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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 ....
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UK to provide £80 mln to Ethiopia to improve access to safe drinking water
Date: 2014-01-22 07:41:41 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:6 - ID:512753
The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to provide £80 million support to Ethiopia to improve access to safe drinking water, according to the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Walta Information Center reported on Tuesday. Water, Irrigation ....
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Lavrov: Russia seeks UN’s central role in normalizing situation in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-01-21 18:13:06 GMT - Russia - International - SN:58 - ID:512355
Moscow seeks the United Nations’ central role in efforts towards normalizing the situation in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in his opening remarks to the talks with Jan Kubis, head of the United Nations ....
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Netanyahu warns Hamas of harsh response if rockets hit Israel
Date: 2014-01-21 16:59:43 GMT - palestine - International - SN:50 - ID:512233
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Hamas and other "terror" organizations should beware of a harsh Israeli response should they choose to attack, Haaretz reported. "If Hamas and the rest of the terror organizations have ....
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Ban meets Ashton to discuss final arrangements for tomorrow's Geneva 2 conference
Date: 2014-01-21 16:09:25 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:45 - ID:512137
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had talks here on Tuesday with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on the last minute arrangements for tomorrow's Geneva 2 conference on Syria. They also discussed Friday's ....
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Obama to visit Pope Francis in March
Date: 2014-01-21 15:36:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:40 - ID:512088
US President Barack Obama will travel to Europe in March to attend a pair of summit meetings and to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The White House announced Tuesday that Obama will travel March 24 to ....
