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Putin to receive Chinese PM in Moscow
Date: 2014-10-14 09:48:53 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:1121269
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to receive in Moscow the Chinese Prime Minister Li Kekiang on Tuesday, Itar-Tass reported. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Li Kekiang held meetings On Monday which were crowned with the ....
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Netanyahu urges Ban: Stop unilateral Palestinian moves at UN
Date: 2014-10-14 08:06:34 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:1120317
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed Israeli settlement building on Monday, calling for renewed peace talks to avoid further conflict with the Palestinians, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed the UN chief to prevent the ....
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Blast in Kabul leaves at least 22 people injured
Date: 2014-10-14 07:47:24 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:1120177
At least 22 people were injured in an explosion in Qarabagh district of Kabul on Monday, local officials said. The incident took place around 9:30 am local time following an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in a crowded market, Khaama ....
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Taliban executes woman over espionage charges in Kunar
Date: 2014-10-13 17:26:56 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:74 - ID:1118329
Taliban militants have executed a young woman over espionage charges in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. According to local government officials, the woman was accused of spying to American fores and was shot dead by Taliban militants ....
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French economist wins Nobel Prize
Date: 2014-10-13 17:09:52 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:63 - ID:1118165
French economist Jean Tirole has won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on market power and regulation, the BBC reported. The prize, officially called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was set up ....
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Left-wing Israeli public figures urge the British Parliament to recognize Palestinian state
Date: 2014-10-13 11:37:24 GMT - Israel - International - SN:47 - ID:1115093
Some 363 Israeli left-wing public figures including former Knesset members called on the British Parliament to recognize the state of Palestine when it debates the matter in London on Monday, Jerusalem Post reported. They signed a letter which ....
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4 people killed, injured in suicide bombing in Kabul
Date: 2014-10-13 10:55:01 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:19 - ID:1113661
An Afghan official said Monday a suicide bomber targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul has killed one civilian and wounded three others. Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Ayub Salangi said the suicide car bomber targeted the convoy in the attack ....
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Hong Kong protests: Scuffles break out at Admiralty camp
Date: 2014-10-13 10:54:08 GMT - Hong Kong - International - SN:39 - ID:1114509
Scuffles have broken out in Hong Kong as opponents of the pro-democracy movement moved in on the main protest site in the financial district, the BBC reported. Hundreds of men, some wearing surgical masks, rushed the barricades set up by ....
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Typhoon Vongfong forces cancellation of 300 flights in Japan
Date: 2014-10-13 10:49:45 GMT - Japan - International - SN:37 - ID:1114425
Typhoon Vongfong, the strongest storm to hit Japan this year, has made landfall on the country's main islands, after injuring at least 30 in Okinawa, the BBC reported. More than 300 flights were cancelled, while hundreds of thousands had to ....
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Chances UN SC may adopt resolution for establishing Palestinian state slim — Churkin
Date: 2014-10-13 10:45:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:35 - ID:1114349
The chances the UN Security Council will adopt a resolution on the creation of a Palestinian state are few, for it may be vetoed by the United States, ITAR-TASS quoted Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin as saying on Monday. “If the ....
