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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, ....
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Ukraine Parliament Votes to Dismiss Foreign Minister
Date: 2014-02-24 07:55:31 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:7 - ID:573060
The Ukrainian parliament voted Sunday to dismiss the country's foreign minister, Leonid Kozhara, The Wall Street Journal reported. The decision comes as a major setback for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, whose close ally Kozhara had been in ....
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Lagarde: IMF ready to provide assistance to Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-24 07:51:50 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:6 - ID:573052
The International Monetary Fund is ready to provide financial assistance to Ukraine, Itar-Tass quoted IMF chief Christine Lagarde as saying Sunday. On the sidelines of a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Sydney ....
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Afghan soldiers die as Taliban attack checkpoint in Kunar
Date: 2014-02-24 07:50:44 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:573050
Taliban fighters have killed 21 Afghan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in Kunar province close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, BBC News reported. Karzai's office said in a statement: "The Afghan president is saddened by this tragic ....
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Nigeria's president asserts ability to address security challenges
Date: 2014-02-24 07:47:59 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:3 - ID:573043
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday that his country can address all the security challenges it faces especially ones posed by Boko Haram. He said that violence is not limited to Nigeria but it can be seen all over the ....
