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  • NATO starts negotiating its forces’ status in Afghanistan after 2014

    NATO starts negotiating its forces’ status in Afghanistan after 2014

    Date: 2013-12-22 08:32:17 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:454756

    NATO has begun negotiating a Status of Forces Agreement with Afghanistan without waiting until the Karzai government signs the security deal with the US, ABC news reported quoting the Pentagon and NATO. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh ....

  • Cuba calls on US to establish civilized relations

    Cuba calls on US to establish civilized relations

    Date: 2013-12-22 08:00:04 GMT - Cuba - International - SN:8 - ID:454693

    Cuban President Raul Castro called on the United States to establish civilized relations with his country, the BBC reported. The United States and Cuba have appeared more positive of late as talks around immigration, postal services, disaster ....

  • Germany’s new defense minister makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

    Germany’s new defense minister makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

    Date: 2013-12-22 07:58:15 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:454692

    The new defense minister of Germany Ursula Von Der Leyen following an unannounced visit arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday to visit German troops stationed in northern Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Khaama newspaper reported. Her visit comes five days ....

  • Thai opposition to boycott 2 February elections

    Thai opposition to boycott 2 February elections

    Date: 2013-12-22 07:53:20 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:3 - ID:454683

    Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party has announced it will boycott snap elections set for 2 February, the BBC News reported Saturday. Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told a news conference it would not be fielding candidates, saying: "Thai ....

  • Turkish ministers' sons charged in graft probe

    Turkish ministers' sons charged in graft probe

    Date: 2013-12-21 11:18:07 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:34 - ID:453546

    Sixteen people, including the sons of two ministers, were charged on Saturday in connection with a Turkish corruption investigation that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a “dirty operation” aimed at undermining his rule, Asharq ....

  • Geneva 2 conf. to be held on Jan. 22 - Russian foreign ministry

    Geneva 2 conf. to be held on Jan. 22 - Russian foreign ministry

    Date: 2013-12-21 09:54:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:28 - ID:453374

    The Geneva 2 Conference will be held on January 22, 2014, the Russian Foreign Ministry has announced. The three-way consultative meeting which was held yesterday between Russia, the US and the UN set the date of the Geneva 2 Conference. In a ....

  • US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report

    US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report

    Date: 2013-12-21 09:02:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:19 - ID:453281

    Secret documents have revealed more than 1,000 targets of American and British surveillance in recent years, including the office of an Israeli prime minister, heads of international aid organizations, foreign energy companies and a European Union ....

  • China says FM visits to Israel, Palestinian territories achieved goals

    China says FM visits to Israel, Palestinian territories achieved goals

    Date: 2013-12-21 08:02:24 GMT - China - International - SN:18 - ID:453137

    China has said visits by its foreign minister to Israel and the Palestinian territories helped entrench the "traditional friendship" with both sides. Goals of the visits have been accomplished, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a ....

  • Chinese firm pulls workers out of South Sudan oilfields after attack

    Chinese firm pulls workers out of South Sudan oilfields after attack

    Date: 2013-12-21 07:59:31 GMT - China - International - SN:17 - ID:453133

    Chinese state oil company CNPC said it was evacuating workers from South Sudan because of political violence that has left hundreds dead, South China Morning Post reported Saturday. "We are arranging the orderly evacuation of our workers, but I ....

  • Italy's Letta survives confidence vote on budget

    Italy's Letta survives confidence vote on budget

    Date: 2013-12-21 07:33:56 GMT - Italy - International - SN:14 - ID:453088

    Italian Premier Enrico Letta's government has survived a confidence vote in Parliament's lower chamber tied to next year's budget, local media reported Friday. The Chamber of Deputies voted 350-196 with one abstention Friday to pass the budget ....

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