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US, Turkey urge political settlement of Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2014-09-06 10:06:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:908724
US President Barack Obama and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have urged a political settlement for the crisis in Ukraine, while attending the NATO Summit yesterday in Newport, Wales, RIA Novosti reported. “They discussed the urgent ....
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Iran: Nuclear talks to resume in New York on September 18
Date: 2014-09-06 09:10:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:908577
Iran has confirmed that the next round of nuclear negotiations with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will be held on September 18. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas ....
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Huge fire at flax factory controlled
Date: 2014-09-06 08:27:44 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:7 - ID:908486
Civil defense troops were able to put out a huge fire that erupted early Saturday at a flax factory in Samanoud in the Delta city of Tanta. The fire broke out at a barn of the factory after a high-voltage cable suddenly fell, destroying big ....
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EU: Ceasefire agreement in Ukraine might become first step in crisis settlement
Date: 2014-09-06 08:23:49 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:6 - ID:908480
The European Union welcomes Ukraine’s ceasefire agreement reached in Minsk, and hopes it will become the first step toward political settlement of the crisis, RIA Novost quoted the spokesperson for EU High Representative Catherine Ashton as saying ....
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Ebola death toll passes 2,000 - WHO
Date: 2014-09-06 06:10:18 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:3 - ID:908313
The World Health Organization said the number of people who have died in the Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000 across five West Africa countries, with about half the deaths in Liberia, Nigerian media quoted a WHO statement as saying on Friday. ....
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Obama: Russian aggression in Ukraine threatens a free Europe
Date: 2014-09-06 04:56:52 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:908267
Russia's aggression against Ukraine threatens our vision of Europe that is whole, free and at peace, CBS News quoted US President Barack Obama as saying on Friday at the end of a two-day NATO summit in Wales, where NATO leaders agreed to create a ....
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NATO leaders approve rapid force to counter Russian threat
Date: 2014-09-05 13:52:42 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:19 - ID:907864
Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders, including Canada, approved plans Friday to post several thousand troops in Eastern Europe who could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come under attack, Toronto Star ....
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Ukrainian president, pro-Russia rebel leader say they will order ceasefires
Date: 2014-09-05 07:46:45 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:6 - ID:907278
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian separatist leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in Ukraine's east, The Sydney Morning ....
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British PM: UK will not pay for British Daesh hostage
Date: 2014-09-04 09:40:03 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:18 - ID:905936
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will not pay a ransom for a UK hostage who the so-called Islamic State also known as Daesh extremists are threatening to kill. The Prime Minister told Sky News on Thursday that it was a ....
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Medvedev mourns Russian journalist killed in Ukraine
Date: 2014-09-03 17:54:38 GMT - Russia - International - SN:75 - ID:905226
Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev has expressed condolences to family and friends of Andrei Stenin, photojournalist of Russian state-run Rossiya Segodnya news agency (formerly RIA Novosti), killed while working in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported ....