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3 Secret Service agents sent home from Amsterdam for disciplinary reasons
Date: 2014-03-26 07:48:52 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:23 - ID:631148
The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before President Barack Obama’s arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret Service said as quoted by the BBC. The three agents were benched ....
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UN chief condemns killing of Iranian border guard
Date: 2014-03-26 07:47:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:22 - ID:631146
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemns the killing of one of the five Iranian border guards kidnapped by terrorists and transferred to Pakistan in early February, urging efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice. "The secretary general ....
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Salvadorean court rejects opposition challenge to poll
Date: 2014-03-26 07:46:25 GMT - El Salvador - International - SN:21 - ID:631139
El Salvador's electoral court has rejected an appeal by the right-wing Arena party against the results of the presidential election held on 9 March, the BBC reported. The court dismissed Arena's demand for an annulment and confirmed Salvador ....
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Venezuelan protesters camp outside UN office
Date: 2014-03-26 07:43:10 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:20 - ID:631132
Dozens of students have pitched camp outside the United Nations office in Caracas to complain the international community is siding with Venezuela's government by not speaking out against rights abuses during a bloody, two-month political standoff, ....
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North Korea fires mid-range ballistic missiles into sea -South Korea
Date: 2014-03-26 07:40:29 GMT - south korea - International - SN:18 - ID:631127
North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast Wednesday as the leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan held a summit in the Netherlands to pressure Pyongyang to denuclearize. North Korea fired the midrange ....
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RCI, parliamentary select committee proposed for Malaysian missing plane
Date: 2014-03-26 07:24:33 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:9 - ID:631091
Acting Transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he would propose to the Cabinet, the call by members of parliament for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) and Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the MH370 tragedy, the ....
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Obama warns Moscow annexation of Crimea is 'not a done deal'
Date: 2014-03-25 18:13:40 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:62 - ID:630631
US President Barack Obama has warned the Russian annexation of Crimea is "not a done deal" and expressed concern about the Kremlin's territorial ambitions in the region, The Independent reported Tuesday. Speaking at the Hague, Obama said the US ....
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Russia to strengthen peace-promoting partnership with Arab League – Putin
Date: 2014-03-25 17:11:57 GMT - Russia - International - SN:56 - ID:630513
Russia intends to bolster partnership with the Arab League to promote peace in the Middle East and North Africa, President Vladimir Putin said in a message of greetings to an Arab summit which began in Kuwait on Tuesday. "As the Arab world ....
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Russian ruble announced Crimea’s official currency
Date: 2014-03-25 16:25:55 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:53 - ID:630412
Two official currencies, Russian ruble and Ukrainian hryvnia, will be accepted in Crimea until January 1, 2016, /ITAR-TASS quoted a resolution adopted by the Crimean parliament as saying. “The official currency unit of the Republic of Crimea is ....
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Ukraine's parliament accepts resignation of defense minister
Date: 2014-03-25 13:59:30 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:34 - ID:629991
Ukraine's parliament has accepted the resignation of Acting Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh as troops withdraw from Crimea, ABC news reported Tuesday. No further details have been provided. ....
