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Afghan President Karzai dismisses 'al-Qaeda comeback'
Date: 2014-06-18 07:43:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:20 - ID:784151
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed the possibility of al-Qaeda linked groups making a comeback in his country in a similar way to Iraq, the BBC reported Wednesday. Asked whether what was happening in Iraq could happen in Afghanistan, the ....
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Ya'alon threatens Hamas over claims of kidnapping 3 settlers
Date: 2014-06-18 07:07:18 GMT - palestine - International - SN:13 - ID:784062
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon threatened Tuesday Hamas movement in the West Bank of paying a high price, claiming that it was behind abducting three settlers in al-Khalil (Hebron). In a statements, Ya'alon said that the Israeli army had ....
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UN chief names new commander for UN mission in S. Sudan
Date: 2014-06-18 07:04:02 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:11 - ID:784053
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed on Tuesday Ethiopian Lt.-Gen. Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam to head the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Tesfamariam will succeed Maj.-Gen. Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana, who finished ....
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Google and Facebook can be legally intercepted - UK spy boss
Date: 2014-06-18 07:01:34 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:784047
The UK government has revealed that intelligence service GCHQ can snoop on British citizens' use of Facebook and Google without an individual warrant because the firms are based overseas. UK spy boss Charles Farr said Tuesday that the services ....
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ICC prosecutor calls for arresting those accused over crimes against humanity in Darfur
Date: 2014-06-18 07:00:32 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:9 - ID:784043
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda called Tuesday on the Security Council to take immediate action to protect victims in the ongoing Darfur crisis. The prosecutor underscored that without concrete steps to ....
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UK, China agree £14 billion of trade and investment deals
Date: 2014-06-18 06:42:06 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:784011
UK and China signed £14 billion of trade and investment deals as the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to London. Chinese premier Li Keqiang oversaw the signing of deals with Britain during an official ....
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Inaugural session of Iran-West talks ends
Date: 2014-06-17 17:23:40 GMT - Austria - International - SN:63 - ID:783572
The inaugural session of the fifth round of talks between Iran and the West has ended, said Michael Mann, spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton who coordinates diplomacy with Iran on behalf of the six nations (also known as the ....
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NATO cooperates with Turkey over Iraq situation -- Rasmussen
Date: 2014-06-17 16:53:40 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:59 - ID:783536
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday they cooperate fully with Turkey over the recent developments in the situation in Iraq. Rasmussen, who paid a two-day visit to Turkey after the ISIL seized many cities in Iraq, told the ....
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William Hague denies government is softening its approach to Iran
Date: 2014-06-17 16:09:47 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:52 - ID:783430
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has assured MPs that the UK's policy towards Iran on terrorism and nuclear ambitions will not soften despite announcing the reopening of the British embassy in Tehran, the Telegraph reported Tuesday. Hague ....
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Extremist groups in Iraq threaten regional war, U.N. panel warns
Date: 2014-06-17 15:42:04 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:49 - ID:783356
The onslaught of extremist Sunni militants in Iraq will have violent repercussions in Syria and could bring wider war in the Middle East, the New York Times quoted a United Nations panel as warning on Tuesday. The conflict in Syria “has reached a ....
