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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 ....
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Man arrested after 'hoax bomb threat' on Qatar Airways flight
Date: 2014-08-05 16:36:38 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:42 - ID:860127
A suspected hoax bomber was arrested at Manchester Airport today after an RAF fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a flight from Qatar, Mail online said Tuesday. Concerns were raised about Qatar Airways flight QR23, which was flying to ....
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Russia needs to step up production of military-purpose spacecraft — Deputy PM
Date: 2014-08-05 14:56:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:28 - ID:859915
Russia needs to boost domestic production of military-purpose and communication spacecraft with the main focus on the import substitution strategy, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin as saying on Tuesday. “Following a ....
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Obama: US companies to invest $14B in Africa
Date: 2014-08-05 13:00:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:24 - ID:859620
U.S. President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday that U.S. businesses have committed to investing $14 billion in construction, clean energy, banking, and information technology projects across Africa, The Africa Report quoted a White House ....
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NATO strike kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan: Official
Date: 2014-08-05 11:38:33 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:16 - ID:859367
An Afghan official says a NATO helicopter strike has killed four civilians in the country's west. Officials with the international military coalition say they are investigating the attack, Fox News reported. The attack saw almost 200 people ....
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Indonesia bans ISIL teaching and support
Date: 2014-08-05 11:03:37 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:14 - ID:859290
Indonesia has banned support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as Australia looks to sharpen its laws against terrorist groups, local media reported on Tuesday. Indonesia's government announced that the teachings of ISIL had ....
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Congress Backs Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense with Iron Dome bill
Date: 2014-08-05 09:49:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:859109
The Congress approved a $225 million package to replenish Israel's missile defenses with its last order of business before a five-week recess, as the Jewish state's cease-fire with Hamas unraveled and Israeli forces pushed deep into Gaza in search ....
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UK summons Ethiopian diplomat over detention of British national
Date: 2014-08-05 06:00:45 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:858661
Chargé d’Affaires at the Ethiopian Embassy in the UK Demeke Atnafu was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday to meet the UK’s Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds. Simmonds expressed deep concern that the Ethiopian authorities had not allowed ....
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James Brady, White House press secretary under Reagan, dies
Date: 2014-08-05 05:23:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:858618
James Brady, the former White House press secretary who was badly wounded in the assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan and later became an advocate for gun control, has died. He was 73. His family announced Brady's death in a ....
