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Slovaks go to polls to choose country’s new president
Date: 2014-03-30 07:54:07 GMT - Slovakia - International - SN:5 - ID:638440
Voters are going to the polls in Slovakia on Saturday to choose their new president, Euronews reported. The choice is between centre-left Prime Minister Robert Fico and independent candidate Andrej Kiska. In the first round, Fico got 28% of ....
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One dead, 16 injured in Pakistan blast
Date: 2014-03-29 15:05:57 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:49 - ID:637724
A 5-year old girl was killed and 16 people injured in a deadly blast in Pakistan's volatile southwestern Balochistan province, police said on Saturday. Police superintendent Imran Qureshi said that militants targeted a vehicle belonging to the ....
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Kerry, Lavrov discuss Ukraine crisis in telephone conversation
Date: 2014-03-29 14:18:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:45 - ID:637600
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry continued discussing the Ukrainian crisis in a telephone conversation on March 29, The Voice of Russia reported Saturday. Taking into account a Friday telephone ....
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US-Saudi partnership going well - Pentagon spokesman
Date: 2014-03-29 08:00:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:22 - ID:636763
US President Barack Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia is part of strategic cooperation between the two countries in several fields, including the defense and military ones, said US Pentagon spokesman Carl Woog. Speaking to Saudi newspaper "Okaz", ....
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Kenya police kill 2 suspects in church killings
Date: 2014-03-29 07:40:17 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:20 - ID:636732
A Kenyan official says police have killed two men suspected of being terrorists who fatally shot six people in a church. Mombasa County police chief Robert Kitur said the gunmen were killed by officers after a gunfight in the Likoni area of the ....
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UN rights council renews war crimes investigation in Syria for another year
Date: 2014-03-29 07:35:32 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:18 - ID:636730
The UN's top human rights body has renewed its war crimes investigation in Syria for another year as diplomatic efforts to revive negotiations between the government and opposition are deadlocked, Fox News reported. By a vote of 32-4, with 11 ....
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No intention of new Russia army moves: Ban Ki Moon
Date: 2014-03-29 07:30:09 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:14 - ID:636720
The UN secretary general says Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured him he had no intention of orchestrating further incursions into Ukrainian territory. Ban Ki-moon told reporters that Putin told him "he had no intention to make any ....
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Britain urges immediate humanitarian action in Syria
Date: 2014-03-29 07:04:24 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:636684
British Foreign Secretary William Hague called on the Assad regime to provide immediate humanitarian access to people in need in Syria. Speaking as the UN makes its monthly report on progress of the UN Security Council Resolution 2139 on ....
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UNSC to hold emergency meeting on Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2014-03-28 17:59:45 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:21 - ID:636347
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later Friday on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will inform the council's members about the outcome of his visit to Moscow and Kiev as part of efforts to ....
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13 terrorist acts thwarted in 2013: Putin
Date: 2014-03-28 17:57:58 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:636342
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that security forces thwarted 13 terrorist operations and killed 278 militants in 2013, Ria Novosti reported Friday. Addressing a gathering at a ceremony attended by senior commanders, Putin called on the ....
