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Barzani appreciates Iranˈs contributions to Kurds in hard times
Date: 2014-08-11 08:07:15 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:868011
Head of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani in a letter addressed to President Hassan Rouhani late Sunday night appreciated Iranˈs support and contributions to Iraqi Kurds under current tough and critical conditions, IRNA reported. In the ....
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Lavrov urges humanitarian aid, ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-11 07:38:25 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:867971
The question of humanitarian aid supplies to eastern Ukraine must not be delayed, the need for ceasefire in the region is critical, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday, "We believe the issue (of providing humanitarian aid) is ....
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US senator warns of militants in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-11 07:37:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:867968
US Senator Lindsey Graham set off alarm bells on Sunday over ISIL's growing threat to to launch attacks on the US territory. Speaking to Fox News, Graham concerned about ISIL "hit closer to home". "Mr. President, you have never once spoken ....
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Erdogan wins Turkish presidential office
Date: 2014-08-11 07:17:19 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:867931
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to win the first presidential election ever on Sunday with about 52.1 percent as 99 percent of the votes have been counted, Turkish local media reported. Ekmeleddin İhsanoglu, the joint candidate ....
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President Rouhani orders Iran-140 planes grounded after crash
Date: 2014-08-11 06:24:33 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:867868
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the grounding of the country’s Iran-140 passenger planes after Sunday’s deadly crash in Tehran, IRNA reported. In a cabinet meeting on Sunday, the president ordered that all Iran-140 passenger jets be ....
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Lieberman: “We Need To Defeat Hamas”
Date: 2014-08-10 12:30:07 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:867018
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that Israel should defeat Hamas, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. “The demands of the organization are beyond what Israel can agree to,” Lieberman stressed. In the background of the ....
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Israel shunning truce talks until fire from Gaza stops - Netanyahu
Date: 2014-08-10 12:07:47 GMT - Israel - International - SN:9 - ID:866976
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would stay away from Egyptian-mediated truce talks with Hamas as long as Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip continued, according to Ynet. "Israel will not ....
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Ban voiced concern over humanitarian, security situation in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-10 07:26:56 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:1 - ID:866456
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern over humanitarian and security situation in Iraq. The UN and the international community are closely watching the political developments in Iraq, he said. Ban called on all the political parties ....
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Obama: No timetable for Iraq airstrikes
Date: 2014-08-09 17:33:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:28 - ID:866109
US airstrikes have "successfully destroyed arms and equipment" that terrorists with ISIS could have used against the Kurdish regional capital of Irbil in Iraq, US President Barack Obama said Saturday. "We feel confident" that military efforts can ....
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US. aircraft conduct targeted airstrike in northern Iraq: Pentagon
Date: 2014-08-08 17:14:37 GMT - USA - International - SN:36 - ID:864814
The US military conducted a targeted airstrike today against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in northern Iraq, the Pentagon press secretary said. At about 6:45 a.m. EDT, two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs ....
