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France praises approval of Egypt's new constitution
Date: 2014-01-19 10:41:21 GMT - France - International - SN:9 - ID:507017
The approving of Egypt’s new constitution is a huge step towards establishing democratic and civil institutions that guarantee fundamental freedoms, said the spokesman of the French Foreign Ministry Roman Nadal. In a press release on Saturday, ....
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20 Pakistani soldiers killed in chickpoint blast
Date: 2014-01-19 09:51:45 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:21 - ID:507080
At least 20 soldiers have been killed in north-western Pakistan in a bomb blast that struck an army convoy, sources in the security forces say. At least 24 others were injured in the explosion near the town of Bannu, with fears the death toll ....
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Guinea prime minister chosen to stay on in post
Date: 2014-01-19 09:48:55 GMT - Guinea - International - SN:34 - ID:507251
Guinea’s president has chosen to keep Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana in his post, days after he turned in his government’s resignation, The Washington Post reported. Saturday’s move comes just less than a week after Guinea’s parliament was ....
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Iran denounces deadly attack in Kabul
Date: 2014-01-19 09:07:02 GMT - Iran - International - SN:26 - ID:507156
Iran has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul, which left 21 dead, the Iranian Press TV reported Sunday. On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said Friday’s gun and bomb attack ....
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Region boiling, Israel takes up castle strategy
Date: 2014-01-19 08:44:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:24 - ID:507095
After a Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon landed in Israel last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Hezbollah, the Shiite militia, and its Iranian backers. But Israeli security officials attributed the attack, as well as a similar one ....
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N. Korea slams U.S. for joint military drills with S. Korea
Date: 2014-01-19 08:41:41 GMT - south korea - International - SN:22 - ID:507086
North Korea bashed the United States on Sunday for its plan to go ahead with its joint military exercises with South Korea despite Pyongyang's demand for cancellation last week, warning of "strong self-defense countermeasures", Yonhap ....
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UN chief welcomes Syrian opposition coalition participation in Geneva conf.
Date: 2014-01-19 08:33:38 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:15 - ID:507055
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed a decision by the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Armed Forces to participate in the Geneva II conference on Syria, due to be held on Wednesday. In a statement issued by Ban's ....
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Japanese WWII soldier who refused to surrender for 29 years dies
Date: 2014-01-19 08:23:44 GMT - Japan - International - SN:13 - ID:507037
A Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle and refused to surrender until 29 years after the end of World War II died on Friday aged 91. Hiroo Onada was one of the last of many so-called "hold-outs" dotted around Asia who refused to give themselves ....
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Water leakage found inside No. 3 reactor of Japanese Fukushima plant
Date: 2014-01-19 08:03:16 GMT - Japan - International - SN:6 - ID:506994
Water that could contain radioactive material has been pouring into a drain on the first floor of the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power said Saturday. The camera of a rubble-removing robot ....
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Iranian diplomat dies after being shot in Sanaa
Date: 2014-01-19 07:58:16 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:506985
Commercial attaché of Iran Embassy in Yemen Ali Asadi who was seriously injured after being shot by unknown gunmen in Sanaa has succumbed to his wounds, Press TV reported on Saturday. "The Iranian diplomat has succumbed to injuries" he sustained ....
