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Daesh is not state, does not represent Islam - French FM
Date: 2014-09-15 14:49:32 GMT - France - International - SN:50 - ID:944957
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday people should stop referring to extremists in Iraq and Syria as the so-called "Islamic State", as Daesh is not a state and does not represent Islam. In a joint press conference with his Iraqi ....
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Int'l conference on Iraq starts in Paris
Date: 2014-09-15 10:14:21 GMT - France - International - SN:21 - ID:942081
An international conference on peace and security in Iraq kicked off in the French capital Monday. The conference is chaired by Francois Hollande and Fouad Massoum, the presidents of France and Iraq. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is leading ....
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UN asks Iran aid in accelerating election of Lebanon president
Date: 2014-09-15 10:09:06 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:942337
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for Iran’s assistance in accelerating the election of a new president in Lebanon, Press TV reported Monday. The request was made in a message addressed to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad ....
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Pakistan's government says at least 280 citizens killed, and more than 500 injured
Date: 2014-09-15 09:49:56 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:22 - ID:942153
At least 280 people have been killed in Pakistan and more than 500 others injured, the government there said, CNN reported. And at least 200 people have died in flooding in Indian-administered Kashmir, Indian Home Ministry spokesman Kuldeep ....
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S. Korea to support U.S. fight against Daesh with more humanitarian aid: security adviser
Date: 2014-09-15 09:09:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:19 - ID:941745
South Korea is expected to support the U.S.-led fight against the so-called Islamic State militants with additional humanitarian assistance, Yonhap quoted Seoul's presidential national security adviser as saying Sunday. Kim Kwan-jin made the ....
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Powerful Hurricane Odile bears in on Mexico's Baja
Date: 2014-09-15 08:56:49 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:18 - ID:941589
A powerful Hurricane Odile closed in on the resort area of Los Cabos on Sunday night as Mexican authorities evacuated vulnerable coastal areas and readied shelters for up to 30,000 people, ABC news reported. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in ....
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Security Council deplores ‘heinous’ murder of British aid worker by Islamic militants
Date: 2014-09-15 07:32:25 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:12 - ID:940889
Members of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” murder of David Haines, a British humanitarian aid worker, by the armed group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the UN ....
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Uganda arrests 19 tied to suspected attack plot
Date: 2014-09-15 06:46:36 GMT - Uganda - International - SN:2 - ID:940561
Ugandan police have arrested 19 people in connection with a foiled attack in central Kampala, the BBC reported on Sunday. A spokesman for Ugandan police declined to provide additional details about the individuals. "The attack was foiled at a ....
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UK PM says Britain will 'hunt down' Daesh killers
Date: 2014-09-14 15:45:28 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:33 - ID:938309
Britain will take "whatever steps are necessary" to keep the country safe, following the killing of hostage David Haines by the so-called Islamic State militants, the BBC quoted British Prime Minister David Cameron as saying Sunday. Cameron said ....
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Kerry receives no public commitments from Egypt over Daesh fight - paper
Date: 2014-09-14 15:32:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:31 - ID:938213
US Secretary of State John Kerry received broad assurances but no public commitments from Egypt on Saturday as he continued his tour of the Middle East to try to assemble a coalition behind an American campaign against the extremist group known as ....
