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Venezuela president expels three US consular officials
Date: 2014-02-17 08:48:14 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:28 - ID:559653
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is expelling three US consular officials, accusing them of meeting students involved in anti-government protests, the BBC reported on Monday. The country has seen growing political tension and rallies, with ....
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Iran's negotiating team off to Austrian capital for talks over comprehensive deal
Date: 2014-02-17 08:39:53 GMT - Iran - International - SN:24 - ID:559633
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, at the head of a five-member team of senior negotiators, left Tehran for Vienna early Monday morning to start a fresh round of talks with the six major world powers tomorrow, FARS news agency ....
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Hijacked Ethiopian plane lands in Geneva
Date: 2014-02-17 08:38:36 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:23 - ID:559627
An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Rome has been forced to land in Geneva after being hijacked, the BBC said Saturday quoting Swiss police. One hijacker has been arrested. The airline said in a statement that all passengers ....
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Kerry says Syrian regime obstructed peace talks
Date: 2014-02-17 07:56:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:559515
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian regime was undermining peace talks that recessed in Geneva without progress last week, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. “None of us are surprised that the talks have been hard and that we are at a ....
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Settling Iran nuclear issue will bolster NPT: Salehi
Date: 2014-02-16 16:24:50 GMT - Iran - International - SN:72 - ID:558842
Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the resolution of issues related to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program will bolster the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Press TV reported. Speaking at a ....
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Syria security risk a big problem for UK - Brokenshire
Date: 2014-02-16 15:52:29 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:64 - ID:558776
The "security concern" for the UK posed by individuals who have trained and fought in Syria is "a big problem" for MI5 and the police, the immigration minister has said. James Brokenshire told the BBC "a significant and growing proportion" of ....
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Iran optimizes Hawk missile defense shield
Date: 2014-02-16 15:36:51 GMT - Iran - International - SN:58 - ID:558744
Iran has doubled the range of the area covered by the radar systems of its mid-range Hawk air defense missile shield and improved its tracking and targeting capability by 40%, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad ....
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3 masked persons set fire to prosecutor's car in Fayyoum
Date: 2014-02-16 15:33:47 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:56 - ID:558737
Three masked persons, driving a motorcycle, set fire to a prosecutor's car parked close to his house in Fayyoum city on Sunday. The criminals threw a number of Molotov cocktails at the vehicle in the wee hours of today causing a blaze. Some ....
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Bomb derails train in south-west Pakistan, kills 8, injures 30
Date: 2014-02-16 14:05:44 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:48 - ID:558523
A bomb derailed a train in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing eight people, police said, according to Russia Today. Three of the dead were children and another 30 people were wounded by the blast in Kashmor district, which caused several ....
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Turkish president replaces governors
Date: 2014-02-16 12:01:05 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:28 - ID:558187
Turkish President Abdullah Gül sanctioned a decree to transfer eight governors and send six others to other posts at the Interior Ministry. The decree was published in the Official Gazette Sunday morning. The wave of alteration among ....
