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Guinean student is first case of Ebola confirmed in Senegal
Date: 2014-08-29 18:25:18 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:22 - ID:897300
Senegal, a major hub for the business and aid community in West Africa, became the region’s fifth country to confirm a case of Ebola on Friday after a student arrived from neighbouring Guinea carrying the disease, Nigerian Eye reported. Health ....
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Ukraine to seek Nato membership, says PM Yatsenyuk
Date: 2014-08-29 18:24:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:897298
Ukraine's prime minister has said he will ask parliament to put the country on a path towards Nato membership, the BBC News reported. Arseny Yatsenyuk said the government was sending a bill to MPs urging that Ukraine's non-bloc status be ....
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Iceland reopens airspace after volcanic eruption
Date: 2014-08-29 18:22:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:897292
Iceland reopened airspace and lowered its aviation warning to orange, the second highest level, after the amount of airborne ash material from a volcanic eruption in the center of the country appeared to be minimal, the Ministry of Civil Protection ....
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UN chief slams Daesh brutal killings in northern Iraq
Date: 2014-08-29 18:20:16 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:15 - ID:897288
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed "brutal killings of civilians" by Daesh in northern Iraq, saying the Sunni radical group was tearing apart whole communities. Ban added his voice to the growing concerns, telling the Sixth ....
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Tehran warns UN on consequences of Israeli drones over Iran
Date: 2014-08-29 14:48:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:897077
Iranian envoy to the United Nations (UN) Hossein Dehqani , has warned of consequences of Israel's violation of the Iranian its air space. Dehqani has condemned the act of violating air space of Iran by an Israeli drone, aimed at spying on Natanz ....
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Turkey new PM names new Cabinet
Date: 2014-08-29 13:04:51 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:896912
Turkey’s new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday unveiled his Cabinet line-up, Turkush Hurriyet daily news paper reported. Accordingly, Davutoğlu introduced the list of his Cabinet to President Erdoğan before noon on Aug. 29 and announced ....
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Erdogan sworn-in as president
Date: 2014-08-28 14:13:45 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:18 - ID:895770
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the oath of office as Turkey's first president elected by popular vote. Erdoğan, now the 12th president of Turkey, took his oath at Parliament in a ceremony that was boycotted by main opposition Republican People's ....
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Singer Sami Yusuf joins WFP as global ambassador against hunger
Date: 2014-08-28 10:58:47 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:13 - ID:895379
Internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and composer Sami Yusuf has joined the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) as a Global Ambassador Against Hunger. Yusuf, who is a long-term supporter of WFP, will use his status as a hunger ....
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Assad cannot be partner in fight against terrorism, says Hollande
Date: 2014-08-28 09:49:35 GMT - France - International - SN:9 - ID:895229
French President François Hollande said Thursday that the West should not consider Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a partner in the fight against terrorism but as an ally of extremists wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria, France 24 reported. "Assad ....
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US recruits partners for Daesh fight
Date: 2014-08-28 07:37:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:894950
The US administration officials also said that Washington is recruiting partners for potential joint military action against the al-Qaeda breakaway group ISIL, better known as Daesh. Britain and Australia are potential candidates as the US is ....
