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Ex-CIA boss Hayden: Dangling convicted spy Pollard in peace talks looks desperate
Date: 2014-04-07 08:36:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:653762
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden suggested Sunday the Obama administration’s apparent offer to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to salvage the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is a desperate effort that could open the door for ....
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UN chief congratulates Afghans on "historic" elections
Date: 2014-04-07 08:34:12 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:15 - ID:653759
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated Afghans on Saturday's "historic" presidential and provincial council elections, calling them "an important step forward in Afghanistan's first democratic transition of power." "The millions ....
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Ex-navy chief: Israel in a secret war to stop Iranian weapons smuggling
Date: 2014-04-07 08:18:24 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:653712
Former Israel Navy chief Admiral Chiney Marom said Sunday that Israel was in a "secret war" to stop smuggling Iranian weapons, The Jerusalem Post reported. He cited the interception near Sudan by Israel of a ship carrying weapons sent by Iran ....
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Chinese, Australian ships pick up signals of missing plane
Date: 2014-04-07 07:52:24 GMT - Australia - International - SN:7 - ID:653639
Three signals were detected Sunday in the Indian Ocean by Chinese and Australian ships which are in the search for flight MH370 of Malaysia, Sky News reported. Authorities are trying to determine whether the three acoustic signals picked up in ....
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C. African republic peacekeeper injured in clashes
Date: 2014-04-07 07:37:36 GMT - Central African Republic - International - SN:4 - ID:653609
A Burundian soldier has been wounded while trying to stop an attack by a Christian militia in Central African Republic's capital, ABC News reported on Sunday. Around a dozen militia members tried to attack a man in the neighborhood who had ....
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94 Taliban militants killed in Afghan counter-terrorism operations
Date: 2014-04-06 16:55:20 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:35 - ID:653029
At least 94 Taliban militants were killed during military operations by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours, Afghan's Khaama Press reported. The interior ministry of Afghanistan said the operations were conducted by Afghan ....
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Iranian FM planning to visit Russia
Date: 2014-04-06 16:31:54 GMT - Iran - International - SN:31 - ID:652978
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to pay an official visit to Moscow later this month, Fars News Agency reported on Sunday. Zarif is scheduled to travel to the Russian Capital in less than two weeks to attend the 5 Caspian Sea ....
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Merkel: EU to hit Russia with tougher sanctions if necessary
Date: 2014-04-05 17:41:37 GMT - Germany - International - SN:45 - ID:651208
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the Europe Union won't waver if the time comes to hit Russia with tougher sanctions over Ukraine, Fox News network reported. Merkel says the EU's 29 members each have their own relationship with Russia and ....
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Iran, P5+1 resume expert-level nuclear talks
Date: 2014-04-05 10:34:02 GMT - Austria - International - SN:26 - ID:650338
Iran and the P5+1 group started the third and final day of expert-level talks on Tehran’s nuclear energy program in the Austrian capital of Vienna, Press TV reported. Experts from Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, ....
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Ban on Muslim Brotherhood 'will increase terrorism risk'- MB senior leader
Date: 2014-04-05 10:02:25 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:24 - ID:650288
Banning the Muslim Brotherhood will leave Britain at greater risk of terrorist attacks, The Times cited the group's most senior leader in the UK as saying. Speaking for the first time since David Cameron announced an investigation into the ....