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S. Korea issues travel warning for Ebola-hit Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-08 15:41:17 GMT - south korea - International - SN:28 - ID:864726
South Korea on Friday issued a special travel advisory for Nigeria's Ebola-hit capital Lagos as part of efforts to control the spread of the virus, Yonhap quoted the South Korean health ministry as saying. During an emergency meeting of ....
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US forces strike ISIS militants in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-08 15:35:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:25 - ID:864717
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said that US forces have struck Islamic militant targets in Iraq, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Arbil, ....
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Russians mock Obama with racist birthday message
Date: 2014-08-08 09:26:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:864110
In further evidence of the faltering of Russian-American relations, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was lit up for a brief period with birthday wishes for President Obama — that came with racist slants, The Washington Times reported. The first message ....
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UN flags at half-mast to honour staff killed in Gaza conflict
Date: 2014-08-07 19:56:03 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:21 - ID:863615
The United Nations flag is flying at half-mast on Thursday at the world body's New York Headquarters in memory of the UN staff members killed since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza on 8 July, and in solidarity with the families and friends of ....
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Boko Haram Kills ‘Dozens’ in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-07 10:10:45 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:8 - ID:862658
Residents from the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza say Boko Haram militants killed dozens of locals on Thursday, Leadership newspaper reported. “The soldiers guarding us just went away as the militants advanced against our town,” a resident ....
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Iran, US planned to hold nuclear talks in Geneva
Date: 2014-08-07 07:17:31 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:862280
Representatives from Iran and the United States are scheduled to sit down for bilateral negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear energy program, IRNA reported. The talks are slated to be held in the Swiss capital of Geneva later on Thursday. Iran’s ....
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Biden stresses US commitment to bolstering security cooperation with Tunisia
Date: 2014-08-06 16:58:58 GMT - USA - International - SN:30 - ID:861789
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met on Wednesday with visiting Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on the sidelines of a U.S.-Africa Summit. Biden stressed his country's commitment to bolstering security cooperation with Tunisia ahead of the ....
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Rouhani: Iran standing beside Gaza
Date: 2014-08-06 14:09:46 GMT - Iran - International - SN:19 - ID:861497
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani strongly condemned the recent Israeli brutal attacks against the oppressed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and renewed Iran's support for the oppressed people of the region, especially Gazans, the Fars News Agency ....
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Deputy British PM: Suspend arms exports to Israel
Date: 2014-08-06 09:41:17 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:860905
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on Tuesday called for arms exports to Israel to be suspended, the BBC reported. Clegg’s call came after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a British minister who was the first Muslim woman to sit in the Cabinet, ....
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Obama: Next Global Entrepreneurship Summit to take place in Marrakech
Date: 2014-08-06 06:57:01 GMT - Morocco - International - SN:2 - ID:860583
US President Barack Obama announced that the upcoming yearly Global entrepreneurship Summit will be held on November 20-21 in Marrakech. This is the first time an African country hosts the event, The announcement was made during the US-Africa ....
