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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 ....
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Boko Haram suspects slaughters 10 travelers in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-02 18:29:05 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:700049
No fewer than ten commuters and motorists were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along a road in northern Nigeria on Friday. The massacre was committed on the Maiduguri-Beneshiek-Damaturu road. More than 200 schoolgirls were ....
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Morsi supporters stage several rallies in Giza
Date: 2014-05-02 14:59:51 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:20 - ID:699799
Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Friday staged several rallies in Giza province, causing traffic jam. They shouted slogans against the Armed Forces and police during their rallies. They also raised pictures for the deposed ....
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IMF chief says Egypt reforms 'a must'
Date: 2014-05-02 14:49:18 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:699769
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde has underlined the need for economic reforms in Egypt "under whoever the new president of the country." "No matter who is in charge, economic reforms will be a must'," ....
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Kiev authorities violate rudely Geneva statement- Russian Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-05-02 14:47:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:15 - ID:699759
Current Kiev authorities have violated blatantly their commitments assumed in the Geneva statement on April 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Friday. "Current Kiev rulers who had already broken the February 21 agreement violated ....
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Kerry arrives in S. Sudan to call for applying ceasefire agreement
Date: 2014-05-02 11:02:36 GMT - South Sudan - International - SN:8 - ID:699254
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here to call for applying a ceasefire agreement in South Sudan. There has been a conflict in South Sudan for months and there is a famine threat. ....
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UN chief urges continued focus on Middle East peace efforts
Date: 2014-05-02 08:13:50 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:1 - ID:698923
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Israelis and Palestinians to exercise prudence and avoid unilateral steps that would diminish the prospects of resuming negotiations after the latest downturn in the Middle East peace ....
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Putin calls stopping violence in Ukraine most important thing in conversation with Merkel
Date: 2014-05-01 19:05:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:698546
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that today the most important thing for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis was the withdrawal of military units from the country’s southeast, ....
