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Iranian president to clerics: The Internet's not that bad
Date: 2014-09-02 05:43:04 GMT - Iran - International - SN:2 - ID:902029
Iran's president Monday urged the country's clerics to be more tolerant of the Internet and new technologies, which are often the target of criticism by influential hard-liners in the Islamic Republic, CBS news reported. Hassan Rouhani made the ....
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70 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Nigeria
Date: 2014-09-01 19:08:12 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:87 - ID:901885
Nigerian military officials said they killed about 70 Boko Haram fighters when the Islamic extremists attacked the northeastern town of Bama Monday morning, the ABC news reported. The officials, who insisted on anonymity because they were not ....
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UN to send investigators to Iraq to investigate Islamic State crimes
Date: 2014-09-01 19:06:23 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:84 - ID:901882
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday unanimously agreed to send an emergency mission to Iraq to investigate Islamic State atrocities, as Baghdad warned the country was "facing a terrorist monster," according to the Daily Star. The 47 members ....
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Netanyahu testified before Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee about Gaza op
Date: 2014-09-01 17:34:05 GMT - Israel - International - SN:82 - ID:901782
The commission of inquiry into the Gaza military operation that was established by The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, headed by Likud MK Ze’ev Elkin, began its work even before the ceasefire came into effect, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. ....
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Western leaders banned from Russian airport's duty free shop - Telegraph
Date: 2014-09-01 17:03:38 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:76 - ID:901720
A sign banning UK Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Brack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canada’s PM Stephen Harper, France’s President Francois Hollande, Australia’s PM Tony Abbott, and Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe appeared in Duty Free ....
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Iran: Interior minister assures Iranians of full border security
Date: 2014-09-01 17:01:34 GMT - Iran - International - SN:75 - ID:901716
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli assured the country's people of full security along the borders as well as the preparedness of border guards to have tough confrontation with terrorist groups in the region. Rahmani Fazli made ....
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Putin welcomes opening Russian school in Bethlehem
Date: 2014-09-01 17:00:07 GMT - Russia - International - SN:74 - ID:901713
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a greeting cable on Monday to the participants in the opening ceremony of a Russian school in Bethlehem city of the occupied West Bank. Putin said relations between Russian and Palestinian peoples has a ....
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Settlements are Zionist answer to murder of 3 Israeli settlers - Bennett
Date: 2014-09-01 16:48:10 GMT - palestine - International - SN:63 - ID:901688
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday praised his government decision to make an additional 4,000 dunams in Gush Etzion settlement, paving the way for a new building project in the West Bank, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post ....
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Putin: Common sense to take upper hand in sanctions war
Date: 2014-09-01 12:31:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:61 - ID:901194
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday "the initiators of sanctions wars are sustaining damage themselves from such policies. "But common sense will take the upper hand sooner or later," Putin said. “As for trade and economic ....
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US should supply Ukraine with weapons - US senator
Date: 2014-09-01 12:27:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:53 - ID:901093
A number of senior US congressmen have called on President Barack Obama’s administration to provide the Ukrainian government with weapons to use against pro-Russian fighters. On Sunday, the leading American senators said Washington should supply ....