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Cameron to Scots: We want you to stay
Date: 2014-01-01 09:32:23 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:17 - ID:472986
Prime Minister David Cameron has told Scots "we want you to stay", as the UK enters the year in which Scotland will vote on independence, the BBC reported. He used his New Year message to stress the importance of the 18 September vote, which ....
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S. Korea unveils video promoting ownership of Dokdo
Date: 2014-01-01 08:34:52 GMT - south korea - International - SN:14 - ID:472872
South Korea released Wednesday an on-line video clip publicizing its sovereignty over a set of islets off its east coast that is also claimed by Japan. The video, which includes historical evidence purporting to show that the islets called Dokdo ....
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N. Korea extends olive branch to S. Korea
Date: 2014-01-01 08:28:59 GMT - south korea - International - SN:11 - ID:472857
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called Wednesday for improved ties with South Korea as he hailed the recent purge and execution of his once-powerful uncle that has apparently strengthened his grip on power, the Korean news agency Yonhap ....
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Iranian Foreign Ministry calls remarks of Bahraini official baseless
Date: 2013-12-31 12:58:46 GMT - Iran - International - SN:22 - ID:471784
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official Tuesday called remarks by a Bahraini official concerning training of Bahraini opposition in Iran totally baseless and unacceptable, IRNA news agency reported. Bahraini officials, instead of leveling unfounded ....
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Uganda president threatens to intervene against rebel leader Machar
Date: 2013-12-31 09:24:49 GMT - South Sudan - International - SN:12 - ID:471181
President Yoweri Museveni said on Monday East African nations had agreed to unite to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional ....
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Jack Straw to pay official visit to Iran with British delegation
Date: 2013-12-31 08:59:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:471105
Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced that he will lead a parliamentary delegation to Tehran next week in what he termed a “welcome sign” of Britain’s improved relations with Iran, The Daily Telegraph reported. The former ....
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Heavy gunfire reported at Congolese international airport, military base
Date: 2013-12-30 11:44:30 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - International - SN:42 - ID:469558
Heavy gunfire was reported Monday at the international airport and a military base in Kinshasa. Reporters from Congolese state television RTNC were taken hostage by armed youths, RFI reported. Earlier, Heavy gunfire was reported Monday at the ....
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30,000 Nigerians still stranded in Central African Republic
Date: 2013-12-30 09:08:31 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:468981
About 30,000 Nigerians are still stranded in the crisis-ridden Central African Republic, Nigeria TV reported Sunday. It quoted Chairman of Nigeria's House of Representatives on Foreign Affairs Nnenna Ukeje as saying the government had perfected ....
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Nigeria steps offensive against radical Isamist Boko Haram group
Date: 2013-12-30 08:58:56 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:23 - ID:469101
Nigerian forces have stepped up the offensive against the rebels in the past few days after Boko Haram fighters armed with grenade launchers and anti-aircraft guns attacked an army barracks in the town of Bama, The Vanguard online newspaper ....
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Death toll of Volgograd bomb attack rises to 15
Date: 2013-12-30 08:57:05 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:469049
At least 15 people have been killed and more than 20 others hurt in a suspected suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, the BBC reported. The blast comes a day after 17 people died in another suicide attack at the ....
