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IFRC: 5 million people in Philippines lost their livelihoods
Date: 2013-12-08 09:29:00 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:14 - ID:428594
Patrick Fuller from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) societies said that nearly five million people in the Philippines have lost their livelihoods. "They've got no place to go to work. They've got no form of ....
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UN chief says corruption barrier to achieving Millennium goals
Date: 2013-12-08 08:59:12 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:13 - ID:428525
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said corruption is a barrier to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and needs to be taken into account in defining and implementing a robust post-2015 development agenda. In a message on the occasion of ....
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Flora Coquerel crowned Miss France 2014
Date: 2013-12-08 08:55:27 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:428516
Miss Orléanais, Flora Coquerel, has been crowned Miss France 2014. The pageant was held at Zenith in Dijon, Bourgogne. The jury chose Coquerel out of 33 contestants. The jury consisted of Québecois singer Garou (in the chair), Sylvie Vartan, ....
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Obama says Palestinian-Israeli negotiations could lead to two-state solution
Date: 2013-12-08 08:24:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:428437
US President Barack Obama stressed that the current Palestinian-Israeli negotiations have reached a point that could lead to the implementation of the two-state solution but still hard decisions are needed on both sides. Obama, while attending ....
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S. Korea to declare expanded air defense zone on Sunday: gov't
Date: 2013-12-08 08:19:57 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:428430
The South Korean government said it plans to announce an expanded air defense zone on Sunday, amid a growing regional row following China's unilateral expansion of its own, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. The Ministry of National Defense will ....
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ECOWAS pays tribute to Mandela
Date: 2013-12-08 08:04:49 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:2 - ID:428411
The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) on Saturday paid tribute to Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday, at age 95. The ECOWAS Commission, in a statement, said it learnt about Mandela’s death, with a deep sense of loss ....
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China's parliament rebuffsJapanese criticism of air defense zone
Date: 2013-12-08 08:00:56 GMT - China - International - SN:1 - ID:428401
China's parliament has declared that Japan has no right to criticize the establishment of a Chinese air defense zone which it said was in accordance with international law, Yonhap reported Sunday.. Japan, South Korea and their ally the United ....
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Putin Spokesman: Customs Union not discussed
Date: 2013-12-07 17:17:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:35 - ID:427864
The spokesman for Russia's president says Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Putin didn't discuss Ukraine joining a Russian-led customs union, one of the issues driving large protests now in their third week in Kiev, ABC News ....
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Putin Spokesman: Customs Union not discussed
Date: 2013-12-07 12:00:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:30 - ID:427291
The spokesman for Russia's president says Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Putin didn't discuss Ukraine joining a Russian-led customs union, one of the issues driving large protests now in their third week in Kiev, ABC News ....
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Lieberman: Negotiations reach dead end
Date: 2013-12-07 08:12:57 GMT - Israel - International - SN:18 - ID:426870
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said negotiations with the Palestinians have come to a dead end. "It is impossible to fill the deep gaps between both parties due to the lack of confidence, despite the presence of good will," “The Voice ....
