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Ethiopia says dam project ensures water flow to downstream states
Date: 2014-03-24 07:37:29 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:9 - ID:626784
Ethiopia said on Sunday the project of a controversial dam, being built on the Nile, is designed to ensure water flow to the downstream states. The project's manager Simegnew Bekele said it was based on a study data regarding rates of water flow ....
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Four shot dead in Kenya church attack
Date: 2014-03-24 07:27:02 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:5 - ID:626759
Four people were killed after gunmen opened fire in a church near the Kenyan city of Mombasa, the BBC News reported on Sunday. A number of people were injured after at least two gunmen walked into the church in Likoni and started shooting ....
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Netanyahu: No sign of progress in diplomatic process
Date: 2014-03-24 07:15:18 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:626737
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on there is no progress in the diplomatic process with the Palestinian side. He criticized the Palestinian rejection of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, The Jerusalem Post reported. US envoy Martin ....
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Ebola claims 59 deaths in Guinea
Date: 2014-03-23 08:50:11 GMT - Guinea - International - SN:9 - ID:625098
Ebola has killed at least 59 people in Guinea and there are fears the virus may have spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone, euronews reported quoting world health officials have said. Cases of the disease, which can kill 90 percent of those ....
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Chile's Michelle Bachelet faces first protest
Date: 2014-03-23 08:46:05 GMT - Chile - International - SN:7 - ID:625090
Tens of thousands of Chileans have marched through Santiago to urge new President Michelle Bachelet to carry out her left-leaning reform program, the BBC reported. The key demand of the activists was that the Pinochet-era constitution be replaced ....
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William Hague: Russia faces 'isolation' over Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-23 07:23:49 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:624926
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned Russia that it faces long-term "isolation and stagnation" over the crisis in Ukraine, the BBC reported. The foreign secretary said it was time to consider a "new state of relations" different to that ....
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2,000 out of 18,000 Ukrainian Troops to Leave Crimea
Date: 2014-03-22 15:48:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:44 - ID:624315
Less than 2,000 of Ukrainian troops serving in Crimea decided to leave the peninsula for Ukraine, Ria Novosti news agency reported quoting the Russian Defense Ministry as having said on Saturday. "As of March 21, less than 2,000 out of 18,000 ....
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Deputy FM: Tehran attaches special importance to ties with Riyadh
Date: 2014-03-22 11:49:40 GMT - Iran - International - SN:38 - ID:623856
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian reiterated the country's enthusiasm for the further expansion of relations with the neighboring states, and said Tehran attaches special importance to its ties ....
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US says deeply concerned about Turkish Twitter ban
Date: 2014-03-22 07:21:23 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:623256
The White House said on Friday it was deeply concerned about banning Twitter in Turkey, warning that the action undermines the democratic governance. "The United States is deeply concerned that the Turkish government has blocked its citizens ....
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UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-03-22 07:20:06 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:10 - ID:623259
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Friday the attacks that killed scores of civilians including women and children in Afghanistan this week. "The deliberate targeting of civilians is a flagrant breach of these values as well as of ....
