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Thai oil tanker recovered, cargo taken by hijackers
Date: 2014-06-02 09:12:06 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:33 - ID:756240
A Thai oil tanker reported missing two days ago has been recovered with all of its crew members safe but pirates who hijacked the tanker took its cargo and damaged communications gear, the Sky news reported quoting International Maritime Bureau ....
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King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicates
Date: 2014-06-02 09:10:42 GMT - Spain - International - SN:32 - ID:756238
King Juan Carlos of Spain has decided to abdicate, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said as quoted by the BBC. King Juan Carlos, who is 76, has ruled since 1975, taking over after the death of dictator Francisco Franco. The king's son, Crown ....
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N. Korea slams S. Korea's new nominee for national security adviser
Date: 2014-06-02 08:37:43 GMT - south korea - International - SN:26 - ID:756171
North Korea lashed out at a new nominee for South Korea's national security adviser on Monday, calling him a military gangster and a traitor, Yonhap reported. The North's main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, claimed the nominee, Defense Minister Kim ....
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Insurgents attack border guards in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-02 08:33:53 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:25 - ID:756156
Ukraine's border guard service said a number of servicemen have been injured in an insurgent attack on their camp in eastern Ukraine, ABC news reported. The officials said in a statement Monday that some 100 armed insurgents attacked the border ....
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3 Turks killed in suicide bombing in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-06-02 08:32:15 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:24 - ID:756151
An Afghan official said a suicide bomber has targeted a minibus with workers from a Turkish construction company, killing three Turkish engineers, ABC news reported. The spokesman for the governor in eastern Nangharhar province said the attack ....
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Thailand junta announces economic crisis plan
Date: 2014-06-02 08:26:22 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:21 - ID:756126
Thailand's ruling junta has announced a series of measures aimed at averting an economic crisis, two weeks after the generals took power in a coup, the BBC reported Friday. Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong said the priorities were restoring the ....
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Russian president’s aide promises further Russian assistance to Abkhazia
Date: 2014-06-02 08:09:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:756079
Russia will provide financial and military assistance to the Abkhazian people in full, Itar Tass quoted Russian president’s aide Vladislav Surkov on Sunday, commenting on the resignation of Abkhazia’s President Alexander Ankvab. "The key task has ....
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OIC rejects Czech president's anti-Islam statements
Date: 2014-06-02 08:01:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:17 - ID:756060
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation OIC Iyad Madani expressed disappointment at statements made by Czech President Milos Zeman on May at the Israeli Embassy in Prague that "Islamic ideology rather than individual groups of ....
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Bombing at Nigerian soccer match kills at least 40
Date: 2014-06-02 07:50:00 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:15 - ID:756042
Forty people were killed and dozens were injured after a bomb explosion hit the town of Mubi, northeast of Nigeria. The attack targeted football match field, said eyewitnesses. But local media reported that the bomb exploded near a military ....
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Kerry phones Palestine pres. ahead of new gov't formation
Date: 2014-06-02 07:32:35 GMT - palestine - International - SN:10 - ID:755998
US Secretary of State John Kerry phoned President Mahmoud Abbas late Sunday to discuss the newly formed Palestinian government and the future of peace talks in the Middle East. Abbas asserted that the new cabinet would be formed of technocrats ....
