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Lavrov supports UN decision to invite Iran to Geneva 2 conference
Date: 2014-01-20 09:50:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:30 - ID:509163
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has supported the UN decision to invite Iran to the Geneva 2 peace conference on Syria, insisting Tehran had to be on the list of around 40 country-participants, Russia Today reported Monday. "Around 40 ....
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15 dead, hundreds flee Nigeria homes after attacks
Date: 2014-01-20 09:37:23 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:509122
Villagers and police say that more than 15 people have died in attacks by militants in northeast Nigerian villages and hundreds have fled their homes for safety, ABC News reported. Borno state police spokesman Gideon Jibrin said at least seven ....
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Iran must accept terms of Syria talks to attend: France
Date: 2014-01-20 09:07:57 GMT - France - International - SN:26 - ID:509026
France said on Monday Iran should not be allowed to attend Syria peace talks in Switzerland later this week if it does not accept the creation of a transitional government with full executive powers. "Participation in Geneva 2 is the explicit ....
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Iran to halt 20% enriched uranium by noon
Date: 2014-01-20 08:57:36 GMT - Iran - International - SN:23 - ID:508997
Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the Islamic republic would halt production of 20 per cent enriched uranium by noon Monday, IRNA reported. "Voluntarily halting the production of 20 per cent uranium enrichment is the major measure that ....
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Blast near Pakistani army headquarters kills 4
Date: 2014-01-20 08:43:09 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:17 - ID:508955
A suicide bomber blew himself up not far from Pakistan's military headquarters Monday, killing four people a day after a Taliban bombing inside an army compound in the northwest of the country killed at least 20 troops, the BBC reported. The ....
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UN chief officially invites Iran to attend Geneva 2 conference
Date: 2014-01-20 08:21:17 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:15 - ID:508907
The UN chief officially invited Iran to take part in the Geneva 2 conference meant to find a political solution to the nearly three-year unrest in Syria, according to the UN news center. In a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, ....
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Congressional leaders suggest earlier Snowden link to Russia
Date: 2014-01-20 08:17:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:508902
The heads of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees suggested on Sunday that Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, might have been working for Russian spy services while he was employed at an agency facility in ....
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UN chief concerned over attempt to force entry into UNMISS camp
Date: 2014-01-20 08:13:55 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:12 - ID:508896
UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon is alarmed at the attempt Sunday by senior members of the Government of South Sudan and South Sudan army to force entry into the protection of civilians site at the compound of the United Nations Mission in South ....
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Obama says marijuana ‘no more dangerous than alcohol’
Date: 2014-01-20 08:12:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:508895
Marijuana, which is still placed in the same category as heroin, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms by the federal government, is no more dangerous than alcohol, President Barack Obama said in an interview published Sunday. Speaking to the New ....
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S. Korean diplomat abducted in Libya
Date: 2014-01-20 08:11:13 GMT - Libya - International - SN:10 - ID:508892
A South Korean commercial attache was abducted by unidentified gunmen on Sunday. A high ranking source at the South Korean Embassy in Libya told MENA that the Korean diplomat was kidnapped after he left the embassy's premises by armed men who ....
