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Ukraine's Tymoshenko on hunger strike backing pro-EU rallies
Date: 2013-11-26 12:51:43 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:25 - ID:407889
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike Tuesday in solidarity with thousands of pro-European protesters outraged with the ex-Soviet state's shock decision to scrap a key EU pact, Sky News reported. The fiery ....
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Karzai stands by refusal to sign US deal
Date: 2013-11-26 09:58:45 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:12 - ID:407458
The Afghan president Hamid Karzai has refused to back down on his decision not to sign a key security deal in a meeting with the US national security adviser, the BBC reported. The pact allows thousands of US troops to remain in Afghanistan after ....
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White House welcomes Syrian peace talks in Geneva on January 22
Date: 2013-11-26 05:51:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:407018
The White House welcomed a United Nations announcement on setting a date for the Geneva 2 conference on Syria on January 22. Commenting on the news, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there are challenges ahead for the task of forming a ....
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PKK supporters set on fire shopping mall in south Turkey
Date: 2013-11-25 12:17:11 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:52 - ID:405967
Tens of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) supporters set on fire a shopping mall in Silopi city in Sirnak province in southern Turkey, CNN Turk reported. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails at a shopping mall, causing an electric cut in the ....
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AU Appoints AFISM-CAR leadership team
Date: 2013-11-25 12:05:22 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:47 - ID:405925
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, appointed a leadership team of the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (AFISM-CAR), according to an AU Commission press ....
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French President to visit Turkey early next year - sources
Date: 2013-11-25 11:42:32 GMT - France - International - SN:44 - ID:405858
French President François Hollande will pay an official visit to Turkey in January on the first visit by a French leader to the country since 1993 when the former Socialist President Francois Mitterrand inaugurated the Francophone University in ....
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Iranian amb. to Lebanon says attack on embassy not to go without response
Date: 2013-11-25 11:17:41 GMT - Lebanon - International - SN:39 - ID:405798
Iranian Ambassador in Beirut Ghadanfar Rokon Abadi said his country will act so that the attack on the Iranian embassy in Lebanon will not be repeated anywhere. Iran won't mute response to the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Rokon Abadi ....
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Iranians welcome their negotiators upon arrival from Geneva
Date: 2013-11-25 11:07:14 GMT - Iran - International - SN:38 - ID:405753
Thousands of people, especially youths, have welcomed the Iranian negotiators return from Geneva having secured an agreement valid for six months, which loosens sanctions against Iran in exchange for a freezing of uranium enrichment and a UN greater ....
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EU will likely lift some Iran sanctions in December: France
Date: 2013-11-25 11:02:04 GMT - France - International - SN:37 - ID:405741
France's foreign minister said Monday the European Union would likely lift some sanctions on Iran in December, as part of a hard-won deal that curbs Tehran's nuclear program. Speaking on Europe 1 radio, Laurent Fabius also said Israel -- which ....
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Ruling party candidate leads in Honduras presidential vote
Date: 2013-11-25 09:19:01 GMT - Honduras - International - SN:29 - ID:405454
The ruling party candidate held the lead in early vote counting to become Honduras' next president, while two of his four main opponents began crying foul early Monday over the results in the violent and impoverished Central American nation, ABC ....
