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Reuven Rivlin chosen as Israeli president
Date: 2014-06-10 14:31:22 GMT - Israel - International - SN:28 - ID:771196
Likud MK Reuven Rivlin will be the tenth president of Israel after he scored a victory over Hatnua MK Meir Sheetrit in the second round of voting at the Knesset on Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. Rivlin received 63 votes in the ....
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Knesset votes on Israel’s 10th president
Date: 2014-06-10 12:50:33 GMT - Israel - International - SN:26 - ID:770950
Knesset members began casting their votes Tuesday morning to elect Israel’s 10th president from among five candidates, Haaretz newspaper reported. If no candidate receives the necessary 61 (out of 120) votes in the first round, a run-off will be ....
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Kenya cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris shot dead in Mombasa
Date: 2014-06-10 10:45:12 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:14 - ID:770670
A leading Muslim cleric has been shot dead in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa - the latest such killing. Sheikh Mohammed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, was killed close to a mosque near his home by a group of ....
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Karachi airport reopens after Pakistan Taliban assault
Date: 2014-06-10 06:36:07 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:6 - ID:770145
Pakistan's largest airport has resumed operations after an assault by militants which left at least 30 people, including the attackers, dead. The assault on Jinnah international airport in Karachi began late on Sunday, with security forces ....
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Pakistani Taliban attack airport in Karachi, 27 dead
Date: 2014-06-09 11:19:23 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:12 - ID:768484
Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed Pakistan's busiest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a night-long battle at one of the country's most high-profile targets, Euronews reported. The assault on Jinnah ....
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FM calls on N. Korea to end its nuke program
Date: 2014-06-09 10:18:02 GMT - south korea - International - SN:29 - ID:768877
South Korea's foreign minister on Monday called for North Korea to give up its nuclear program, saying it not only hurts regional peace and stability, but also hampers unification of the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap reported. "There has been a widely ....
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Clinton says to decide on presidential bid by end of 2014
Date: 2014-06-09 09:29:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:28 - ID:768730
Former US State Secretary Hillary Clinton wants more time through the end of the year to think about whether she'll run for president in 2016, she has told ABC News in an interview. "I will be on the way to making a decision by the end of the ....
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Kosovo Premier Thaci Declares Victory After Election Win
Date: 2014-06-09 09:22:56 GMT - Kosovo - International - SN:26 - ID:768714
Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s political party won the second parliamentary elections since independence from Serbia with a promise to improve living standards in one of Europe’s poorest states, the BBC reported. Thaci’s Democratic Party ....
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Russian TV journalists released in Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-09 09:08:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:25 - ID:768689
Russian journalists of the Zvezda (or "Star") television network, who were detained in Ukraine on June 6, have been released, the Russia-24 TV channel reported early Monday. The Zvezda TV network later confirmed the release of its reporters in ....
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Suicide bombers attack parking lot at police base in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2014-06-09 08:51:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:23 - ID:768648
Suicide bombers have attacked a parking lot at a police base in eastern Afghanistan, killing a guard and setting 25 trucks ablaze, Fox News reported. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar province, said the ....
