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Putin arrives in Crimea for WWII commemoration
Date: 2014-05-09 13:45:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:15 - ID:712160
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea for a military parade in the historic port city of Sevastopol commemorating victory over Nazi forces in World War II, RTE reported on Friday. It comes after thousands of Russian troops ....
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Abu Hamza trial: London was rife with Islamic militancy in 1990s, claims cleric
Date: 2014-05-09 11:09:12 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:14 - ID:711784
Abu Hamza, the former imam of the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, who is on trial in New York on terror charges, has testified that he lost an eye and both hands in 1993 assisting the Pakistani army to experiment with liquid explosives at a ....
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Ban to dispatch high-level representative to Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-09 08:49:30 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:5 - ID:711539
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he would send a high-level representative to Nigeria to discuss how the UN could support the Nigerian government's efforts to tackle insurgency and crisis of abducting school girls, the UN reported on ....
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Obama appoints Robert Beecroft as new US envoy to Egypt
Date: 2014-05-09 08:48:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:711534
US President Barack Obama has decided on Thursday to appoint US ambassador in Iraq as new US envoy in Cairo. Robert Stephen Beecroft, a longtime diplomat who has been the US ambassador in Baghdad since 2012, would replace Anne Patterson, who left ....
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Ukraine deploys 15,000-strong military force near Russia’s borders – Russian official
Date: 2014-05-08 13:28:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:710538
Ukraine has deployed a 15,000-strong military force near Russia’s borders, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov was quoted by the ITAR-TASS News Agency as saying. “The 15,000-strong grouping of Ukrainian forces has been deployed in the ....
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UN chief worried over fate of kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-08 12:34:37 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:15 - ID:710358
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern over the fate of the 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from the Chibok community in northeastern Nigeria's Borno since April. In a statement, Ban said this act is totally ....
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Abu Hamza trial: Imam ‘secretly worked with MI5 to keep streets of London safe’
Date: 2014-05-08 11:23:58 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:710155
Defense team of Abu Hamza, the former imam of Finsbury Park mosque in London, told the judge that during the time covered by the charges against him he had been in close contact with British security services, offering information and guidance in an ....
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Israel allows 440 trucks to enter Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem
Date: 2014-05-08 09:55:28 GMT - palestine - International - SN:7 - ID:709926
Israeli occupation forces decided on Thursday to allow 440 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing. In a press release, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip ....
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Seven candidates including woman in Mauritania presidential race
Date: 2014-05-08 09:46:09 GMT - Mauritania - International - SN:5 - ID:709904
Seven candidates, including a woman, have put forward a rare bid for the presidency of Mauritania. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz -- who is seeking reelection, is considered a frontrunner in the race. The radical National Forum for ....
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Putin Calls on Ukrainian Federalists to Put Off May 11 Vote
Date: 2014-05-08 08:32:56 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:709750
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Thursday pro-federalization activists in southeastern Ukraine to postpone a referendum on self-determination to ensure the start of nationwide dialogue, Novosti news agency reported. Putin says Ukraine's ....
