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Netanyahu: Iran, North Korea sharing nuclear technology
Date: 2014-05-14 10:29:31 GMT - Israel - International - SN:20 - ID:720861
Iran is sharing nuclear technology with North Korea, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Wednesday, as Tehran and world powers hold talks aimed at ending a decade-old standoff. Netanyahu, who is in Japan this ....
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Israeli minister Tzipi Livni given diplomatic immunity for UK visit
Date: 2014-05-14 08:23:41 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:13 - ID:720490
The British government has granted temporary diplomatic immunity to a prominent Israeli politician ahead of a visit to the UK this week to protect her against arrest and potential prosecution for alleged breaches of international law, including war ....
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Turkish PM cancels foreign visits over mine explosion
Date: 2014-05-14 07:47:34 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:720385
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled his visit to Albania and Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz cancelled a visit to Azerbaijan due to an explosion in a mine in Manisa Province, the BBC reported. Over 201 people died and 300 ....
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ICC to examine claims on British troops' war crimes in Iraq
Date: 2014-05-13 18:03:14 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:75 - ID:719878
British soldiers are to be investigated by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes committed in Iraq, Metro newspaper reported on Tuesday. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda confirmed that she would review ‘new information’ she received ....
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Nigerian president urges extending northeast state of emergency
Date: 2014-05-13 15:37:24 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:55 - ID:719603
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has formally asked parliament to extend the current state of emergency in three restive northeastern states by an additional six months, Nigeria's local media quoted an MP as saying. Jonathan hopes the state ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry brands new EU sanctions "irresponsible"
Date: 2014-05-13 12:52:32 GMT - Austria - International - SN:27 - ID:719111
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has accused the European Union of pursuing a “feckless, irresponsible” policy towards Russia after Brussels piled more sanctions on Moscow, Ria Novosti news agency reported. “We are sorry to see the ....
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Liberman criticizes Abbas, PA for paying stipends to families of convicted terrorists
Date: 2014-05-13 12:44:50 GMT - Israel - International - SN:26 - ID:719091
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman eviscerated Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday for paying stipends to the families of suicide bombers and jailed terrorists in Israeli prisons, the Jerusalem Post reported. Liberman ....
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UN says Joseph Kony's whereabouts known
Date: 2014-05-13 12:26:59 GMT - Central African Republic - International - SN:22 - ID:719053
The UN Security Council has released a new report, saying fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony is hiding in Sudanese-controlled areas of a disputed enclave in South Sudan bordering both Sudan and the Central African Republic. Kony, the leader of the ....
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Iran will not give up nuclear right: official
Date: 2014-05-13 12:06:47 GMT - Iran - International - SN:18 - ID:719007
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that Tehran will not relinquish its right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, Press TV Channel reported on Tuesday. "With ....
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US deploys planes in search for abducted Nigerian girls
Date: 2014-05-13 06:25:05 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:5 - ID:718151
The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The US is also sharing commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerian ....