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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 ....
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US warns Americans to avoid traveling to Egypt
Date: 2014-02-24 08:10:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:573098
The US Department of State alerts US citizens to the risks of traveling to Egypt due to continuing political and social unrest. The department said it lifted the ordered departure status for US Embassy personnel on November 6, 2013. "The ....
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Some 5,000 people gather in Kiev to protest Timoshenko’s return to politics
Date: 2014-02-24 08:07:45 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:14 - ID:573093
About 5,000 gathered on Sunday on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in downtown Kiev to protest former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko’s return to politics, The Voice of Russia reported. “Timoshenko’s return was never on the list of ....
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Obama's aid defends 2012 Benghazi comments
Date: 2014-02-24 08:00:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:573069
US national security advisor and former ambassador to the UN Susan Rice conceded on Sunday that some of her statements about the attacks at the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi in 2012 may not have been correct, NBC News ....
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Merkel calls for Britain to remain at heart of Europe
Date: 2014-02-24 07:57:21 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:573062
German chancellor Angela Merkel will urge Britain to ignore the eurosceptics and stay at the heart of the EU in a speech to both houses of Parliament on Thursday, Financial Times reported Sunday. But during her one-day working visit to Britain, ....
