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Turkey's ruling party favors Davutoglu as new PM
Date: 2014-08-17 08:33:57 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:17 - ID:877565
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has strongly backed the naming of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as the new premier and party leader to replace president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a pro-government daily said Saturday. The ....
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Iran hails democratic transition of power in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-17 08:13:18 GMT - Iran - International - SN:14 - ID:877517
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham voiced Tehran's full support for the peaceful and democratic transition of political power in Iraq, and called on the country's political parties and figures to grow more united to foil the ....
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Erdan: No deal on Gaza better than a bad deal
Date: 2014-08-17 08:06:15 GMT - Israel - International - SN:13 - ID:877506
The communications minister says Israel has not yet reached decision on Egyptian-proposed cease-fire initiative, The Jerusalem Post reported. As Israeli and Palestinian delegations were set to restart indirect talks in Cairo on Sunday, ....
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Dozens defy Missouri curfew in riot-hit Ferguson
Date: 2014-08-17 07:33:27 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:877439
About 150 people have defied an overnight curfew in Ferguson, the St Louis suburb where a black teenager was shot dead by police last week, the BBC reported. The protesters refused to disperse before a midnight (05:00 GMT) deadline. Police fired ....
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5 Red Cross workers abducted in Afghanistan, spokesman says
Date: 2014-08-17 07:04:51 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:877379
A spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan said five members of their Afghan staff members have been abducted. Marek Resich said that the employees were traveling by road in the western province of Herat on Friday ....
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U.S. strikes Islamic State targets in northern Iraq, Central Command says
Date: 2014-08-17 06:41:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:877333
U.S. aircraft struck armored vehicles and other militant targets on Saturday in a second day of U.S. air strikes against the Islamic State, an extremist group threatening minorities in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said. "At approximately ....
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Merkel to Putin: Halt flow of arms to Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-16 07:41:31 GMT - Germany - International - SN:15 - ID:876145
The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel has pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the flow of military goods and personnel into Ukraine ahead of a weekend meeting of foreign ministers aimed at easing tensions, ABC News reported ....
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Russian assures Hagel on Ukrainian relief
Date: 2014-08-16 07:36:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:14 - ID:876140
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu "guaranteed" US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday that no Russian troops are involved in the transport of humanitarian relief supplies to eastern Ukraine, ABC News quoted a Pentagon spokesman as ....
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Security Council impose sanctions on ISIL, Nusra front
Date: 2014-08-16 07:29:54 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:13 - ID:876130
UN Security Council imposed Friday sanctions on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and "Nusra Front" under the Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The resolution condemns the recruitment of foreign fighters and expresses readiness to ....
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World Health Organization says Ebola crisis ‘vastly’ underestimated
Date: 2014-08-16 06:08:24 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:5 - ID:876026
The magnitude of the Ebola crisis in West Africa is “vastly” underestimated, the World Health Organization warned this week, as the death toll steadily climbed. Ebola has infected at least 1,975 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone ....
