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Obama mocks himself, Putin and the press at White House dinner
Date: 2014-05-04 16:08:42 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:37 - ID:702981
The US president, Barack Obama, joked about the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and issues much closer to home as he headlined the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night, The Guardian reported. The annual tradition has ....
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President Rouhani offers condolences to Afghans on disaster
Date: 2014-05-04 08:50:02 GMT - Iran - International - SN:11 - ID:702034
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has offered condolences to the people of Afghanistan over a deadly landslide in the remote northeastern part of the country, Press TV reported. In a letter sent to Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, ....
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Malaysia denies Islamists' involvement in missing Boeing's case
Date: 2014-05-04 07:40:54 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:701907
Malaysian authorities have refuted allegations by British mass media that the Islamists who were arrested in Malaysia earlier this week have been interrogated in connection with the Malaysia Airlines Boeing that went missing on March 8. Malaysian ....
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42 killed in fighting in southern Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-03 10:16:55 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:3 - ID:700334
A clash on Friday between supporters of Ukrainian unity and Russian-backed separatists in the Black Sea port of Odessa left 42 people dead and scores injured, affirmed the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. Thirty of the victims died of smoke ....
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2 bombs explode in Istanbul
Date: 2014-05-03 09:07:30 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:19 - ID:700568
Two percussion bombs went off outside a police station in Istanbul, injuring a passer-by. A masked man left the two bombs outside the police station and fled before their explosion, Turkish NTV News reported. ....
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Freedom House report categorizes Turkey among ‘Not Free’ countries
Date: 2014-05-03 08:32:25 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:14 - ID:700492
Citing a “significant decline” in press freedom in Turkey, US-based watchdog Freedom House downgraded Turkey from “Partly Free” to “Not Free” in its “Freedom of the Press 2014” report, Today's Zaman newspaper said. Freedom House, which describes ....
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FBI: Flow of foreign fighters into Syria growing
Date: 2014-05-03 07:28:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:700382
The flow of foreign fighters into Syria has grown in just the last few months, with dozens of Americans joining the country's conflict along with thousands of Europeans, FBI Director James Comey said. US law enforcement and intelligence officials ....
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UN officials urge Security Council to act before South Sudan plunges deeper into crisis
Date: 2014-05-03 07:21:55 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:10 - ID:700364
Senior United Nations officials Friday reported a drastic deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan, marked by increasing ethnic violence and revenge killings, and urged the Security Council not to simply stand by as the world’s ....
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Security Council Holds Emergency Ukraine Meeting
Date: 2014-05-02 18:33:59 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:32 - ID:700062
U.N. Security Council held on Friday its 13th emergency meeting on the growing crisis in Ukraine at the request of Russia. Jeffrey Feltman, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs urged all sides to exercise “maximum restraint” and ....
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UK concerned by reports of escalation in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-02 18:32:17 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:30 - ID:700057
The Britain government expressed Friday concern over reports of provocative actions by pro-Russian groups in the east of Ukraine. Speaking ahead of his visit to Ukraine, UK foreign secretary william hague said "I am extremely concerned by ....
