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Peres' Vatican peace summit is another blow to Netanyahu - reports
Date: 2014-06-08 12:34:32 GMT - Israel - International - SN:34 - ID:767590
Israeli President Shimon Peres' trip to the Vatican on Sunday to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and partake in a 'prayer for peace' with Pope Francis is meant as an additional public blow against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Peres ....
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Syria presidential election not ceremonial: Iran MP
Date: 2014-06-08 06:47:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:766845
The June 3 presidential election in Syria was not ceremonial as Western media describe it, says an Iranian official as quoted by IRNA on Sunday. Chairman of Iran’s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on ....
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US congressman congratulates Sisi on pres. victory, asserts he now has strong mandate
Date: 2014-06-07 16:54:29 GMT - USA - International - SN:39 - ID:766402
United States Representative and Rep. Rohrabacher is the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and the co-chairman of the Friends of Egypt Caucus congratulated president-elect Abdel Fattah ....
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Russian city Volgograd may become Stalingrad again- Putin
Date: 2014-06-07 12:15:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:33 - ID:765905
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not rule out the possibility of returning the name of Stalingrad to the Russian city of Volgograd located on the Volga River Stalingrad, the Voice of Russia reported. Stalingrad was the epicenter of the most ....
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Rouhani due to visit Turkey on June 9
Date: 2014-06-07 10:37:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:765696
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to pay an official visit to Turkey on top of a high-ranking delegation on June 9. During his visit, Rouhani will hold meetings with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ....
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Suicide attack in Kandahar leaves 5 Afghan soldiers injured
Date: 2014-06-07 09:18:47 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:19 - ID:765484
At least five Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers were injured following a suicide attack in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to local government officials, the incident took place in Maiwand district ....
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Simferopol airport in Crimea opens for international flights
Date: 2014-06-07 09:16:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:765479
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed an order to open the airport in Simferopol, Crimea for serving international flights, the Voice of Russia said . "The decision will add to development of the transport system of the Republic of ....
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UN official: Nigerian schoolgirls face rape danger
Date: 2014-06-07 09:15:35 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:17 - ID:765477
More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants “definitely” face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict said. “My worry is those girls don’t come back half of them ....
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US not intend to change policy of supporting Syria's rebels
Date: 2014-06-07 07:46:35 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:765325
State Department spokesman Edgar Vasquez said that US Secretary of State John Kerry did not intend to suggest that the US is about to change its policy of supporting Syria’s rebels or seeking a future in Syria “that does not include the regime of ....
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Rice: US is leading with ‘lethal and non-lethal’ aid to Syria
Date: 2014-06-07 06:29:41 GMT - France - International - SN:8 - ID:765221
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on Friday the United States was taking important steps in Syria by offering both "lethal and non-lethal" aid to the moderate opposition fighting a bloody civil war. “The United States has been the ....