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Gates calls automatic Pentagon budget cuts ‘mindless, stupid’
Date: 2014-01-16 08:13:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:501767
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he probably would have quit if he held the job when the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration took effect last year. “I think I would have resigned” because “it is such a mindless, stupid way to ....
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NSA director denies spying on Congress
Date: 2014-01-15 17:14:14 GMT - USA - International - SN:70 - ID:500947
The National Security Agency’s director, responding to questions from Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, says the government is not spying on Congress, Burlington Free Press said. But a two-page letter from Gen. Keith Alexander to the Vermont ....
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Iranian FM Zarif, Assad meet in Damascus to discuss Geneva 2 conference
Date: 2014-01-15 17:08:12 GMT - Iran - International - SN:68 - ID:500933
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday for talks with top officials on the current preparations for the Geneva 2 peace talks on the Syrian conflict, the state-run IRNA news agency ....
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S. Korea OKs this year's first private aid to North
Date: 2014-01-15 09:28:06 GMT - south korea - International - SN:34 - ID:499626
South Korea approved Wednesday a shipment of private humanitarian aid to the North in this year's first assistance to the communist neighbor, Yonhap news agency reported. Three private aid groups in South Korea were given permission to send ....
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CAR begins search for new leader
Date: 2014-01-15 09:18:50 GMT - Central African Republic - International - SN:31 - ID:499602
The Central African Republic began the search for a peacemaker president, after months of traumatic conflict characterized by unprecedented religious violence that displaced hundreds of thousands. A special session of parliament convened to elect ....
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Brotherhood's centers in Alex. unable to get permits from HEC to follow up referendum
Date: 2014-01-15 08:44:25 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:26 - ID:499468
The absence of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group from the electoral scene in Alexandria and banning its activities as a terrorist organization forced its affiliated centers and human rights agencies to stop releasing statements to follow up and ....
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Army blames Boko Haram for bombing Maiduguri market
Date: 2014-01-15 08:39:47 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:23 - ID:499453
Nigeria’s military has blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a crowded market in Maiduguri, in the latest violence to hit the country’s restive north. Army spokesman Muhammad Dole said a Honda car laden ....
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NATO says insurgents killed service member in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2014-01-15 08:38:05 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:22 - ID:499442
NATO says one its service members has been shot and killed by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, Fox news reported. A statement by the U.S.-led coalition says the shooting took place on Wednesday but provided no other details on the attack or the ....
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Explosive device set off near Thai ex-prime minister’s house
Date: 2014-01-15 08:35:14 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:20 - ID:499436
An explosive device was set off in Bangkok’s downtown, near the house of oppositionist Democratic Party’s leader and Thai ex-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva overnight to Wednesday, Euronews reported quoting police as having said. Nobody was ....
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UN envoy files complaint following Gaza rockets after Sharon's funeral
Date: 2014-01-15 08:32:22 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:19 - ID:499429
Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor sent a complaint to the Security Council and the UN Secretary General following the firing of rockets towards Israel after former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's funeral, Israel's Ynet reported. In the complaint, ....
