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Iranian president, Pakistani PM discuss issue of abducted border guards
Date: 2014-03-27 07:28:02 GMT - Iran - International - SN:3 - ID:633316
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, in a phone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday called for Islamabad's immediate action to release the Iranian border guards kidnapped into Pakistan as well as the arrest of the ....
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Putin’s Approval Rating Rises to 80% – Poll
Date: 2014-03-27 07:24:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:633306
Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has reached 80 percent, with a majority of Russians saying the country is heading in the right direction, an independent pollster said Wednesday. Novosti news agency reported that a poll by the ....
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EU is drafting powerful sanctions against Russia, says Cameron
Date: 2014-03-26 18:11:09 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:76 - ID:632769
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that a "strong, robust and powerful" package of trade, financial and economic sanctions is being drawn up by the European Union for use if Russia intervenes in eastern Ukraine, The Guardian ....
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Kerry to visit Europe, North Africa next week
Date: 2014-03-26 18:10:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:75 - ID:632767
The US State Department said Thursday that Secretary of State John Kerry will travel next week to Europe and then make a brief tour of North Africa, the ABC News reported. The department said Wednesday that Kerry will visit Brussels for a NATO ....
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Iran FM calls for commitment by Iran, West to their obligations
Date: 2014-03-26 17:12:47 GMT - Iran - International - SN:72 - ID:632683
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that both Iran and the West need to meet their commitments in order to reach a comprehensive and final agreement. According to IRNA news agency, Zarif made the remark in a meeting ....
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Bin Laden’s adviser convicted in terror trial
Date: 2014-03-26 17:12:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:71 - ID:632682
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the most senior adviser to Osama bin Laden to be tried in a civilian United States court since the Sept. 11 attacks, was convicted on Wednesday of conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists, the ....
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Obama rules out using force against Russia
Date: 2014-03-26 16:17:42 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:69 - ID:632597
US President Barack Obama said that the U.S. would stand by its European allies in the face of Russian aggression, but ruled out using force to dislodge Moscow’s troops from the Crimean peninsula, The Province newspaper reported Wednesday. ....
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U.N. head Ban Ki-Moon visits Prague next week
Date: 2014-03-26 15:39:51 GMT - Czech - International - SN:61 - ID:632522
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet Czech President Milos Zeman in Prague on April 4, Zeman´s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek told CTK today. "I can confirm that Mr. President will meet U. N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at Prague ....
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Kerry arrives in Amman for talks with Abbas
Date: 2014-03-26 13:37:49 GMT - Jordan - International - SN:58 - ID:632261
US State Secretary John Kerry arrived in Amman on Wednesday on a visit to Jordan during which he will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting is meant to narrow the gap of views between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. Kerry ....
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Iran summons Pakistani envoy over fate of Iranian border guards
Date: 2014-03-26 12:10:37 GMT - Iran - International - SN:47 - ID:631987
Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran in a bid to follow up the case of the Iranian border guards who were recently kidnapped into Pakistan by terrorist groups, IRNA reported, quoting an informed source on Wednesday. The ....