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Sajid Javid appointed culture secretary after Maria Miller resigns
Date: 2014-04-09 11:23:18 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:49 - ID:658321
Sajid Javid has been appointed culture secretary after Maria Miller resigned amid a row over her expenses claims, the BBC reported. Prime Minister David Cameron announced Javid's promotion to the cabinet on Wednesday morning. The Bromsgrove MP ....
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US, NATO warn Russia against further intervention in Ukraine
Date: 2014-04-09 09:47:00 GMT - USA - International - SN:41 - ID:658045
As the government in Kiev moved to reassert control over pro-Russian protesters across eastern Ukraine, the United States and NATO issued stern warnings to Moscow about further intervention in the country’s affairs amid continuing fears of an ....
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Moscow denies any military moves on borders with Ukraine
Date: 2014-04-09 09:45:26 GMT - Russia - International - SN:36 - ID:658019
Moscow has denied taking any extraordinary military measures in the areas close to the borders with Ukraine, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The statement said accusations leveled against Russian to reinforce its military presence on ....
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Erdogan would get 98.5% support in presidential race: Poll
Date: 2014-04-09 09:40:44 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:37 - ID:658021
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan would get 98.5% support in presidential run, while 96.3% backing him to stay on as a premier, a pollster by ORC finds in Apr. 1-3 survey. The Turkish "Milliyet" newspaper on Wednesday released the ....
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Netanyahu orders cutback in contacts with Palestinian Authority
Date: 2014-04-09 09:35:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:32 - ID:658005
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a halt to high-level contacts with the Palestinians on non-security related issues, but exempted his chief peace negotiator from the ban, Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported on Wednesday. One ....
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S. Korea pushes to buy 10 low-altitude radars from Israel
Date: 2014-04-09 09:28:07 GMT - south korea - International - SN:28 - ID:657984
South Korea is pushing to buy about 10 low-altitude radars from Israel to better detect small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and thereby counter threats posed by North Korean drones, military officials said Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported. ....
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Two more sets of signals detected, Australian officials say
Date: 2014-04-09 09:26:26 GMT - Australia - International - SN:27 - ID:657980
An Australian search vessel has detected two more sets of signals that might originate from “black box” flight recorders from the Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for more than a month, ABC news reported quoting an Australian official coordinating ....
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Blast kills 23 in market on edge of Pakistani capital
Date: 2014-04-09 09:25:22 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:23 - ID:657899
A bomb exploded at a vegetable market on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least 39, Sky news reported quoting police and hospital officials. The early morning blast, as traders assembled for fruit ....
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Russia urges enhanced economic exchanges with Iran
Date: 2014-04-09 09:22:28 GMT - Russia - International - SN:26 - ID:657963
Russia has called for serious moves to increase economic transaction with Iran, Press TV reported. In a Tuesday meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Morgulov expressed his ....
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Finland ready to export education system to Egypt
Date: 2014-04-09 09:03:07 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:24 - ID:657904
Finnish Minister of Education and Science Krista Kiuru, whose country is believed to have one of the world's best performing education systems, said Finland is ready to export its model to the world including Egypt. During a meeting with an ....