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Hollande, Abbas discuss resuming Middle East peace talks
Date: 2014-06-12 13:30:25 GMT - France - International - SN:19 - ID:774624
French President Francois Hollande made on Thursday a phone call to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. During the phone conversation, Hollande hailed the formation of the new Palestinian unity government, expressing his hope for resuming the ....
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Pak court allows Pervez Musharraf to leave country
Date: 2014-06-12 09:59:47 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:10 - ID:774104
A court in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Thursday ordered the government to remove former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's name from a no-fly list in 15 days' time, the BBC reported quoting his lawyer. "The court has allowed our appeal ....
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Israel would not tolerate missile attacks: defense minister
Date: 2014-06-12 07:59:38 GMT - Israel - International - SN:5 - ID:773839
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday that Israel would not tolerate any missile attack, a day after a missile targeted southern Israel. "We won't allow a daily stream of rockets or attempts to harm citizens of the south. We will ....
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Hague: international protocol on sexual violence in conflict to be launched
Date: 2014-06-11 13:05:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:26 - ID:772792
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that a London summit on ending sexual violence during war will witness the launch of a new international protocol for documenting and investigating sexual violence in conflict. The event - the largest ....
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UN 'will mediate in China-Vietnam row'
Date: 2014-06-11 08:42:02 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:15 - ID:772071
The United Nations says it is willing to mediate in the territorial row between China and Vietnam, BBC reported. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric called for both sides to resolve the dispute peacefully and legally. In the past week, Vietnam and ....
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Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine gas debt in phone call
Date: 2014-06-11 08:28:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:14 - ID:772048
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel the progress of talks on Ukraine's natural gas supplies debt to Russia. "Putin stressed that despite the emerged difficulties the Russian ....
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Brazil 'ready' for football World Cup, says Rousseff
Date: 2014-06-11 08:22:34 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:12 - ID:772021
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says her country is ready, on and off the pitch, for the football World Cup which starts on Thursday, the BBC reported Wednesday. In a TV address, she said "the pessimists" had been defeated by the determination ....
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Obama congratulates Israel’s new president-elect
Date: 2014-06-11 08:15:56 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:772001
US President Barack Obama has congratulated Reuven Rivlin on his election as the next President of Israel, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. “Over more than six decades, the United States and Israel have developed a unique relationship based ....
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Rouhani's visit helps expand ties- Turkish president
Date: 2014-06-11 07:30:23 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:771907
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhan's visit to Turkey helped accelerating expansion of relations between the two countries, IRNA reported. He made the remarks in a meeting with Rohani, Iranian and ....
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We came out of White House in debt - Hillary Clinton
Date: 2014-06-10 14:37:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:31 - ID:771208
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said that she and her husband former president Bill came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt. In an interview with CBS News, she added: "We had no money when we got there, and we ....