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Turkish FM leaves for New York for talks with UN chief
Date: 2014-03-09 10:01:17 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:18 - ID:598620
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu left here on Sunday for New York for talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon regarding the non-permanent membership of Turkey at the UN Security Council. A statement released Sunday by the ....
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Mexico seizes 6 planes in Sinaloa cartel’s base
Date: 2014-03-09 08:05:00 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:9 - ID:598299
Mexican marines have seized six small planes and detained three suspects with guns and drugs on a ranch in a western state where the government recently nabbed Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Inquirer reported. The ....
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Zarif, Ashton have talks in Tehran
Date: 2014-03-09 08:02:38 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:598289
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and visiting European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are attending a joint press conference here on Sunday, IRNA news agency reported. The briefing session is held after the two met this morning. ....
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No sign of Malaysia Airline wreckage; questions over stolen passports
Date: 2014-03-09 07:44:15 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:598223
There were few answers Sunday about the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a day after contact was lost with the commercial jetliner en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, CNN reported. An aerial search resumed at first light, with aircraft ....
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Iran's FM: Syrian crisis needs political solution
Date: 2014-03-08 15:53:32 GMT - Iran - International - SN:53 - ID:597575
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that ending the three-year old crisis in Syria needs a political solution, IRNA news agency reported. Addressing a gathering in Jakarta on Friday before ending his visit to Indonesia, Zarif ....
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Catherine Ashton in landmark bridge-building trip to Iran
Date: 2014-03-08 15:43:01 GMT - Iran - International - SN:50 - ID:597559
The difficult and delicate process of forging a new relationship between Iran and the West takes another step this weekend with the first visit of Europe's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, to the Islamic Republic. It will also be a ....
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Thousands rally for end to nuclear power in Taiwan
Date: 2014-03-08 13:10:18 GMT - Taiwan - International - SN:43 - ID:597232
Tens of thousands marched in Taiwan Saturday to call for an end to nuclear energy on the island, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima atomic disaster in Japan, organisers said. In Taipei, protesters held placards and flags painted with ....
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Popularity of Erdogan's party down to 36.3% - poll
Date: 2014-03-08 09:43:03 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:23 - ID:596649
An opinion poll in Turkey showed that a recent graft scandal has hurt Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP), which weathered mass street protests in mid-2013. A survey by Ankara-based pollster MetroPoll showed ....
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US military commander says Egypt war on terror important to region
Date: 2014-03-08 07:40:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:14 - ID:596403
US Centcom commander Army Gen. Lloyd Austin has praised as important efforts exerted by Egypt to fight terrorism in Sinai. Upping efforts to fight terrorism in Sinai is not only important to Egypt but to the whole region as well, Austin told the ....
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34 killed, 30 injured in Nigeria crash
Date: 2014-03-08 07:22:45 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:8 - ID:596375
Nigeria's Federal Road Safety Commission on Friday said 34 persons were killed in an auto crash at Gadan Kuiwo, along Rijau-Kontagora road, local media reported. The FRSC’s Unit Commander in Kontagora Pius Bagoohlepeng said the accident involved ....
