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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....