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EU chief observer to hold press conference in Egypt
Date: 2014-05-19 08:29:01 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:22 - ID:729739
As the chief observer prepares for a press conference to further dwell on a European decision not to monitor the Egyptian presidential election, banners reading " EU Election Follow-up Mission" have been placed inside and outside the room where ....
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Israel to strengthen ties with Latin America
Date: 2014-05-19 08:25:24 GMT - Israel - International - SN:21 - ID:729730
In move to decrease Israeli dependency on Europe, the Israeli government approved a three-year, NIS 50 million plan to strengthen economic ties with Costa Rica, Columbia, Mexico, Chile and Peru, The Jerusalem Post reported. The plan will ....
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Neo-nazi forces unleash terror against civilians in Ukraine - Putin
Date: 2014-05-19 07:08:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:729535
Neo-Nazi forces in Ukraine are waging a war against civilians, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview with China's leading media. He pointed out that a revision of the results of the Second World War is inadmissible. ....
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At least 5 people are dead in suicide bombing in Nigeria's Kano city
Date: 2014-05-19 07:04:35 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:17 - ID:729525
At least five people were killed in a suicide bombing that hit Kano city late Sunday, in a street with many bars and night spots. The blast took place in an area mostly inhabited by Christians from southern Nigeria, the Punch newspaper ....
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Park says she’ll disband coast guard in ferry-sinking apology
Date: 2014-05-19 07:02:41 GMT - south korea - International - SN:16 - ID:729520
South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologized to the nation over the deadly sinking of a passenger ferry that left 300 people dead or missing and said she’ll disband the coast guard for its botched rescue operation, Sky news reported. “The ....
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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 ....