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Pope of Vatican issues peace plea on Syria
Date: 2014-01-22 11:53:36 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:39 - ID:513416
Pope Francis of the Vatican urged delegates attending the Syria peace conference in Switzerland to do everything they can to negotiate a cease-fire and launch "decisive" steps toward reconciliation and reconstruction, the ABC news ....
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Latvia's parliament approves first female prime minister
Date: 2014-01-22 11:52:05 GMT - Latvia - International - SN:38 - ID:513410
Latvia's parliament approved on Wednesday Laimdota Straujuma to become the first female prime minister of the Baltic state, which joined the euro zone on January 1, the ABC news reported. Valdis Dombrovskis, 42, who steered the country through ....
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2 feared dead as police clash with protesters in Ukraine
Date: 2014-01-22 11:28:05 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:37 - ID:513356
New clashes broke out on Wednesday between Ukrainian police and protesters demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovich and two demonstrators were reported to have been killed, ABC reported Wednesday. Protesters shouted "Murderers!" ....
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Iran’s Rouhani says Geneva II meeting unlikely to succeed
Date: 2014-01-22 11:24:05 GMT - Iran - International - SN:34 - ID:513341
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani on Monday said that the talks in Switzerland between Syria’s government and its enemies to end the country’s three years of civil war are unlikely to be successful, the official IRNA news agency quoted him as ....
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Moscow grants asylum to almost 500 Syrian refugees
Date: 2014-01-22 10:28:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:28 - ID:513163
The number of Syrian refugees seeking asylum in Russia is on the rise, Itar Tass reported quoting head of the Federal Migration Service Moscow department Olga Kirillova. "Due to the exacerbation of the sociopolitical situation in Syria, the ....
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Ukraine police storm Kiev protest barricades
Date: 2014-01-22 08:47:07 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:18 - ID:512928
Clashes have broken out in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, as police stormed barricades in a protest area, the BBC reported Wednesday. At least one person has been shot dead. Protests have been staged in Kiev since late November, in anger at the ....
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Israel blames Hamas for rocket attacks
Date: 2014-01-22 08:29:55 GMT - Israel - International - SN:16 - ID:512876
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon held on Wednesday Hamas responsible for the rocket attacks launched at Israeli settlements adjacent to the borders, Radio Israel reported. The two Palestinians who were eliminated in an Israel air raid over ....
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Medvedev says revocation of Iran’s invitation to Geneva-2 is absolutely inadmissible
Date: 2014-01-22 08:15:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:512837
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that the revocation of Iran’s invitation to take part in the Geneva-2 international peace conference on Syria was an “absolutely inadmissible thing.” He said in an interview with CNN that the Syrian ....
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US welcomes transitional president of Central African Republic
Date: 2014-01-22 07:49:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:512772
US Secretary of State welcomed the selection of Catherine Samba-Panza as Transitional President in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a statement by the State Department on Wednesday. "As CAR's first woman head of state since the ....
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Obama speaks to Putin about Olympics
Date: 2014-01-22 07:45:19 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:512760
US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Tuesday almost two weeks before a Winter Olympics shadowed by worries about terrorism, Novosti reported Wednesday. The presidents "discussed how best to advance ....
