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7 dead, 1000 wounded as blizzard hits Japan
Date: 2014-02-09 07:00:35 GMT - Japan - International - SN:2 - ID:544765
The heaviest snow in two decades has struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan, leaving seven dead and over 1,000 others injured, Russia Today Channel reported. More than 740 flights were grounded as the weather agency issued a severe storm for ....
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Vaccine developed as China reports more H7N9 cases
Date: 2014-02-08 18:17:53 GMT - China - International - SN:57 - ID:544379
China reported more human cases of H7N9 on Saturday after researchers in Shanghai announced preliminary success in developing a vaccine, local media reported. The health authority in east China's Zhejiang Province confirmed a human case of H7N9 ....
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Iran, IAEA begin talks on more cooperation
Date: 2014-02-08 11:25:24 GMT - Iran - International - SN:31 - ID:543608
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have begun negotiations on more bilateral cooperation, the Press TV reported. "The talks will be about cooperation which has taken place between the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) ....
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3 soldiers killed, 18 wounded in vehicle accident in Turkey
Date: 2014-02-08 09:46:30 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:24 - ID:543388
Three soldiers of the Turkish Armed Forces were killed Saturday and 18 others injured in a military vehicle crash in eastern Turkey, Dogan news agency reported. The military vehicle carrying a group of soldiers turned over near Karahisar village ....
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Psaki denies discussion of amending API
Date: 2014-02-08 09:44:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:23 - ID:543382
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Jennifer Psaki has ruled out any attempts to amend the Arab Peace Initiative between Israel and the Arab world. "There is not a discussion of amending the API," Psaki said in reply to a ....
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Hundreds wounded in Bosnia unrest
Date: 2014-02-08 08:38:30 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - International - SN:1 - ID:543125
Hundreds of people have been injured in three days of protests over high unemployment and perceived inability of politicians to improve the situation, the BBC reported. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to quell unrest in the capital ....
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Putin hails ceasefire in Syria's Homs
Date: 2014-02-08 07:40:15 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:543175
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday welcomed a three-day ceasefire in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, saying that it would alleviate pressing humanitarian problems of its people, RIA Novosti reported on Friday. Speaking to high-ranking ....
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Ninth MP quits over Turkish graft scandal
Date: 2014-02-08 07:33:51 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:543163
A Turkish Parliament Member from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party quit on Friday in protest at his handling of a major corruption probe, the ninth such departure since the scandal broke in December, local Turkish media reported. ....
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Hijacking of Turkish aircraft to Sochi foiled
Date: 2014-02-08 07:30:13 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:543153
A passenger aboard a commercial airline flight from Ukraine to Turkey tried to hijack it to Sochi, Russia, on Friday after the Winter Olympics had started, but the plane landed safely in Istanbul and the hijacker - apparently deluded by the crew ....
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Mass hunger strike under way in Georgian prison
Date: 2014-02-08 07:26:17 GMT - Georgia - International - SN:6 - ID:543145
Some 1,000 inmates in a penitentiary in Georgia's western Imereti Province have launched a hunger strike, protesting what they call abusive prison conditions, The Voice of Russia reported Wednesday. Georgia's minister of correctional ....
