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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 ....
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Egyptian revolution moves towards progress- Larijani
Date: 2013-12-14 18:30:21 GMT - Iran - International - SN:33 - ID:440128
Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Saturday the Egyptian revolution is moving towards progress, IRNA reported. The Egyptian revolution was a dignified event which left impressive consequences in the region, he said adding that the Islamic ....
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Karzai hopes US will reframe security agreement
Date: 2013-12-14 15:12:38 GMT - India - International - SN:22 - ID:439804
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in India on Saturday that he hopes the United States will reconsider its stand on a security agreement it wants him to sign in the interests of bringing a lasting peace to his war-torn country, ABC News reported ....
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Russia rejects new US sanctions against Iran
Date: 2013-12-13 17:17:16 GMT - Russia - International - SN:21 - ID:438608
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said his country rejects new sanctions imposed by the US administration against more than a dozen companies and individuals for providing support for Iran’s nuclear energy program. Russia called on ....
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Putin gives speech on 20th constitution anniversary
Date: 2013-12-12 08:42:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:22 - ID:436025
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to the Federal Assembly later Thursday, to mark the day the Russian Constitution was adopted 20 years ago, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. The Kremlin has released few details about ....
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Iran, IAEA term latest meeting as fruitful
Date: 2013-12-12 08:18:08 GMT - Austria - International - SN:9 - ID:435950
Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a joint statement described their Wednesday's meeting as fruitful, IRNA news agency reported. They said that the next round of talks will be held in Tehran on January 21.The progress of the ....