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Obama: Fight against ISIS 'more effective' without U.S. on the ground
Date: 2014-09-17 18:05:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:66 - ID:960369
The U.S. is not returning combat troops to Iraq, US President Barack Obama insisted again Wednesday, despite the suggestion by his top general that option is something the Pentagon could consider. Speaking at U.S. Central Command in Florida, ....
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Taliban kill 6 Afghan policemen in ambush
Date: 2014-09-17 18:04:04 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:65 - ID:960357
Taliban fighters killed six Afghan policemen in an ambush in western Afghanistan, according to the BBC. Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Herat province, said Wednesday that six other police were wounded in the ....
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UK slams North Sinai terror act
Date: 2014-09-17 18:03:00 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:63 - ID:960341
Britain has slammed a terrorist act that claimed the lives of six policemen in North Sinai province earlier. Six policemen, including an officer, were killed and two others wounded as an explosive device hit their armored vehicle in North Sinai ....
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Zarif: Iran, world powers to start fresh round of nuclear talks
Date: 2014-09-17 15:43:29 GMT - USA - International - SN:58 - ID:959465
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced that both Iran and the six major world powers are ready to begin a fresh round of nuclear talks in New York this evening, Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday. "The first round of ....
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Israeli MP underlines necessity of responding to rocket firing from Gaza against Israel
Date: 2014-09-17 11:04:01 GMT - Israel - International - SN:40 - ID:957141
Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Ze'ev Elkin underlined on Wednesday the necessity of a strong response in case of any rocket firing from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel. Israel radio quoted him as having said ....
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Taliban kill six Afghan policemen in ambush
Date: 2014-09-17 09:50:38 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:31 - ID:956389
A provincial security official says that Taliban fighters killed six Afghan policemen in an ambush in western Afghanistan, ABC news reported. Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Herat province, said Wednesday that six other ....
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Iran slams leaders of anti-ISIL coalition for hypocrisy
Date: 2014-09-17 08:36:46 GMT - Iran - International - SN:25 - ID:955573
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham deplored the US-led Anti-ISIL (so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) coalition as an illegal and hypocritical entity, and criticized the move for disrespecting global mechanisms and UN ....
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Bangladesh top court commutes death sentence of a senior Islamist
Date: 2014-09-17 07:35:43 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:17 - ID:955021
Bangladesh's Supreme Court has commuted a death sentence of an Islamist political leader whose conviction last year for war crimes during the nation's 1971 war for independence sparked deadly protests, ABC News reported Wednesday. Delwar Hossain ....
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Canada imposes new sanctions on Russia World
Date: 2014-09-17 07:07:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:954725
Canada has imposed a new package of sanctions against Russia, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development told an Itar-Tass correspondent on Tuesday. Earlier, Foreign Minister John Baird said in the House of Commons of the ....
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UK, France FMs meet in Paris to discuss Daesh combat
Date: 2014-09-17 06:48:41 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:954625
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met Tuesday with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius, in Paris. During this first bilateral meeting, the two ministers discussed, among other issues, the common fight against Daesh (ISIL), support to the ....
