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China's airspace zone has caused apprehension: Biden
Date: 2013-12-05 08:09:45 GMT - China - International - SN:4 - ID:423466
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday that China's new air defense identification zone over the East China Sea has caused unease in the region. He said he expressed Washington's firm objection to the move during talks in Beijing. Biden ....
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French Prime minister arrives in Beijing
Date: 2013-12-05 08:03:42 GMT - China - International - SN:2 - ID:423433
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived at the Chinese capital on Thursday on a five-day official visit for talks on boosting economic and investment cooperation. The visit comes at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. ....
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Nelson Mandela in fight from 'deathbed'
Date: 2013-12-04 15:42:01 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:54 - ID:422712
South Africa's ailing first black President Nelson Mandela is putting up a courageous fight from his "deathbed", his daughter Makaziwe Mandela says. She told national broadcaster SABC that the anti-apartheid icon was "still with us, strong, ....
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Ukraine PM calls for end to tension
Date: 2013-12-04 15:26:15 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:53 - ID:422695
Ukraine’s embattled Prime Minister Mykola Azarov warned protesters on Wednesday they would be punished if they broke the law after he marshalled his ministers for a cabinet meeting despite an attempted blockade by demonstrators, euronews ....
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Colombian farmers protest against agricultural policies
Date: 2013-12-04 08:38:14 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:18 - ID:421652
BOGOTA, Dec 4 (MENA) - Several thousand Colombian farmers have marched through the streets of Bogota to demand that the government comply with agreements reached in September, the BBC reported. Farmers' leaders said the Colombian government had ....
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Israel's new ambassador to US presents his credentials to Obama
Date: 2013-12-04 08:34:20 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:421641
Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer presented his credentials to US President Obama on Tuesday night at the White House, Voice of Israel reported. The new ambassador signed the White House guest log with this message: "I feel proud and ....
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Kerry: Afghan troop decision is 'serious business'
Date: 2013-12-04 08:05:38 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:9 - ID:421587
US Secretary of State John Kerry says a decision about whether to keep foreign military troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is "serious business" and urged the government in Kabul to agree to it quickly, ABC news reported. Speaking to reporters ....
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Mauritania ruling party wins big in elections
Date: 2013-12-04 07:57:21 GMT - Mauritania - International - SN:4 - ID:421568
Mauritania's ruling party has scored a sweeping victory in legislative and local elections, while its Islamist rival party came second, the elections commission said Tuesday. The ruling Union for the Republic (UPR) gained 56 seats within the ....
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Putin, Saudi intelligence chief discuss Mideast issues -Kremlin
Date: 2013-12-04 07:53:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:421556
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday visiting Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan near Moscow and discussed the war in Syria and Iran's nuclear programme, the Kremlin said. The Kremlin said Putin and Prince Bandar discussed ....
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Clashes, arrests during Ethiopians' housing protest in Israel
Date: 2013-12-03 18:43:51 GMT - Israel - International - SN:70 - ID:421143
Nine were arrested in Jerusalem as Ethiopians protested insufficient housing aid for immigrants, the Yedioth Ahronoth reported Tuesday. Several hundred protesters demonstrated outside the Knesset and other government offices in Jerusalem on ....
