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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 ....
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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 ....
