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Islamic authority in Austria condemns attack on 2 veiled women
Date: 2014-08-23 09:33:07 GMT - Austria - International - SN:27 - ID:887071
The Islamic Religious Authority in Austria said Saturday that an unidentified person attacked two veiled women who were walking on the street in Vienna. An 84-year-old woman was attacked by a man in his 30s while walking on a street in the ....
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India, Pakistan trade gunfire in Kashmir; 4 dead
Date: 2014-08-23 08:52:33 GMT - India - International - SN:23 - ID:886978
India and Pakistan traded gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region early Saturday, killing two villagers on each side and wounding several others, ABC News reported. Dharmendra Pareek, a top official of India's paramilitary force, said Indian ....
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PKK supporters block highway
Date: 2014-08-23 07:53:27 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:22 - ID:886888
Demonstrators affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been blocking a key highway in the eastern province of Muş for two days, burned and destroyed a large number of cars belonging to civilians. The PKK has been blocking the ....
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Putin: Further delays of aid delivery to Ukraine would have been unacceptable
Date: 2014-08-23 07:03:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:886817
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that further delays in the delivery of Russian aid to eastern Ukraine, which is facing a humanitarian disaster, would have been unacceptable, Russia Today reported. Putin made the remarks in a ....
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White House: Killing of journalist Foley terrorist attack against US
Date: 2014-08-23 06:56:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:886800
White House Deputy National Security advisor Ben Rhodes on Friday described the brutal killing of US journalist Jim Foley by Islamic State militants as a terrorist attack against the United States, Voice of America reported. "We see that as an ....
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European Commission hopes to arrange trilateral meeting with Russian, Ukrainian presidents
Date: 2014-08-23 06:56:04 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:886814
The European Commission (EC) hopes to organize a trilateral meeting between EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and Russian and Ukrainian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, ITAR-TASS quoted EC spokeswoman Chantal Hughes as saying on ....
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Churkin: Russia hopes for ICRC help in distributing relief aid
Date: 2014-08-23 06:46:57 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:886799
Russia hopes that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will participate in the distribution of relief aid delivered to southeast Ukraine, Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was quoted by ITAR-TASS ....
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US seeks Ukrainian conflict escalation – Moscow
Date: 2014-08-23 06:45:30 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:886798
By blocking the UN Security Council statement on the ceasefire in Ukraine, Washington has demonstrated that it wants to see further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. “If the US opposes an absolutely ....
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Putin, Erdogan discuss joint energy projects
Date: 2014-08-23 06:43:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:886790
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the implementation of joint energy projects with Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ITAR-TASS reported. In a telephone conversation Putin and Erdogan agreed to further expand ....
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North Korea may soon have more powerful rocket
Date: 2014-08-23 06:31:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:886764
Satellite images indicate that North Korea is likely to have the ability to launch a longer-range rocket that can carry a heavier payload by the end of this year, according to an American research organization that monitors the North’s activities, ....
