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Iran, Belarus stress expansion of cooperation
Date: 2014-04-17 13:10:44 GMT - Belarus - International - SN:35 - ID:673568
Iran and Belarus have stressed closer cooperation to help promote stability and security in the region, Press TV reported. “Coordination between Iran and Belarus in resolving regional issues should be expanded,” Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali ....
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Iran values ties with Persian Gulf states: Official
Date: 2014-04-17 13:09:24 GMT - Iran - International - SN:34 - ID:673566
Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister Ali Abdollahi says Tehran attaches significance to close relations with countries in the Persian Gulf region, Press TV reported. “Iran’s policy [is based on] the expansion of ties and consolidation of cooperation ....
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S. Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues
Date: 2014-04-17 10:07:26 GMT - south korea - International - SN:17 - ID:673053
Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 people sank off South Korea, BBC reported on Thursday. Officials say 179 people have been rescued. Most of the passengers were students ....
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Nigeria's President calls special meeting to address violence
Date: 2014-04-17 08:13:11 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:13 - ID:672767
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned his National Security Council to a Thursday meeting in Abuja, after suspected militants carried out a string of deadly attacks and abducted more than 100 schoolgirls, the Voice of America reported. ....
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Russia readies for Ukrainian talks in Geneva without any preconditions - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-04-17 07:45:39 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:672713
A Russian delegation is ready to take part in the upcoming multilateral talks on the Ukrainian crisis without any preconditions, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said Wednesday. "We are getting ready for this meeting without any ....
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US State Department downplays new Qaeda video
Date: 2014-04-17 07:35:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:672696
US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harff downplayed Wednesday al- Qaeda's recent video that shows a large meeting of al Qaeda figures in Yemen discussing attacks against the United States. Harff said that it is not a surprise to the United ....
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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 ....
