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Israeli ex-PM Olmert convicted of corruption
Date: 2014-03-31 08:49:31 GMT - Israel - International - SN:24 - ID:640515
Tel Aviv district court in Israel has convicted former prime minister Ehud Olmert in a trial for corruption linked to a major property development in Jerusalem, Radio Israel reported. Olmert was convicted on Monday of receiving bribes in two ....
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Amnesty International: 1,500 Nigerians Killed in Boko Haram Violence in 2014
Date: 2014-03-31 08:44:10 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:23 - ID:640488
Amnesty International said 1,500 people have been killed this year in an escalating armed conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian security forces, VOA reported Monday. Amnesty said more than half the victims were civilians. Amnesty ....
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Chadian troops killed eight, injured 38 others in CAR
Date: 2014-03-31 08:42:46 GMT - Central African Republic - International - SN:8 - ID:640321
Chadian troops have killed eight people and injured 38 others in the Central African Republic capital, Bangui, the BBC reported quoting African Union force there as having said Monday. The soldiers reportedly opened fire on residents of mainly ....
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Pakistan's Musharraf charged in treason case
Date: 2014-03-31 08:38:19 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:22 - ID:640466
A court in Pakistan has charged former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a treason case, the first army chief to face such a prosecution, said the BBC Monday. Mr Musharraf is accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and instituting ....
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AKP set for victory in Turkey's local polls
Date: 2014-03-31 08:35:20 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:640331
Early polls put Islamist Justice and Development party ahead with 44%-46% of vote, with main opposition on 23%-28%, ABC news reported. With about half of votes counted, results cited on Turkish television put Erdogan's Islamist-rooted party ahead ....
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Israeli minister warns Abbas of rule in West Bank
Date: 2014-03-31 08:11:49 GMT - palestine - International - SN:18 - ID:640382
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett claimed on Sunday the rule of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would collapse if Israeli force pulled out from the occupied West Bank. Israel does not "concern itself with the Palestinian president's ....
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Local elections 'defeat' for government - French PM
Date: 2014-03-31 08:10:42 GMT - France - International - SN:17 - ID:640380
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Sunday that the early results of the local elections are a defeat for his government. "The elections are considered to be a clear message which must be heard closely", Ayrault said. The results ....
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5 Japanese workers dead as pier overturns
Date: 2014-03-31 08:07:51 GMT - Japan - International - SN:16 - ID:640374
Five Japanese construction workers died on Sunday, while two remain missing after a floating pier they were building overturned and they fell into the sea off Okinotori Island, Kyodo News Agency reported. Sixteen workers building the pier at the ....
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Socialists lose heavily in France local elections - early results
Date: 2014-03-31 07:56:21 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:640348
France's governing Socialists have suffered big losses in municipal elections, early results show, with the opposition UMP claiming victory and the far right celebrating further gains, the BBC reported on Sunday. UMP leader Jean-Francois Cope ....
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Netanyahu slams UN rights council
Date: 2014-03-31 07:47:22 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:640338
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed a UN rights body for a string of resolutions condemning Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. "At the end of last week, the UN Human Rights Council condemned Israel five times, at a time ....
