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UN chief condemns Dutch priest's killing in Syria
Date: 2014-04-08 06:10:28 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:1 - ID:655538
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of a Dutch priest in the besieged Syrian city of Homs. Ban called the shooting death of the 75-year-old Jesuit priest, Frans Van Der Lugt, an "inhumane act of violence." The priest had ....
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Ukraine's Donetsk protesters announce republic
Date: 2014-04-07 11:35:56 GMT - Russia - International - SN:48 - ID:654294
Protesters in Donetsk of Ukraine announced the establishment of a republic in the region, said Interfax news agency. The Donetsk Region People's Council announced plans to hold a referendum over the creation of the Donetsk People's Republic no ....
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Samsung remains silent over 'Obama-selfie'
Date: 2014-04-07 09:10:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:31 - ID:653858
South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. declined to comment Monday on the controversy over its latest marketing attempt that the White House has criticized as using the U.S. president for commercial purposes, Yonhap reported. "Let's just ....
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Protesters storm security HQs in Ukraine
Date: 2014-04-07 09:08:10 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:30 - ID:653852
Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine have seized state security buildings in the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian officials were quoted by the BBC News as saying. Reports said that in Luhansk the protesters have raided the arsenal in ....
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Iran nuclear negotiating team heads to Vienna
Date: 2014-04-07 09:07:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:29 - ID:653848
Iran’s negotiating team led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has headed to the Austrian capital of Vienna for the next round of high-level talks with the P5+1 group over Tehran’s nuclear energy program, Press TV reported. At a dinner ....
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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 ....
