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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 ....
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Earthquake hits off western Indonesia; no immediate reports of casualties
Date: 2014-05-18 07:04:55 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:10 - ID:727645
A strong, shallow undersea earthquake has hit parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing panic but there are no immediate reports of casualties, Fox News reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says Sunday's 6.2-magnitude quake at a depth of 9 ....
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Rioting Brazilian prisoners take more than 120 hostages
Date: 2014-05-18 07:01:00 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:8 - ID:727639
Inmates in a prison in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe took 122 hostages on Saturday - nearly all of them visiting inmate relatives, reported the Voice of Russia on Sunday. Prison spokeswoman Sandra Melo said that there were four ....
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African Union strongly condemns terrorist attack in Nairobi
Date: 2014-05-18 06:57:27 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:7 - ID:727631
The African Union strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Nairobi two days ago, describing it as a "heinous and cowardly act against innocent civilians". The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, ....
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US, Israel begin joint training exercise for anti-missile defenses
Date: 2014-05-18 06:53:57 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:727627
Israel and the United States are to begin a joint training exercise for anti-missile defenses Sunday. Active anti-missile systems will be tested in the context of the exercise, dubbed Juniper Cobra, a traditional biennial drill for the two ....
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Thousands flee, 25 die in record Balkan floods
Date: 2014-05-18 06:44:18 GMT - Serbia - International - SN:5 - ID:727611
Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century, CBS news reported. Rapidly rising rivers surged into homes, ....
