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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 ....
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S. Korea seeks to enhance trade ties with Iran
Date: 2014-02-16 11:39:19 GMT - south korea - International - SN:26 - ID:558122
South Korea plans to send a delegation of business and trade representatives to Iran to expand its bilateral trade with the Middle East country, the government said Sunday as quoted by Yonhap. According to the finance ministry, a business ....
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Boko Haram threatens Cameroon over Nigeria
Date: 2014-02-16 10:33:18 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:21 - ID:557971
Violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has threatened to declare war on Cameroon if she does not cease to support Nigeria’s military campaign against it, Nigeria's Punch newspaper reported. In recent times, the sect has been at the receiving end of a ....
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UK foreign secretary pledges to give more support for reaching political solution to Syria crisis
Date: 2014-02-16 10:04:31 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:16 - ID:557904
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has described the failure to agree on an agenda for future rounds of talks on the Geneva process as a serious setback in the search for peace in Syria, placing the responsibility squarely on the the Assad ....
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Iran FM: Unrelated isues to derail Iran-world powers nuclear talks
Date: 2014-02-16 10:00:26 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:557891
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that the next round of the nuclear talks between Iran and the six major world powers would avoid unrelated issues in order to pave the ground for reaching a final agreement, FARS news agency ....
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Pro and anti-Maduro marches gather thousands in Venezuela
Date: 2014-02-16 09:57:30 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:11 - ID:557882
Supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have taken to the streets of the capital, Caracas, in rival marches, the BBC news reported. The demonstrations come at a time of growing political tension in Venezuela. Three ....
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Russia says third of Afghan Heroin goes to it
Date: 2014-02-16 07:54:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:557623
About a third of heroin produced in Afghanistan enters Russia, a Kremlin official was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Sunday. The drugs are either sold in Russia or pass through the country en route to other destinations including Europe, ....
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Merkel, Hollande mull secure European communication web
Date: 2014-02-16 07:46:01 GMT - Germany - International - SN:2 - ID:557601
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced enthusiasm for a secure European network in light of concern about US mass data surveillance. The idea would be to circumvent the need for data to be transferred across the Atlantic, Deutsche Welle ....
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Twenty-five years after Soviet exit, Taliban says US will meet same fate
Date: 2014-02-15 17:52:24 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:49 - ID:557207
The Taliban called on Afghans to expel the United States from Afghanistan on Saturday just as they said Afghan mujahideen fighters had done to Soviet forces 25 years ago to the day. In a statement issued on the 25th anniversary of the final ....
