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Japan cabinet approves landmark military change
Date: 2014-07-01 11:35:20 GMT - Japan - International - SN:19 - ID:806497
Japan's cabinet has approved a landmark change in security policy, paving the way for its military to fight overseas, the BBC reported Tuesday. Under its constitution, Japan is barred from using force to resolve conflicts except in cases of ....
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Iranian president calls for building friendly ties with neighboring countries
Date: 2014-07-01 11:24:59 GMT - Iran - International - SN:18 - ID:806470
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for building a friendly relations with neighboring countries, IRNA news agency reported. During a ceremony marking Industry and Mines Day at Tehran’s Islamic Summit Conference Hall, Rouhani said the ....
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Hong Kong crowds rally for democracy
Date: 2014-07-01 11:21:04 GMT - Hong Kong - International - SN:16 - ID:806463
Tens of thousands of protesters are taking part in what organizers say could be Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy rally in more than a decade, the BBC reported Tuesday. The annual rally, marking the day Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, is ....
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Turkey PM Erdogan's nephew gets jail sentence over drug charges
Date: 2014-07-01 09:14:52 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:8 - ID:806158
The nephew of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison on charges of drug trafficking, the Turkish media reported. In a major drug case in İstanbul, Mehmet Erdogan has been convicted of ....
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Ya'alon vows to track down murderers of 3 Israeli teens
Date: 2014-07-01 08:08:30 GMT - palestine - International - SN:7 - ID:806031
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon vowed Tuesday to track down the murderers and punish Hamas for the act. Defense minister suggests West Bank operation which has included hundreds of arrests of Hamas operatives in the West Bank over the past ....
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Entertainer Rolf Harris convicted of indecent assault
Date: 2014-07-01 06:58:47 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:5 - ID:805919
A British court on Monday convicted veteran entertainer Rolf Harris of 12 counts of indecent assaults on four female victims between 1968 and 1986, one of whom had been as young as seven or eight when she was abused. Australian-born Harris – an ....
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White House condemns killing of Israeli teens
Date: 2014-07-01 06:56:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:805915
The White House strongly condemned on Monday the killing of three Israeli teenagers. "We condemn in the strongest possible terms violence that takes the lives of innocent civilians," said Press Secretary Josh Earnest Monday night in response to ....
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Netanyahu slams Arab Israeli leaders for failing to condemn kidnapping of teens
Date: 2014-06-30 17:25:25 GMT - Israel - International - SN:67 - ID:805571
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday slammed Arab Israeli leaders for failing to condemn the kidnapping of three Israeli teens in the West Bank earlier this month, Jerusalem Post reported. Speaking at a meeting of his Likud ....
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Cameron says drive for European Union reform remains on track
Date: 2014-06-30 10:01:53 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:34 - ID:804686
British Prime Minister David Cameron has declared that he can “do business” with European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker, insisting that Britain’s drive for European Union reform remains on track, reported the Daily Telegraph on ....
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60 militants killed during clashes with Afghan army soldiers
Date: 2014-06-30 09:49:33 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:29 - ID:804656
At least 60 militants were killed during clashes with the Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers in various parts of Afghanistan, reported Khaama website. Officials in the ministry of defense of Afghanistan said the militants were killed during the ....
