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UN chief urges Ukraine to practice self-restraint
Date: 2014-07-08 06:38:22 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:2 - ID:816829
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the Ukrainian authorities to display maximum restraint and take all possible steps to protect civilians in Ukraine's eastern regions, reported The Voice of Russia. Military means ....
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Ghani leads Abdullah in Afghan election, officials say
Date: 2014-07-07 18:00:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:62 - ID:816423
Ashraf Ghani might be on the verge of a comeback in his bid for the Afghan presidency, a preliminary count of last month's runoff election shows, CNN reported. The former Afghan finance minister leads former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah ....
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Russia sees need to preserve Iraq as unified state - Diplomat
Date: 2014-07-07 15:35:09 GMT - Russia - International - SN:56 - ID:816246
Moscow has urged Western nations, Arab Gulf states and Turkey to join in the effort to preserve the territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria, which is currently threatened by the ISIL, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said in an ....
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Zarif, Ashton to meet in Vienna today
Date: 2014-07-07 11:24:17 GMT - Austria - International - SN:40 - ID:815579
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton will meet Monday morning on the sixth day of negotiations of Vienna 6 to discuss the writing process of the comprehensive agreement over past three days. ....
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Former Georgian President Shevardnadze dies
Date: 2014-07-07 10:15:28 GMT - Georgia - International - SN:31 - ID:815416
Eduard Shevardnadze, ex-president of Georgia and former Soviet foreign minister, has died, his personal assistant said on Monday as quoted by the BBC. Marina Davitashvili said the former president died after a long illness. ....
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Suspected Boko Haram leader killed in gun battle
Date: 2014-07-07 08:05:23 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:7 - ID:815090
A suspected Boko Haram leader was killed late Sunday by security operatives following a raid on a hideout in Kinkinau, Kaduna state. The suspect and his men were believed to have engaged security operatives in a gun battle that lasted over one ....
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Iran denies supply of Sukhoi fighters to Iraq
Date: 2014-07-07 07:59:02 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:815131
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian dismissed media reports that the country has dispatched Sukhoi fighter jets to Iraq to help the country's combat on terrorist groups. "The Iraqis have not yet made any demands from the ....
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Wall collapse kills 11 workers in Southern India
Date: 2014-07-06 08:33:36 GMT - India - International - SN:6 - ID:813507
Eleven construction workers were killed Sunday after the boundary wall of a warehouse collapsed in southern India in the country's latest building disaster, ABC News reported. The laborers had built lean-tos and shacks near the wall that came ....
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13 killed in new attacks in Kenya's coastal region - Red Cross
Date: 2014-07-06 07:49:19 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:4 - ID:813455
At least 13 people have been killed in new attacks in Kenya's coastal county of Lamu, the same area where some 60 people were massacred last month, the Voice of Russia quoted the Kenyan Red Cross as saying on Sunday. The organization said nine ....
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NK says rocket launches are 'sovereign right'
Date: 2014-07-06 07:44:22 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:3 - ID:813448
North Korea on Sunday again defended its recent short-range rocket launches, saying it is exercising its sovereign rights, Yonhap reported. The communist nation test-fired two projectiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, one day before Chinese ....
