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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 ....
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US moves prisoners from Afghanistan to Pakistan, Yemen
Date: 2014-08-28 07:33:59 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:894942
The US has moved 11 new prisoners out of a military prison near the Afghan capital, the Pentagon said. The Obama administration seeks to shut down a controversial detainee program in Afghanistan ahead of its troop withdrawal, ABC News ....
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Russia to continue humanitarian aid provision to east of Ukraine under Red Cross aegis
Date: 2014-08-27 12:29:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:48 - ID:893960
Russia will continue the provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s embattled east regions under the aegis of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Commenting on Russian President ....
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UN Human Rights report cites murder, kidnap, torture in Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-27 08:26:37 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:31 - ID:893375
Separatists in Ukraine and Ukraine government forces are guilty of a wide array of human rights abuses, including torture, a UN report said. The report by the 34-member UN monitoring mission, prepared by the UN human rights office in Geneva, said ....
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Ministers critical over ceasefire with Hamas
Date: 2014-08-27 08:24:01 GMT - Israel - International - SN:18 - ID:893240
Harsh criticism has met the decision by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to accept a long-term ceasefire with Hamas starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Radio Israel reported. Netanyahu informed members of the Security Cabinet about the decision ....
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Nigeria army: 480 soldiers who fled to Cameron return home
Date: 2014-08-27 08:17:48 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:28 - ID:893343
Some of the Nigerian soldiers that fled to Cameroon following a fierce battle with Boko Haram militants in locations around Borno and Adamawa states have returned as residents of Mubi town in Adamawa State reported seeing tired and tattered-looking ....
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Dengue fever contracted in Japan for first time in 70 years
Date: 2014-08-27 08:09:34 GMT - Japan - International - SN:26 - ID:893328
The health ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed that someone has contracted dengue fever while in Japan for the first time in nearly 70 years, Kyodo reported. A Japanese teen in Saitama Prefecture with no record of overseas travel ran a high ....
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Seven western states join US to arm Kurds in Iraq: Hagel
Date: 2014-08-27 08:02:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:893238
Seven western governments in addition to the United States have pledged to provide weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said. "In addition to support from the US, and the ....
