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Four killed in Chile plane crash
Date: 2013-12-30 07:49:37 GMT - Chile - International - SN:4 - ID:468966
Four people were killed in plane crash at an airport in Chile. Police said the aircraft plunged to the ground at Chacabuco airport, about 50 kilometres north of Santiago. Smoke rose from the plane before it slammed into the ground and burst ....
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William Hague urges South Sudan rivals to halt violence
Date: 2013-12-30 07:43:53 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:468952
The UK foreign secretary has spoken to the leaders of both sides in the conflict in South Sudan and urged them to commit to an immediate ceasefire, the BBC News reported. William Hague urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader ....
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Ashton leaves Luxor after touring archeological sites
Date: 2013-12-29 15:04:14 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:61 - ID:468180
European Union foreign affairs policy chief Catherine Ashton and her family left Luxor on Sunday after touring the archaeological sites in the east and west banks of the Upper Egyptian city. Luxor Governor Tarek Saad said Ashton was glad to visit ....
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Argentina heat wave sparks protests
Date: 2013-12-29 12:46:04 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:46 - ID:467836
High temperatures have caused a wave of blackouts and water shortages across Argentine's capital, Buenos Aires. People have taken to the streets to voice their anger, but the government says power companies are to blame for not upgrading the ....
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Massive protests in Turkey demanding Erdogan to step down
Date: 2013-12-29 12:29:00 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:45 - ID:467801
A large number of demonstrators continued their protests in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Mersin, Hatay, Isparta, Bursa, Balxeir and Tunceli until the early hours of Sunday morning demanding Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign over a ....
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5 die in Moscow fire
Date: 2013-12-29 12:11:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:467323
At least five people died in a fire at a building in northern Moscow on Sunday, RIA Novosti reported, quoting a police source. Firemen extinguished the blaze at the building near the capital’s Alekseyevskaya metro station, the source said, adding ....
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Netanyahu holds Lebanese government responsible for rocket firing
Date: 2013-12-29 12:04:30 GMT - Israel - International - SN:39 - ID:467733
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held Sunday Beirut government responsible for rocket firing from Lebanese lands. At the start of an Israeli weekly Cabinet meeting, he said the Israeli army responded to the rocket attack from Lebanon ....
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Flashbang grenade explodes in Istanbul
Date: 2013-12-29 10:38:18 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:30 - ID:467499
Unidentified persons threw a flashbang grenade on a store located in the Asian side of Istanbul Sunday inflicting damage on it and some parked cars. No casualties were reported. The anti-terrorism unit of Istanbul Security Directorate launched ....
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Thousands of police deploy in Bangladesh's capital ahead of mass opposition rally
Date: 2013-12-29 09:24:38 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:22 - ID:467354
Thousands of police officials have fanned out across Bangladesh's capital ahead of a mass opposition rally calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel next month's elections, Fox News reported. Hasina's rival, former Prime Minister Khaleda ....
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Iran, Russia negotiating construction of new N-plants
Date: 2013-12-29 09:10:58 GMT - Iran - International - SN:16 - ID:467307
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic and Russia are discussing the construction of new nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Iran, the Iranian Press TV reported Sunday. Salehi has said that ....
