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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 ....
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Thousands protest against abortion in Paris
Date: 2014-01-20 07:39:32 GMT - France - International - SN:3 - ID:508831
Thousands of French people staged on Sunday a rally against abortion in Paris on the eve of a parliamentary debate on a bill that would make terminations of pregnancy easier. Organizers claimed 40,000 people took part. Police put their number at ....
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Joblessness drove most Nigerian politicians into politics - President Jonathan
Date: 2014-01-20 07:21:44 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:1 - ID:508792
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said that over 50 percent of those who call themselves politicians "today were not supposed to be in politics." "Most of them opted to become politicians because they had no job and nothing else to do," ....
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Lavrov, Kerry discuss over phone preparations for Geneva 2 Conf.
Date: 2014-01-19 18:24:19 GMT - Russia - International - SN:65 - ID:508395
Russian Foreign Minister Sergy Lavrov discussed with his US counterpart John Kerry preparations for holding the Geneva 2 Conference. Today's phone call was held following a previous one which took place between the two sides last Wednesday in ....
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Italy lifts travel ban on northern coast cities in Egypt
Date: 2014-01-19 12:40:31 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:52 - ID:507663
The Italian foreign ministry's secretary general informed Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Hatem Seif el Nasr during a new round of political consultations held here that Italy has modified its travel advisory to Egypt and ....
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Russia urges soonest possible closure of US Guantanamo prison
Date: 2014-01-19 11:02:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:41 - ID:507416
Russia continues to insist on the soonest possible closure of the US Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s commissioner for human rights, democracy and the rule of law Konstantin Dolgov said. Dolgov together with other ....
