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Netanyahu: Merkel a friend of Israel, opposes boycotts
Date: 2014-02-24 19:08:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:90 - ID:574858
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Monday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is a friend of Israel who opposes boycotts against the Jewish state, Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu, who is scheduled to meet with the visiting ....
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Abe wants constitutional change to give premier more emergency power
Date: 2014-02-24 12:47:52 GMT - Japan - International - SN:60 - ID:573968
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed on Monday a desire for a Japanese premier to be given more authority in case of state emergencies through constitutional revision. At a Diet committee session, Abe backed a proposal by his Liberal ....
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Iran meddling in Mideast conflicts, 'providing torches to pyromaniacs' - Gantz
Date: 2014-02-24 12:38:13 GMT - Israel - International - SN:53 - ID:573910
Israeli Chief of Staff Benny Gantz warned of threats beyond Israel's borders, saying that Iran was meddling in the affairs of states that pose as threats to Israel and "provides torches to pyromaniacs", according to The Jerusalem Post. Gantz, ....
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Ukraine: Arrest warrant for President Yanukovych
Date: 2014-02-24 09:01:33 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:33 - ID:573240
Ukraine's acting government issued a warrant Monday for the arrest of President Viktor Yanukovych, last seen in the pro-Russian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, accusing him of mass crimes against protesters who stood up for months against his rule, ....
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Militants kill, injure dozens in Nigeria village raid: Reports
Date: 2014-02-24 08:49:11 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:573197
Suspected members of the militant group Boko Haram have killed and injured dozens of people in an attack on Izghe village in the troubled state of Borno in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, Local newspapers reported. Witnesses said the militants used ....
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Lavrov, Erekat to discuss in Moscow settlement in ME, regional issues
Date: 2014-02-24 08:44:56 GMT - Russia - International - SN:26 - ID:573192
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and head of the Palestinian delegation at the talks with Israel and member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat are to discuss on Monday the state of affairs in the ....
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Kerry's efforts only chance to realize peace in region - Israel PM
Date: 2014-02-24 08:43:56 GMT - Israel - International - SN:25 - ID:573190
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry in the region are the only chance to bring about peace, radio Israel reported Monday. The main obstacle, he said, is the Palestinians' insistence ....
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Merkel, Putin say Ukraine must remain intact
Date: 2014-02-24 08:37:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:23 - ID:573173
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Sunday that Ukraine's "territorial integrity" must be safeguarded and that the country urgently needed a functional government, Novosti reported. "They ....
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UN chief deplores violence escalation in Thailand
Date: 2014-02-24 08:30:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:22 - ID:573164
UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned on Sunday the escalation of violence in Thailand over the past week, in particular armed attacks against protesters in which even children have been killed. In a press release carried by the UN News Centre, he ....
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NATO chief: Ukrainian nation should determine its future on its own
Date: 2014-02-24 08:12:29 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:16 - ID:573108
The people of Ukraine must determine their own future in freedom and democracy, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sunday in a statement. "I continue to call for calm and restraint, so that all sides can focus on pursuing the ....
