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UN chief urges South Sudanese rivals to meet as required in peace accord
Date: 2014-06-05 06:39:26 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:5 - ID:761918
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to meet with former Vice-President Riek Machar on Monday, as agreed to in the May 9 document that aimed to end the fighting in the world’s newest country. In a telephone ....
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US does everything to prevent potential for alliance between Russia, EU - Lavrov
Date: 2014-06-05 06:23:09 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:761888
The United States leads the way in limiting Russia's opportunities and does everything to prevent the potential for alliance between Russia and the EU, The Voice of Russia quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying. "Many analysts ....
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Ban Ki-moon urges world to stop sea level rise
Date: 2014-06-04 11:10:11 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:40 - ID:760602
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the whole world on Wednesday to work for eliminating threat of sea level rise. Ban Ki-moon said in a message for World Environment Day, to be observed on 5 June, that World Environment Day 2014 falls during ....
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Obama to nominate first US ambassador to Somalia in more than two decades
Date: 2014-06-04 10:10:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:33 - ID:760422
US President Barack Obama plans to nominate the first US ambassador to Somalia in more than two decades, a top State Department official said Tuesday as quoted by the CNN. Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman called the decision "a reflection ....
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Video shows US soldier handover
Date: 2014-06-04 09:57:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:28 - ID:760378
The Taliban have released a video showing the moment Sgt Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to US forces after five years in captivity in Afghanistan, BBC reported. The footage shows him sitting in a pick-up truck, before being walked to a helicopter ....
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DHQ Debunks Alleged Court Martial of Nigerian Army Generals
Date: 2014-06-04 07:32:18 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:21 - ID:759980
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that about 15 senior officers including 10 generals in the army have been court martialled for various acts of sabotage against military operations, especially leaking sensitive information to Boko ....
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22 killed in coal mine b in China
Date: 2014-06-04 07:29:58 GMT - China - International - SN:20 - ID:759977
A coal mine accident has killed 22 people in the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing, ABC news reported quoting the city's news office in an online statement Wednesday. The accident that took place on Tuesday afternoon left two other people ....
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Roadside bombing kills 4 afghan police officers
Date: 2014-06-04 07:25:24 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:18 - ID:759963
A provincial official says four Afghan police officers were killed and another one was wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the country's south, ABC news Channel reported. Omer Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor of ....
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Netanyahu 'troubled' by U.S. decision to work with Palestinian gov't
Date: 2014-06-03 15:50:06 GMT - Israel - International - SN:75 - ID:759019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was "deeply troubled" by the United States' decision to maintain relations with the new Palestinian unity government. Netanyahu has urged the world not to work with Palestinian Authority ....
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OIC shows solidarity with Nigeria against terrorist Boko Haram
Date: 2014-06-03 14:58:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:67 - ID:758935
Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Eyad Madani expressed Tuesday the OIC's willingness to assist the Nigerian Government in fighting the Boko Haram insurgents, describing them as criminals. In a statement, the OIC said ....
