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Ashton says no guarantee of Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2014-03-09 12:19:43 GMT - Iran - International - SN:29 - ID:599001
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has said there is "no guarantee" that talks with Iran on its disputed nuclear program will lead to a comprehensive final agreement, Press TV reported. Ashton made the comments on Sunday during her first ....
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Russia has miscalculated over Crimea incursion, says Hague
Date: 2014-03-09 11:01:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:21 - ID:598808
Russia has made a "big miscalculation" in entering Crimea, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned. Hague told the BBC's One Andrew Marr Show that Western countries could impose "far-reaching" economic sanctions if no diplomatic solution ....
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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 ....