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South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies at 95
Date: 2013-12-06 08:11:38 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:1 - ID:425257
South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, the BBC quoted South Africa's president as saying on Thursday. Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years ....
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VP Biden in South Korea for last stop on Asia tour
Date: 2013-12-05 14:42:42 GMT - south korea - International - SN:30 - ID:424442
US Vice President Joe Biden is in South Korea on the final leg of a three-nation tour of Asia. Biden touched down on a US military base south of Seoul after stops this week in China and Japan. He'll meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye ....
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Kerry arrives in Israel for talks on peace process
Date: 2013-12-05 10:43:10 GMT - Israel - International - SN:14 - ID:423870
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. His visit comes at a time of heated debate in Israel over ....
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Lieberman to Ban: Iran continues to destabilize world
Date: 2013-12-05 09:07:15 GMT - Israel - International - SN:9 - ID:423615
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday in New York and expressed Israel's concern over the Iran nuclear agreement, Ynet news reported. Lieberman noted that just a day prior to the signing ....
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Russian FM participates in OSCE meeting
Date: 2013-12-05 09:02:24 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:423596
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will participate in Thursday's meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Foreign Ministers Council in Kiev. "The meeting will be held on December 5 and 6. No information is ....
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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 ....
