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  • Official: Attacks on police checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan kill 3

    Official: Attacks on police checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan kill 3

    Date: 2014-05-12 08:08:24 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:15 - ID:716376

    An Afghan official said militants have attacked police checkpoints in the country's east, leaving three people dead and eight wounded, Fox news reported. The deputy provincial governor of Ghazni province says groups of militants, including some ....

  • EU says will not recognize result of east Ukraine self-rule vote

    EU says will not recognize result of east Ukraine self-rule vote

    Date: 2014-05-12 08:06:53 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:14 - ID:716366

    The European Union said it would not recognize the result of a referendum on self-rule held by pro-Moscow rebels in east Ukraine on Sunday, calling it illegal, Sky news reprted. "The so-called referenda in ... parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk ....

  • Nigeria state governor

    Nigeria state governor "has information" on abducted girls

    Date: 2014-05-12 08:02:18 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:10 - ID:716353

    The governor of Nigeria's Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram, the BBC reported Monday. Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the ....

  • France awaits strong, fair president in Egypt - French senator

    France awaits strong, fair president in Egypt - French senator

    Date: 2014-05-11 12:14:09 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:31 - ID:715144

    France is waiting for a strong and fair president in Egypt, who will be able to achieve development in this great country, said French Senator Christiane Kammermann. In statements following her meeting with Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy ....

  • Israel not able to prevent Iran-G5+1 final nuclear deal: Former US diplomat

    Israel not able to prevent Iran-G5+1 final nuclear deal: Former US diplomat

    Date: 2014-05-11 11:44:32 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:715048

    Former US diplomat Dennis Jett has said that the Zionist regime will not be able to prevent Iran-G5+1 from reaching a final nuclear agreement. Speaking to IRNA exclusively, Jett, a retired US Ambassador to Peru and Mozambique, said failure of the ....

  • Israel declares Quneitra Crossing with Syria closed military area

    Israel declares Quneitra Crossing with Syria closed military area

    Date: 2014-05-11 11:12:14 GMT - Israel - International - SN:25 - ID:714958

    The Israeli army declared on Sunday the Quneitra Crossing with Syria a closed military zone in light of growing clashes between Assad forces and rebels, Voice of Israel radio reported. No further details were immediately available. ....

  • Suicide car bomber kills 5 in southern Afghanistan

    Suicide car bomber kills 5 in southern Afghanistan

    Date: 2014-05-11 09:57:04 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:21 - ID:714782

    Authorities say five civilians have been killed and 36 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on an Afghan army vehicle in southern Afghanistan, ABC News reported. Local government spokesman Dawkhan Menapal says four Afghan army soldiers also were ....

  • 1st VP officially welcomes Pakistani PM

    1st VP officially welcomes Pakistani PM

    Date: 2014-05-11 09:08:14 GMT - Iran - International - SN:18 - ID:714651

    First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri officially welcomed visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Cultural Historical Complex of Saadabad in north of Tehran on Sunday, IRNA reported. A number of senior Iranian officials including ....

  • Iran not pursuing secret nuclear program: Rouhani

    Iran not pursuing secret nuclear program: Rouhani

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:00:44 GMT - Iran - International - SN:10 - ID:714506

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed Western allegations that the Islamic Republic is pursuing a secret nuclear program, Press TV reported. Speaking at a Sunday ceremony in Tehran to unveil three new types of nuclear medicine, President ....

  • Three abducted Dutch nationals in Nigeria freed

    Three abducted Dutch nationals in Nigeria freed

    Date: 2014-05-11 07:42:28 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:714459

    Kidnappers in Nigeria's Niger Delta region released three Dutch nationals held since May 4, security sources said. The Dutch foreign ministry confirmed the trio's release, but had "no information" on whether a ransom was paid to secure the ....

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