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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 ....
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Russia wants terror attacks stopped against Syrian religious figures, worships
Date: 2013-12-03 18:23:21 GMT - Russia - International - SN:67 - ID:421122
Terrorists' criminal actions against historic monuments and churchmen in Syria must be put an end to, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said in a statment. "The terrorists' aggressive criminal attacks against worship sites and religious figures ....
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14 killed in mine disaster in Burkina
Date: 2013-12-03 18:16:38 GMT - Burkina Faso - International - SN:66 - ID:421119
The local administrator of a gold-mining region in western Burkina Faso confirmed that 14 people were killed and 13 injured when a mine collapsed, ABC news reported on Tuesday. Tingande Zoundi, the prefect of Bale province, said the accident ....
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Abe, Biden vow Japan-US coordination over China air zone
Date: 2013-12-03 17:34:24 GMT - Japan - International - SN:62 - ID:421055
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Vice President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday further bilateral coordination over China's newly declared air defense identification zone in the East China Sea that covers a group of disputed islands, Kyodo News ....
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Ukraine govt survives 'no confidence' vote amid mass protests
Date: 2013-12-03 17:12:06 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:57 - ID:421001
Ukraine’s Cabinet has survived a vote of no confidence initiated by opposition MPs in the Verkhovna Rada, Russia Today channel reported Tuesday. The decision was announced as thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside the parliament ....
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Thai govt seeks negotiations with protesters: CNN
Date: 2013-12-03 14:21:24 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:30 - ID:420616
The Thai government said it had negotiated a truce with protesters for the next several days to honor the birthday of the country's deeply revered King, CNN reported. But the leader of the protests said the fight against Prime Minister Yingluck ....
