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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 ....
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Hague blames Assad regime for Geneva II failure
Date: 2014-02-15 17:49:08 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:46 - ID:557200
The failure to agree on an agenda for future rounds of talks is a “serious setback in the search for peace in Syria, and the responsibility for it lies squarely with the Assad regime,” Bloomberg quoted British Foreign Secretary William Hague as ....
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France blames Syrian regime for peace talks collapse
Date: 2014-02-15 17:48:21 GMT - France - International - SN:45 - ID:557198
The French foreign minister has blamed the Syrian regime for blocking progress at talks aimed at ending the country’s three-year civil war, RFI reported. "I blame the attitude of the Syrian regime, which blocked any progress on establishing a ....
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Washington urges Moscow to add more pressure on Damascus
Date: 2014-02-15 11:14:01 GMT - Russia - International - SN:29 - ID:556458
The United States called on Russia to press Syria to engage into the peace talks in Geneva that will continue on Saturday, the Ria Novosti reported. Senior US and Russian officials have traded accusations this week over who is to blame for the ....
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Explosive charge thrown toward electoral HQ of AKP in Turkey
Date: 2014-02-15 09:05:50 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:22 - ID:556172
Unidentified people threw an explosive charge toward an electoral headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in central Istanbul on Saturday. The blast caused a fire in the premises and left material damage. The assailants ....
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"Geneva 2" negotiations did not fail - US official
Date: 2014-02-15 08:18:46 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:18 - ID:556089
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman called on the Syrian regime to take negotiations more seriously like the Syrian opposition. She, meanwhile, told Al-Arabiya news channel in an interview that the Geneva 2 ....
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UN chief Ban welcomes high-level inter-Korean talks
Date: 2014-02-15 08:09:44 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:13 - ID:556073
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon welcomed high-level contact between North and South Korea and "strongly hopes this hard-won dialogue will continue, thus building trust and cooperation on the Korean Peninsula," Kyodo News quoted spokesman Martin ....
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Chinese state councilor meets Kerry
Date: 2014-02-15 07:48:13 GMT - China - International - SN:8 - ID:556023
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Friday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that China and the United States should deal with their differences and disputes properly, Chinese local media reported. China-U.S. cooperation is not only in ....
