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Bachmann urges Washington to follow Egyptian decision considering MB terrorist organization
Date: 2013-12-18 16:13:47 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:65 - ID:449105
A member of the US Congress has stressed the need for Washington to act according to an Egyptian decision labeling the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. "If the decision of the interim government of Egypt is to consider the ....
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US sending $25M in new typhoon aid to Philippines
Date: 2013-12-18 11:15:01 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:41 - ID:448359
The United States is providing nearly $25 million in additional humanitarian aid to help the Philippines deal with the enormous devastation and deaths wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last month, ABC reported quoting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said ....
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Seoul summons Japanese envoy over renewed claims to Dokdo
Date: 2013-12-18 10:51:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:32 - ID:448278
South Korea summoned the vice chief of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul Wednesday to lodge a complaint against Tokyo's renewed territorial claims to Seoul's easternmost islets of Dokdo, Yonhap news agency reported. Takashi Kurai, the deputy chief of ....
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Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies aged 84
Date: 2013-12-18 10:48:30 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:30 - ID:448265
British criminal Ronnie Biggs, who took part in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, has died aged 84, the BBC reported Wednesday. Biggs was part of the gang which escaped with £2.6m from the Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August 1963. He was ....
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Talks between Iran, Spain to promote bilateral relations
Date: 2013-12-18 10:42:58 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:448243
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and America Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi held talks in Tehran with Spanish Foreign Ministry Director General for Africa and Mediterranean Affairs Maneul Gomez. The two sides focused on ways to promote ....
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Zarif: Iran to seriously pursue rights of nation
Date: 2013-12-18 10:42:02 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:448240
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that the team of negotiators will seriously follow up the rights of Iranian nation, IRNA reported. “We will follow up the interests of people with the language of dignity, logic and the literature ....
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Europe sets condition of equal treatment to exempt Saudis from Schengen visa
Date: 2013-12-18 10:40:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:26 - ID:448237
The European Union has set a condition of same treatment to exempt the Saudi nationals from getting the EU-Schengen visa following the example of a number of Gulf states which allowed European nationals to enter without getting visas. In ....
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Brazil is not considering asylum for Snowden
Date: 2013-12-18 10:36:24 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:24 - ID:448222
Brazil has said it is not considering granting asylum to the fugitive former US security analyst Edward Snowden despite his offering to help investigate revelations that the NSA spied on their president, euronews reported Wednesday. Snowden made ....
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Women in Nigeria protest against forced marriage to deities
Date: 2013-12-18 09:23:02 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:19 - ID:448036
Groups of women in southern Nigeria have been protesting in front of government offices in Enugu State against the killing of women through "fetish activities" and forced marriages to traditional gods, according to press reports. The protests ....
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New bird flu strain linked to death of Chinese woman
Date: 2013-12-18 09:21:42 GMT - China - International - SN:18 - ID:448034
Chinese authorities have said a 73-year-old woman has died after being infected with a bird flu strain not previously found in people, a development that the World Health Organisation called "worrisome", Yonhap reported. China's Centre for ....
