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Tony Abbott says Australia poised to join humanitarian effort
Date: 2014-08-13 07:50:22 GMT - Australia - International - SN:11 - ID:871493
Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott says at this stage Australia will only play a humanitarian role in Iraq, as the United Nations calls for the global community to take "urgent" action to avoid a genocide against the Yazidi community, ABC ....
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Putin’s popularity soars to 87%
Date: 2014-08-13 06:44:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:871389
A new survey showed that Russians are more than happy with their president. The poll by the Levada Center reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin currently enjoys an approval rating of 87% — a 4-point jump since a similar survey was ....
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Obama calls for calm after black man gunned down
Date: 2014-08-13 06:20:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:871353
US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm in Ferguson, Missouri, after the shooting of a black teenager by police sparked two nights of violence, the BBC reported. He described the death on Saturday of Michael Brown as heartbreaking and ....
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ECOWAS official dies from Ebola in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-13 06:16:40 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:4 - ID:871349
An ECOWAS official has died from Ebola in Nigeria, the West African regional bloc said in a statement on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths in the country to three. "The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Commission ....
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Remarks were not an attack, Hillary Clinton tells Obama
Date: 2014-08-13 06:08:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:871337
Hillary Rodham Clinton called President Obama on Tuesday to assure him that comments she made in a recent interview with The Atlantic were not intended “to attack him, his policies or his leadership,” according to a statement released by Clinton’s ....
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Egyptian, Russian FMs meet
Date: 2014-08-12 16:29:42 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:40 - ID:870936
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri on Tuesday in Sochi. The two top diplomats discussed a number of regional and international issues, besides ways to develop bilateral relations in the various domains. ....
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Israel apologizes to Brazil for 'diplomatic dwarf' remark
Date: 2014-08-12 06:39:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:4 - ID:869653
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin apologized to his Brazilian counterpart for a remark by a foreign ministry spokesperson calling the Latin American powerhouse a "diplomatic dwarf". The comment in July was made by spokesperson Yigal Palmor after ....
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Putin, Sisi to discuss Russia-Egypt economic coop, int'l issues
Date: 2014-08-11 17:41:56 GMT - Russia - International - SN:55 - ID:869331
Russia's Presidency said that President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fatah El Sisi will meet in Sochi on Tuesday to discuss economic cooperation, regional and international issues, ITAR-TASS reported Monday. “The heads of ....
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236,897 Palestinian in Gaza displaced in 90 UNRWA schools - UN
Date: 2014-08-11 13:24:28 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:34 - ID:868846
As many as 236,897 Palestinians in Gaza are displaced in 90 UNRWA schools. Another 38,994 were hosted in 23 government and private schools and public facilities, according to the mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of ....
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Turquie : Erdogan remporte l'élection présidentielle dès le premier tour
Date: 2014-08-11 11:10:26 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:20 - ID:868511
Recep Tayyip Erdogan est entré dans l'histoire dimanche 10 août en devenant dès le premier tour et avec près de 52 % des suffrages le premier président de la République élu au suffrage universel direct en Turquie. Les résultats complets seront ....
