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Kerry urges Hong Kong to handle protests with restraint
Date: 2014-10-02 08:28:25 GMT - China - International - SN:6 - ID:1054813
US State Secretary John Kerry urged Hong Kong to handle the protests - seen as a challenge to Beijing - with restraint, the BBC reported on Thursday. This came during Kerry's meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Washington. Wang, ....
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Putin, Merkel exchange views on situation in Ukraine, gas problems - Kremlin
Date: 2014-10-02 08:21:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:1054761
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to exchange views on the development of the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday quoted by Itar Tass news ....
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Putin says Russia won't restrict internet access
Date: 2014-10-01 18:41:05 GMT - Russia - International - SN:62 - ID:1052989
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is not planning to limit access to the Internet or put it under "total control," but will need to ensure the stability and security of its Russian segment, Radio Free Europe reported on ....
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Obama meets with Netanyahu at White House
Date: 2014-10-01 18:10:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:59 - ID:1052817
US President Obama is meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, the first sit-down between the two since the war in Gaza began and the start of a U.S.-led offensive against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and ....
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Pakistan army chief says Afghan-US deal "good move for durable peace"
Date: 2014-10-01 16:56:41 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:53 - ID:1052437
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif has said that the conclusion of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington was "a good move for durable peace in Afghanistan". According to Pakistani media agencies, Gen. ....
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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 ....
