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Kerry heads Geneva for Ukraine talks
Date: 2014-04-17 07:15:57 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:672655
US Secretary of State John Kerry left here on Wednesday for Geneva to attend four-party talks on Ukraine. Deputy U.S. State Department Marie Harff said that such talks on Thursday will be the first opportunity for U.S, Russia, EU and Ukraine to ....
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Russia's plans for four-party talks on Ukraine still on agenda – Lavrov
Date: 2014-04-17 07:14:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:672649
Russia’s participation in the four-party talks on the Ukrainian crisis in Geneva remains on the agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. "The meeting remains on the agenda. We are extremely hopeful that the efforts being ....
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Russia to host int'l security conference on May 23
Date: 2014-04-16 19:06:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:78 - ID:672317
Russia’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that it will hold an International Security Conference in Moscow on May 23-24, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. "I’m glad to say that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has approved the ministry’s ....
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Germany to dispatch 6 fighter jets for patrolling airspace over Baltic countries
Date: 2014-04-16 19:04:50 GMT - Germany - International - SN:77 - ID:672312
Germany will send up to 6 Eurofighter jets to patrol airspace over Baltic countries, as part of a campaign to set up security of NATO's easternmost member-states in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine, a spokesman for the German Defense Ministry said ....
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Malaysia PM visits Turkey
Date: 2014-04-16 19:02:08 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:76 - ID:672309
Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's three-day official visit to Turkey from Wednesday will further boost bilateral relations between Malaysia and Turkey, said Malaysia's Ambassador to Turkey Amran Mohamed Zin. In statements ....
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UN chief condemns abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria
Date: 2014-04-16 18:14:56 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:74 - ID:672252
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned Wednesday the shocking mass abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria this week. Ban called for the immediate release of allhe girls abducted and their safe return to ....
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Russian stance on Ukraine reasonable - Kremlin spokesman
Date: 2014-04-16 18:14:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:73 - ID:672251
Russia's stance on Ukraine is very consistent and well-founded, but it comes across a rude stone wall of Western censorship, Russian presidential press-secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. He said that that people in the West are ....
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Iran's missile capabilities no subject for nuclear talks - Minister
Date: 2014-04-16 15:33:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:67 - ID:672031
Iranian Defense Minister General Hossein Dehqan underlined that the country's defense capabilities, including its ballistic missiles, will never be included in the nuclear negotiations with the world powers, FARS News Agency reported. "Our ....
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US visa denial to Iran’s UN proposed envoy against int’l laws - MP
Date: 2014-04-16 13:42:45 GMT - Iran - International - SN:58 - ID:671781
A member of Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said here on Wednesday that the US visa denial to Iran’s proposed ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi is a clear violation of international law. Talking ....
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Iranian president reiterates possibility of Iran-Sextet final nuclear deal
Date: 2014-04-16 13:05:59 GMT - Iran - International - SN:51 - ID:671675
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the road to a final, comprehensive deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program is fraught with difficulties, but at the same time noted that the deal would be possible within a ....