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  • Obama heads for Mexico for leaders summit

    Obama heads for Mexico for leaders summit

    Date: 2014-02-19 16:36:37 GMT - USA - International - SN:58 - ID:565183

    President Barack Obama headed Wednesday for Mexico to attend a North American leaders' summit. Obama will attend the annual North American leaders summit along with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, ....

  • Rouhani urges boost in Iran-Qatar ties

    Rouhani urges boost in Iran-Qatar ties

    Date: 2014-02-19 15:55:11 GMT - Iran - International - SN:57 - ID:565132

    President Hassan Rouhani here on Wednesday expressed hope that a new chapter would open in Tehran-Doha relations leading to a significant boost in bilateral cooperation between the two Muslim nations, IRNA news agency reported. He made the ....

  • Rouhni says Iran attaches special significance to Africa security

    Rouhni says Iran attaches special significance to Africa security

    Date: 2014-02-19 13:14:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:50 - ID:564703

    President Hassan Rouhani said Iran attaches special significance to security and stability in Africa, IRNA reported on Wednesday. In a meeting with Speaker of Ivory Coast’s Parliament Guillaume Kigbafori Soro on the sidelines of the 9th OIC ....

  • EU letters put pressure on Ankara for disputed laws

    EU letters put pressure on Ankara for disputed laws

    Date: 2014-02-19 12:59:03 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:47 - ID:564637

    The European Union has sent its fifth letter to Turkey since the emergence of a major graft probe to urge the Turkish government to proceed with caution over contentious bills on the Internet and the judiciary, the Hürriyet Daily News reported ....

  • EU calls meeting of foreign ministers on Ukraine

    EU calls meeting of foreign ministers on Ukraine

    Date: 2014-02-19 11:59:02 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:43 - ID:564451

    The European Union is calling an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers to decide the 28-nation bloc's reaction including possible sanctions to the recent escalation of violence in Ukraine. According to the BBC, police in the Ukrainian ....

  • Russia blames 'extremists' for Ukraine crisis, suggests attempted coup

    Russia blames 'extremists' for Ukraine crisis, suggests attempted coup

    Date: 2014-02-19 11:58:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:45 - ID:564477

    Russia has apportioned all blame for the deteriorating situation in Ukraine on extremists, The Voice of Russia said Wednesday quoting President Valdimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “The president believes that the ongoing situation in ....

  • Ukraine president blames opposition for violence

    Ukraine president blames opposition for violence

    Date: 2014-02-19 10:56:20 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:35 - ID:564262

    The Ukrainian president has blamed the country's opposition for the bloodshed in the city's most violent clashes since the former Soviet republic won its independence, Novosti reported. Anti-government protesters, many of them masked, have poured ....

  • Renewed Kiev assault on protesters

    Renewed Kiev assault on protesters

    Date: 2014-02-19 10:03:32 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:25 - ID:564059

    Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev have launched a fresh attack on anti-government protesters as the death toll in renewed clashes has climbed to 25, the BBC reported. The new attempt to uproot the protest stronghold came as President ....

  • 5 dead after Thai police clash with anti-government protesters in Bangkok

    5 dead after Thai police clash with anti-government protesters in Bangkok

    Date: 2014-02-19 09:01:37 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:23 - ID:563889

    Thailand's bitter political crisis intensified Tuesday as five people were killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and police, and the country's anti-corruption commission filed charges against the Prime Minister, CNN reported ....

  • Kerry framework proposal calls for Israeli freeze of settlement construction

    Kerry framework proposal calls for Israeli freeze of settlement construction

    Date: 2014-02-19 08:18:42 GMT - Israel - International - SN:17 - ID:563758

    Aides to US Secretary of State John Kerry will request that the Israeli government freeze all construction in settlements outside of the large blocs of communities that Israel intends to keep in any final-status deal with the Palestinians, The ....

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