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Thailand imposes state of emergency over unrest
Date: 2014-01-21 14:37:40 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:33 - ID:511946
The Thai government has imposed a 60-day state of emergency in the capital, Bangkok and the surrounding provinces, from Wednesday, to cope with unrest, the BBC reported. The decree gives the government wide-ranging powers to deal with ....
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France denounces terrorist blast that targeted southern Beirut
Date: 2014-01-21 13:53:58 GMT - France - International - SN:28 - ID:511843
France on Tuesday denounced a terrorist blast that targeted southern Beirut earlier in the day leaving at least four people dead and 46 others injured. French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nada, at a press conference, said his country is ....
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Russia supplies to Syria nothing that could destabilize regional situation: FM
Date: 2014-01-21 12:29:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:511601
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is not supplying anything prohibited, including in the military sphere, to Syria, the Voice of Russia quoted him as saying. "As for the supply of weapons, we have commented on this issue more ....
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Tony Blair targeted in citizen's arrest at Tramshed restaurant in London
Date: 2014-01-21 10:24:16 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:511251
Britain's former premier Tony Blair was targeted in an attempted citizen's arrest last week as he dined with family and friends in a London restaurant, Evening Standard newspaper reported. The former Prime Minister was reportedly confronted by a ....
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Carter to meet Bashir in Khartoum
Date: 2014-01-21 08:10:19 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:6 - ID:510857
Former US president Jimmy Carter – who arrived in Khartoum Monday on a four-day visit – will meet with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir later Tuesday for talks on political issues and the conditions in southern Sudan. On Wednesday, Carter will ....
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Ex-governor to take over Nigeria ruling party in stability move
Date: 2014-01-21 06:28:25 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:2 - ID:510699
Nigeria's People's Democratic Party (PDP) appointed a former state governor as its new chair on Monday as President Goodluck Jonathan looks to stabilize his ruling party after months of infighting. Africa's second largest economy and top oil ....
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Ex-governor to take over Nigeria ruling party in stability move
Date: 2014-01-20 19:47:26 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:98 - ID:510485
Nigeria's People's Democratic Party (PDP) appointed a former state governor as its new chair on Monday as President Goodluck Jonathan looks to stabilize his ruling party after months of infighting, local media reported. Africa's second largest ....
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Irans began to take concrete steps to halt its nuclear program: State Department
Date: 2014-01-20 19:02:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:93 - ID:510428
The US State Department said that Iran has started to take concrete steps to stop its nuclear program, said spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Monday. "Iran has begun to take concrete and verifiable steps to halt its nuclear programme," Psaki said. ....
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Iran oil minister in Ankara for talks with Turkish officials
Date: 2014-01-20 16:41:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:80 - ID:510262
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh arrived here on Monday for talks with Turkish officials, IRNA reported. He was met at the airport by Iran’s ambassador to Turkey Alireza Bigdeli and a number of Turkish officials. During his ....
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Implementation of interim Iran nuclear deal begins
Date: 2014-01-20 16:37:07 GMT - Austria - International - SN:78 - ID:510252
The United Nations nuclear watchdog reported Monday that Iran had halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment work as part of an interim deal struck with six world powers last November, Fox News reported Monday. A report from the International ....
