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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 ....
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South Korea sends military expert to help remove Syria's chemical
Date: 2013-12-30 08:44:53 GMT - south korea - International - SN:22 - ID:469068
South Korea has dispatched a military expert to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to participate in international efforts to remove Syria's chemical arsenal, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported, quoting a government ....
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UN chief deplores attack on UNAMID convoy in Darfur
Date: 2013-12-30 08:35:53 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:7 - ID:468988
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was appalled to learn of an armed attack by unidentified assailants on a convoy of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) near Greida, South Darfur on Sunday in which a ....
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Hollande meets Syrian opposition leader in Riyadh
Date: 2013-12-30 08:29:35 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:15 - ID:469041
French President Francois Hollande met here with the Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba. The meeting took on the developments in the war in Syria, said the Saudi press agency. ....
