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  • Sajid Javid appointed culture secretary after Maria Miller resigns

    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 ....

  • US, NATO warn Russia against further intervention in Ukraine

    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 ....

  • Moscow denies any military moves on borders with Ukraine

    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 ....

  • Erdogan would get 98.5% support in presidential race: Poll

    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 ....

  • Netanyahu orders cutback in contacts with Palestinian Authority

    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 ....

  • S. Korea pushes to buy 10 low-altitude radars from Israel

    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. ....

  • Two more sets of signals detected, Australian officials say

    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 ....

  • Blast kills 23 in market on edge of Pakistani capital

    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 ....

  • Russia urges enhanced economic exchanges with Iran

    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 ....

  • Finland ready to export education system to Egypt

    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 ....

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