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Ban Ki-moon to visit Baghdad Monday
Date: 2014-01-12 11:37:06 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:13 - ID:493532
An Iraqi diplomatic source revealed Sunday that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Baghdad on Monday. The UN chief will meet key Iraqi leaders and officials to discuss the regional developments and the situation in the ....
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Ukraine ex-minister Lutsenko 'out of intensive care'
Date: 2014-01-12 09:39:15 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:5 - ID:493203
Ukraine's ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has been moved from intensive care after getting hurt in clashes in the capital Kiev, the BBC, quoting an MP, said Sunday. He was "in a stable condition" with concussion, Yuriy Polyachenko ....
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S. Korea urges North to accept family reunion offer
Date: 2014-01-11 12:21:53 GMT - south korea - International - SN:41 - ID:491870
South Korea pressed North Korea Friday to accept its offer of holding reunions of families separated after the Korean War, calling it a first step toward improving inter-Korean relations, Yonhap News Agency reported. "We urge North Korea to show ....
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Iran, EU: Talks on N. deal on right path
Date: 2014-01-11 11:08:44 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:491684
Iran and the European Union (EU) expressed satisfaction with the progressive trend of their Thursday and Friday talks on the implementation of the Geneva nuclear deal between Tehran and the six major world powers, Fars news agency reported on ....
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India expels US diplomat who allegedly helped evacuate nanny’s family
Date: 2014-01-11 08:32:31 GMT - India - International - SN:16 - ID:491382
India has ousted a US diplomat from the embassy here, hours after the departure from the United States of an Indian consular officer who was asked to leave after she was indicted on charges of visa fraud, The Washington Post said. The State ....
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Ethiopia forges ahead with dam construction despite stall in Nile talks
Date: 2014-01-11 08:06:46 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:12 - ID:491319
A recent deadlock in tripartite talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt will have no impact on the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy was quoted by Walta Information Center on ....
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Vimeo blocked in Turkey
Date: 2014-01-11 08:04:26 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:11 - ID:491311
The US-based video-sharing website Vimeo has been blocked in Turkey by a Turkish court, further increasing concerns that an amendment to the law on cyber-crimes recently submitted by a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) ....
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US discusses cutting military aid to Israel - paper
Date: 2014-01-11 08:01:44 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:491307
Israel and the United States have been quietly discussing the prospect of ending military assistance to the Jewish state, The World Tribune reported Friday. Israel and the United States have broached options of reducing defense aid to the Jewish ....
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US calls on conflicting parties in S. Sudan to end fighting
Date: 2014-01-11 07:57:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:491277
The United States strongly supports the efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) mediators to secure a cessation of hostilities and to resolve the conflict in South Sudan peacefully through talks being held in Addis Ababa, ....
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71 dead in cholera epidemic in Nigeria
Date: 2014-01-11 07:56:52 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:9 - ID:491302
A Nigerian health official said a cholera epidemic has killed 71 people and infected 2,165 since November in northern Kano state, the ABC News reported Friday. Center for Disease Control project director AbdulSalam Nasadi told reporters Friday ....
