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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 ....
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German FM calls on Israel to make tough decisions
Date: 2014-02-24 07:43:34 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:573033
Germany's foreign minister said his country vigorously supports US-mediated peace talks and encourages Israel to take the "difficult but necessary decisions" to make them succeed, Yediot Ahronot reported. A day before German chancellor Angela ....
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Iran to remove all excuses for sanctions through negotiations - FM
Date: 2014-02-23 16:47:01 GMT - Iran - International - SN:48 - ID:572411
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday Iran is to remove all excuses for sanctions through negotiations, IRNA reported. He made the remarks here Sunday morning in a joint press conference with his visiting Belgian counterpart ....
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Actress Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Date: 2014-02-23 16:42:21 GMT - Lebanon - International - SN:47 - ID:572404
Hollywood actress and the Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie embarked Sunday on a tour of areas hosting Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Beqaa province, according to Worldbulletin. Jolie arrived in Lebanon ....
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Israeli Knesset to discuss extending sovereignty to Al-Aqsa - Paper
Date: 2014-02-23 14:16:25 GMT - palestine - International - SN:35 - ID:572100
A group of rabbis and yeshiva heads have submitted a petition to the Knesset demanding legislation to extend Jewish sovereignty on Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem Post reported. The petition comes ahead of Knesset deliberation on policies regarding ....
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EU Says Ukraine Must Preserve Its Unity
Date: 2014-02-23 13:40:43 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:32 - ID:572025
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, called Sunday for the formation of an inclusive government in Ukraine and for all sides to safeguard the country's unity. In a statement, Ashton said: "The European Union expects ....
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Ukraine parliament names speaker Turchynov interim president
Date: 2014-02-23 12:54:29 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:29 - ID:571848
Parliament Speaker Oleksander Turchynov takes charge following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday, reported the BBC Sunday. Turchynov told MPs they had until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Parliament also voted ....
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Gorbachev: Ukraine failed to act democratically
Date: 2014-02-23 11:39:42 GMT - United Arab Emirates - International - SN:24 - ID:571679
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Sunday the crisis in Ukraine stems from the government's failure to act democratically. "Ultimately this is the result of the failure of the government to act democratically and to engage in dialogue ....
