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Iran voices concern over violence against black Americans
Date: 2014-08-20 10:42:56 GMT - Iran - International - SN:30 - ID:882702
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham urged the US administration to remain committed to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, IRNA news agency reported. She regretted the violent treatment ....
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US working to verify video purportedly showing beheading of American journalist
Date: 2014-08-20 09:29:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:882491
The Obama administration was working early Wednesday to confirm whether a video released by Islamic militants purportedly showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley was authentic. White House National Security Council spokeswoman ....
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Erdogan to be sowrn in as Turkey's president on Aug. 28
Date: 2014-08-19 17:38:55 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:76 - ID:881778
Newly-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn in as the 12th president of Turkey on August 28. The ruling Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) will hold its first extraordinary conference on Aug. 27 to nominate a candidate ....
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Gaza-based militant group put on US terrorist list
Date: 2014-08-19 17:16:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:74 - ID:881747
An Islamist Palestinian group has been placed on the US terrorist black list, the State Department announced Tuesday. Since its founding in 2012, the "Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem" has claimed responsibility for a number ....
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Israeli minister calls for Gaza regional rehabilitation conference, demilitarization
Date: 2014-08-19 16:48:38 GMT - Israel - International - SN:71 - ID:881710
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid called for a regional conference held prior to the international conference on the rehabilitation of Gaza, that would set a condition that "there is no rehabilitation without some sort of ....
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Talks with Hamas don't serve Israel security interests - Minister
Date: 2014-08-19 16:45:19 GMT - Israel - International - SN:70 - ID:881706
Israeli Minister of the Interior Gideon Sa'ar said on Tuesday ceasefire talks with Hamas in Cairo "don't serve Israel's security interests, therefore, there's no point in continuing", Ynet news reported. Despite optimism following repeated ....
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No Weapons Seen Crossing Russian-Ukrainian Border - OSCE
Date: 2014-08-19 16:17:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:66 - ID:881663
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Special Monitoring Mission working on the Russian-Ukrainian border has not seen any weapons crossing between the countries, an OSCE spokesman working on the Russian side of the border was ....
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Pakistan army strikes kill 48 suspected militants
Date: 2014-08-19 15:44:01 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:64 - ID:881610
Pakistan military says it has carried out fresh airstrikes near the Afghan border, killing at least 48 suspected terrorists and eliminating around a dozen of their hideouts, VOA reported. Army officials say Tuesday's action by fighter planes and ....
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Iran calls on UN to help ease dispatch of humanitarian aid to Gazans
Date: 2014-08-19 15:23:47 GMT - Iran - International - SN:60 - ID:881580
Iran reiterated its deep concern over the catastrophic situation of displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, and called on the international bodies, particularly the UN, to help Tehran dispatch its humanitarian aid consignments to the coastal enclave, ....
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US aircraft carry out 35 strikes against ISIL in three days: Pentagon
Date: 2014-08-19 14:14:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:47 - ID:881459
US Defense Department said the US military aircraft have carried out 35 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) over the past three days, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said. He noted that the US planes ....
