry Romain Nadal said on ....
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Five Britons 'joining Daesh each week'
Date: 2014-10-21 18:34:16 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:85 - ID:1172945
At least five Britons are traveling to Iraq and Syria to join Daesh organization every week, the UK's most senior police officer has revealed. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe cited the figure as he said the militants' ....
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Russia plans to deploy troops along entire length of arctic border
Date: 2014-10-21 16:32:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:63 - ID:1172173
Russia will complete deployment of military units on its territory along the Arctic circle by the end of 2014, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted on Tuesday by RIA Novosti as saying. "We have been very active in the Arctic region lately, ....