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Rouhani: Iraq's elections sign of institutionalized democracy
Date: 2014-05-19 07:00:15 GMT - Iran - International - SN:15 - ID:729514
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Iraqi Judiciary Chief Medhat Al-Mahmoud extended Tehran's full support for the new government in the country, and said the recent parliamentary elections indicated institutionalized democracy in ....
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31 children die in Colombia bus fire
Date: 2014-05-19 06:58:29 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:14 - ID:729510
Thirty-one children and one adult were killed in Colombia when fuel exploded on a broken-down bus returning from a church event, The Guardian reported on its website. The charred bodies of victims were being identified using dental records in ....
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CIA denies its agents were killed in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-19 06:34:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:729466
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has denied reports of a number of CIA agents allegedly killed in clashes between forces loyal to the Kiev authorities and self-defense units in eastern Ukraine, The Voice of Russia reported. Earlier, the ....
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'France welcomes Iran peace plan for Syria'
Date: 2014-05-19 06:24:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:2 - ID:729452
A senior French diplomat has described Iran’s four-point peace plan for Syria as useful and conducive to the settlement of the crisis in the Arab state, Press TV reported. Jean-François Girault, French Foreign Ministry’s director for North Africa ....
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West seeks crackdown on Boko Haram, says paper
Date: 2014-05-18 11:46:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:31 - ID:728293
Western powers are pressing the United Nations to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization as early as next week, senior U.S. officials said Saturday, in an effort to turn up pressure on the insurgent group behind the kidnapping of hundreds of ....
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Iranian FM raises hopes for deal with world powers
Date: 2014-05-18 10:48:36 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:728159
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who leads the country's team in the nuclear talks with the world powers, announced that striking a final deal between the two sides is possible, Fars news agency reported. "A comprehensive nuclear ....
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Israel, US holding joint missile defense drill
Date: 2014-05-18 09:47:26 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:23 - ID:727992
Israel and the United States were slated to hold a joint missile defense drill on Sunday morning. The biennial exercise is designed to test the ability of joint operations between the two nations in response to missile attacks, The Jerusalem Post ....
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Jewish Home criticizes Livni over Abbas meeting
Date: 2014-05-18 08:13:34 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:727657
Sources in the right-wing Jewish Home party called on Justice Minister Tzipi Livni to quit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Saturday night, saying that her meeting Thursday in London with Palestinian Authority President ....
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Iranian diplomat: No Tangible progress achieved in writing draft text of nuclear deal
Date: 2014-05-18 07:36:43 GMT - Iran - International - SN:17 - ID:727711
Iran said there has been no tangible progress in writing the draft text of a comprehensive agreement over its nuclear program, Fars news agency reported. "We will have one or two more rounds of talks in June. Talks will continue," Seyed Abbas ....
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China evacuates workers after Vietnam deadly riots
Date: 2014-05-18 07:15:10 GMT - China - International - SN:13 - ID:727671
The Chinese government has evacuated more than 3,000 of its nationals from Vietnam following a wave of anti-Chinese riots, Chinese media reported. The BBC said Beijing is arranging charter flights and ships to help more people to leave. At ....
