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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 ....
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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 ....
