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Anti-Daesh coalition destroying Syria infrastructure: Iran's Parl't Speaker
Date: 2014-10-01 16:51:52 GMT - Iran - International - SN:52 - ID:1052421
Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday blamed the US-led anti-Daesh coalition for destruction of Syria infrastructure under the guise of attacking terrorist groups. Speaking in a local ceremony, he said that the US regional allies ....
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Turkey suffering 'rights rollback' under Erdogan: Human Rights Watch
Date: 2014-10-01 12:39:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:41 - ID:1050637
Turkey is undergoing a "worrying rollback" on human rights under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with curbs on judicial independence and media freedom, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. Erdogan won the presidential election in August ....
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Spanish potholer rescued after 12 days trapped in Peru cave
Date: 2014-10-01 08:08:11 GMT - Peru - International - SN:18 - ID:1047773
A Spanish caver has been freed after being trapped in a 400m deep cave in Peru for 12 days. Cecilio Lopez Sanchez was hoisted out of the cave near Chachapoyas in north-eastern Peru on Tuesday. Sanchez, a native of Madrid, suffered spinal ....
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14 die as two trains collide in India
Date: 2014-10-01 08:06:14 GMT - India - International - SN:17 - ID:1047753
Fourteen people were killed and over a dozen were injured late Tuesday when a train didn't stop at a red signal and collided with another train in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city, IANS reported Wednesday. The horrific accident took place after ....
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Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul attacks
Date: 2014-10-01 07:58:11 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:14 - ID:1047693
The Taliban movement said they had carried out the attacks against a bus carrying troops in Kabul, the BBC reported. At least seven Afghan soldiers have died and many were injured after a suicide bomber targeted the bus in Kabul. A second bus ....
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Erdoğan supports terror in Mideast as well as Turkey, leftist leader tells MENA
Date: 2014-10-01 07:45:16 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:11 - ID:1047573
A veteran leftist leader in Turkey lashed out at the statements and behavior of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan towards Egypt, adding that Erdoğan’s words are losing importance day after day. “As has become obvious with the request of the ....
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Iran FM criticizes West’s way of battling Daesh militants
Date: 2014-10-01 07:32:59 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:1047481
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the West’s way of battling Daesh militants, Press TV reported on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, instead of a fundamental fight against the ISIL, Syria’s infrastructure is being attacked and this ....
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British deputy PM requests meeting with Chinese envoy over HK protests
Date: 2014-09-30 17:46:19 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:51 - ID:1045821
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Tuesday he had requested an urgent meeting with the Chinese ambassador to express his "dismay and alarm" over the handling of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. "I am extremely concerned about ....
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Female extremist group neutralized in Kyrgyzstan
Date: 2014-09-30 16:39:08 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - International - SN:48 - ID:1045433
Seven young women aged from 20 to 25, members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist religious party, have been detained in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Jalal-Abad region, a spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's interior ministry told ITAR-TASS on ....
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Start of anti-Russian sanctions lift may be discussed at October EU summit-Diplomat
Date: 2014-09-30 16:22:10 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:46 - ID:1045373
The issue of gradually canceling the European Union’s sanctions against Russia may be raised at an EU summit on October 23-24, depending on Ukraine developments, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday, quoting an East European diplomat. “This ....