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Top ruling party figure in Nigeria joins main opposition
Date: 2014-02-03 08:40:58 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:11 - ID:534552
Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria's vice-president under Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007, left the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement, he said the move, announced on Twitter, ....
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Iran deplores bombing in Lebanon’s Hermel
Date: 2014-02-03 08:25:06 GMT - Iran - International - SN:7 - ID:534507
Iran has strongly condemned the recent “terrorist and inhumane” bomb blast in northeastern Lebanon, saying such acts of terror are carried out to serve the Israeli regime’s interests. “Undoubtedly, the terrorist move by Takfiri groups such as the ....
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Iranian FM: US illusion of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program impeding final deal
Date: 2014-02-03 08:18:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:534490
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted the US officials for their unrealistic expectations from Tehran, and said their illusion about dismantling the country's nuclear program has prevented a final agreement between Tehran and the ....
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Beaten protest leader Dmytro Bulatov 'has left Ukraine'
Date: 2014-02-03 07:41:09 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:1 - ID:534409
A Ukrainian protest leader who says he was abducted and tortured has left the country for medical treatment, BBC reported Sunday. Dmytro Bulatov, who is thought to be on his way to Lithuania, appeared on TV last week with a gash on his face and ....
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Hillary Clinton has commanding lead over Democrats – Poll
Date: 2014-02-02 16:27:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:37 - ID:533888
Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a commanding 6 to 1 lead over other Democrats heading into the 2016 presidential campaign, while the Republican field is deeply divided with no clear front-runner, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. In ....
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Zarif, Kerry meet in Munich
Date: 2014-02-02 12:13:23 GMT - Iran - International - SN:14 - ID:533276
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his US counterpart John Kerry met on Sunday in Iran on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, IRNA news agency reported. The two reviewed ways to continue nuclear talks. The Iranian ....
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Netanyahu: No pressure will make us yield on vital interests of Israel
Date: 2014-02-02 10:57:04 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:533105
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the warnings by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the danger of the boycott movement gaining strength against Israell, Haaretz reported on Sunday "The attempts to boycott Israel are unethical ....
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Thailand tense as disputed election gets under way
Date: 2014-02-02 07:59:33 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:2 - ID:532706
Millions of Thais are voting in a general election boycotted by the opposition and blighted by protests, the BBC reported. Anti-government activists have forced some polling stations in Bangkok and the south to close but a large majority ....
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Kerry: U.S. bid for Mideast peace not 'quixotic'
Date: 2014-02-01 18:25:40 GMT - Germany - International - SN:57 - ID:532349
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that he remains hopeful that the Obama administration's effort to broker a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians can succeed, Haaretz reported. The United States hopes to complete a ....
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Burns: World admires Tunisia's democratic transition
Date: 2014-02-01 18:15:44 GMT - Tunisia - International - SN:54 - ID:532333
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said that the whole world admires the democratic transition that took place in Tunisia. Tunisia managed to surpass the difficulties of the transitional phase and reached consensus over the ....
