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Syria on track towards peace, unity: Iran official
Date: 2014-08-04 08:46:52 GMT - Iran - International - SN:33 - ID:857135
A senior Iranian official says Syria is moving towards peace and national reconciliation more than three years into the foreign-sponsored turmoil plaguing the Arab country, Press TV reported. On Sunday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and ....
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S. Korea mulling withdrawal of diplomatic staff from Libya
Date: 2014-08-04 08:46:04 GMT - south korea - International - SN:32 - ID:857132
South Korea is carefully considering withdrawing its ambassador and other diplomatic staff from Libya due to the worsening security situation in the violence-ravaged country, government officials said Monday as quoted by Yonhap. Seoul last week ....
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More bodies recovered in massive Nepal landslide
Date: 2014-08-04 08:45:03 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:31 - ID:857130
Rescuers recovered nine more bodies Monday from a massive weekend landslide in northern Nepal, raising the official death toll in the disaster to 19, but say there is no chance of finding alive any of the more than 150 people believed still buried ....
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Bangladesh official says ferry has capsized
Date: 2014-08-04 08:43:12 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:30 - ID:857124
A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized Monday in central Bangladesh, ABC News quoted a government official as saying. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Chairman Samsuddoha Khondaker said M.V. Pinak was crossing the River ....
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China earthquake: Troops join search in Yunnan province
Date: 2014-08-04 08:34:05 GMT - China - International - SN:11 - ID:857040
China has sent 2,500 soldiers to the southwest province of Yunnan after an earthquake killed hundreds of people, the BBC reported. At least 381 people died and more than 1,800 were injured when the magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck on ....
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UK FM discusses situation in Gaza with Israeli foreign, justice minsters
Date: 2014-08-04 08:17:42 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:18 - ID:857074
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond discussed Sunday the situation in Gaza with the Israeli ministers of foreign affairs and justice. In two separate phone calls, Hammond reiterated the United Kingdom calls for " an immediate and ....
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Israel eavesdropped on Kerry in Mideast talks
Date: 2014-08-04 08:14:55 GMT - Germany - International - SN:17 - ID:857071
Israeli intelligence eavesdropped on US Secretary of State John Kerry during Middle East peace negotiations, Der SPIEGEL has learned from reliable sources. In addition to the Israelis, at least one other intelligence service also listened in as ....
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NATO soldier dies as a result of non-battle injury in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2014-08-03 12:37:35 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:35 - ID:856023
A service member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed following a non-battle related incident in Afghanistan on Sunday. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said in a statement: “ An ....
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101 Taliban militants killed in Afghan operations, MoI says
Date: 2014-08-03 12:15:46 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:33 - ID:855971
At least 101 Taliban militants including their local commanders were killed following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Monday that the militants were killed in Kunduz, Zabul, Helmand, ....
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Rain hampers search for over 100 missing in Nepal
Date: 2014-08-03 07:35:41 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:10 - ID:855377
Fresh rainfall was hampering a search Sunday for scores of villagers missing after a massive landslide in northern Nepal, where army troops used explosives to blast a river blockage in an attempt to release a dangerous water buildup, ABC news ....