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Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home
Date: 2013-12-15 15:12:23 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:38 - ID:441442
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service, according to the BBC. His widow, Graca ....
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Iran to continue nuclear negotiations – FM
Date: 2013-12-15 12:24:03 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:441089
Iran will continue negotiating with world powers, Russia Today reported quoting Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as having said on Sunday. The announcement shortly follows what Iran deemed “unsuitable actions” on the part of the US ....
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Japanese envoy hurt in Yemen attack
Date: 2013-12-15 11:12:17 GMT - Yemen - International - SN:23 - ID:440921
A Japanese diplomat has been wounded in a reported failed kidnap attempt by armed men in Yemen, the BBC reported. The second secretary at the embassy was stabbed five times by unknown men in an attack which took place in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, ....
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General strike starts in Bangladesh to protest leader's execution
Date: 2013-12-15 10:39:24 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:20 - ID:440848
An opposition Islamic party began enforcing a daylong general strike to protest the execution of its leader, the BBC reported. At least 24 people have been killed in clashes involving opposition and pro-government activists and the police since ....
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North Korean Leader checks on ski resort progress
Date: 2013-12-15 10:16:01 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:16 - ID:440798
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has visited a ski resort under construction to check on its progress, just days after he had his uncle executed, Yonhap reported Sunday. The young leader praised soldiers and laborers for helping speed up ....
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Turkmenistan holds elections without opposition
Date: 2013-12-15 10:13:46 GMT - Turkmenistan - International - SN:14 - ID:440785
Voters in Turkmenistan have been casting ballots in the country's first multi-party elections, ABC news reported. For the first time since Turkmenistan gained independence in 1991, more than one party will participate in the polls. However, ....
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Deputy FM: Iran not to allow Takfiri terrorists to trouble Tehran-Baghdad ties
Date: 2013-12-15 09:26:26 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:440683
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian condemned the Friday terrorist attack which killed 20 Iranian oil and gas experts in Iraq, and said the Takfiri extremists who should be blamed for the operation ....
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram militants during air raid
Date: 2013-12-15 08:22:26 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:440556
Nigeria's military killed scores of Boko Haram militants during an air raid on a funeral in northeast Nigeria. Spokesman Col. Muhammed Dole said the Boko Haram terrorist network has been forcefully conscripting youths and abducting women but that ....
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11 bodies found in indigenous community in Mexico
Date: 2013-12-15 08:18:13 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:3 - ID:440550
Authorities in southern Mexico have found the bodies of 11 people in an indigenous community that has been troubled by violence and land disputes, the ABC news reported. Oaxaca state prosecutor Joaquin Carrillo Ruiz says that 10 burned bodies ....
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UN chief condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali
Date: 2013-12-15 08:16:47 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:440547
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the bombing attack at the Banque malienne de solidarité in Kidal, taking the lives of two United Nations peacekeepers and injuring at least seven other peacekeepers and four Malian ....
