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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 ....
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Putin congratulates Sisi for being sworn in
Date: 2014-06-09 07:55:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:768544
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for being sworn in as Egypt's new president for the coming four years, according to a statement by the Kremlin media office. Putin said Sisi's landslide victory is ....
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S. Korean troops in Afghanistan to return home after 4-yr mission
Date: 2014-06-09 07:43:14 GMT - south korea - International - SN:17 - ID:768519
A contingent of South Korean troops in Afghanistan will return home later this month after completing a four-year mission to rebuild the war-torn nation, Yonhap reported quoting the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) here Monday. The Korean unit of ....
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South African president discharged from hospital after checkup
Date: 2014-06-09 07:41:02 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:16 - ID:768508
The office of South African President Jacob Zuma said he has been discharged from a hospital after a weekend checkup. Zuma's office wasq quoted by Fox News as saying in a statement Monday that the 72-year-old left the hospital on Sunday evening ....
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Pope Francis peace plea at Abbas-Peres prayer meeting
Date: 2014-06-09 07:14:16 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:10 - ID:768441
Pope Francis has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to show courage to seek peace in the Middle East, the BBC reported. The Pope was speaking after hosting joint prayers at the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Palestinian ....
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Russian UN ambassador says sure US is bugging his office, phone
Date: 2014-06-09 06:54:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:768408
Russia’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Sunday he was sure US security services were bugging his office and telephone. "I am sure they do", Itar Tass quoted Churkin as saying on Sunday. "I proceed from the ....