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Two soldiers killed in Turkey
Date: 2014-08-23 06:28:07 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:2 - ID:886760
Two soldiers were wounded in an armed attack by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkish province of Ağrı as tensions in the region significantly escalates. According to Turkish local media reports, a group of PKK militants launched ....
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Turkish Parl't speaker calls for holding emergeny session
Date: 2014-08-22 14:25:34 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:16 - ID:886257
Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek called on Friday for holding an emergency session on August 28 to deliver an official document to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, confirming he won the presidential election conducted on August 8. The document was ....
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All measures taken to save Russian kidnapped in Syria - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-08-22 11:17:12 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:885981
Moscow has taken all measures to save the life of Russian tourist Konstantin Zhuravlev, kidnapped in Syria last year, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday. “Given the delicacy of the issue, and since any careless publication or ....
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Nigeria militants 'seize police academy'
Date: 2014-08-21 20:51:52 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:33 - ID:885441
Northern Nigeria's riot police training academy has been overrun by Boko Haram Islamist militants, a witness in Borno state has told the BBC. Shots were heard after the militants arrived in three armoured vehicles and on dozens of motorcycles, he ....
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Davutoglu named as Turkey's new PM
Date: 2014-08-21 20:50:13 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:32 - ID:885437
Turkey's ruling party on Thursday chose Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to be the new prime minister. Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the decision after an executive committee meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) to decide on his ....
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Russia worried by Kiev's use of incendiary bombs, ballistic missiles in east
Date: 2014-08-21 20:49:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:31 - ID:885436
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told a senior Red Cross official that Moscow was concerned about the use of incendiary weapons and ballistic missiles in the military operation in eastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported. Antonov ....
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Dick Cheney: Deal with ISIL or face attack far worse than 9/11
Date: 2014-08-21 14:30:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:27 - ID:885019
Former Vice President Dick Cheney warns that if the United States doesn't deal with the Islamic State (ISIL) terrorist group that beheaded an American journalist, it faces an attack much larger than 9/11. "That's obviously a terrible ....
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Mitt Romney: Obama worse than even i expected
Date: 2014-08-21 13:49:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:22 - ID:884941
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a crowd of supporters on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is doing a “good deal worse than even I expected.” Romney, who lost to Obama by 126 electoral votes in 2012, made the comments ....
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Germany says prepared to send weapons to Iraq's Kurds
Date: 2014-08-21 12:15:26 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:14 - ID:884737
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government cleared the way for Germany to supply Iraqis with weapons to fight Islamic State militants, dropping a post-World War II taboo on arms shipments to conflict areas, The Financial Times reported. Germany’s ....
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Obama to host U.N. Security Council
Date: 2014-08-21 07:37:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:884052
President Barack Obama will host a United Nations Security Council Summit next month during the U.N. General Assembly, an administration official confirmed, CNN reported. The administration official noted it will be the first heads of government ....
