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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro gets special powers
Date: 2013-11-20 08:43:11 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:17 - ID:396923
Venezuela's National Assembly has given final approval to special powers for President Nicolas Maduro, the BBC reported. Under the measures Maduro will be able to govern without consulting Congress for 12 months. After signing the bill, he ....
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UN chief condemns attacks on police station in Somalia
Date: 2013-11-20 08:39:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:396914
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the deadly attacks on a police station in Somalia, saying that these terrorist acts "have caused tremendous suffering". "The secretary-general strongly condemns the deadly attacks today against ....
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Russia ready to finance nuclear projects in Egypt- Lavrov
Date: 2013-11-20 08:27:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:396887
Russia is ready to finance various Egyptian projects, especially nuclear ones, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. The top diplomat added that his country is seeking to promote its relations with Egypt. Lavrov stressed that ....
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NATO to help Libya in developing security sector - Rasmussen
Date: 2013-11-20 08:24:23 GMT - Libya - International - SN:9 - ID:396876
The NATO Secretary General has announced the alliance's readiness to provide security advice and support to Libya as part of the country's rehabilitation. Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the matter on the sidelines of a defense ministers' meeting ....
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Kerry condemns Beirut blasts
Date: 2013-11-20 08:20:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:396870
US Secretary of State John Kerry strongly deplored Tuesday terrorist blasts that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut, the US Department of State reported on its website. "The United States strongly condemns today's senseless and despicable ....
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Obama to make personal appeal to senators on Iran sanctions
Date: 2013-11-20 08:19:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:396866
US President Barack Obama is preparing to meet Tuesday with key senators as part of a full-court press by the administration to ensure that hawks on the Hill hold off on any new sanctions for Iran while delicate talks are under way, Fox News ....
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Beijing fire casualties climb to 11
Date: 2013-11-20 08:15:46 GMT - China - International - SN:6 - ID:396860
Chinese local police said Tuesday a fire in Beijing killed at least 11 people and injured four today night, Xinhua news agency reported. The fire in a storehouse in Xiaowuji of Chaoyang District was reported to the police at around 8:30 p.m., ....
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Russia welcomes Damascus’s readiness to participate in Geneva II without preconditions
Date: 2013-11-19 13:49:57 GMT - Russia - International - SN:38 - ID:395813
Russia welcomes Damascus’s readiness to take part in the Geneva II international peace conference without preconditions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said after a meeting on Monday. The meeting brought together Russian presidential envoy to the ....
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Japan ready to send 3 more defense personnel as inspectors in Syria
Date: 2013-11-19 12:28:14 GMT - Japan - International - SN:29 - ID:395584
The Japanese government said Tuesday it is prepared to supply three additional defense force members to an international chemical weapons watchdog as inspectors, following calls for cooperation in the mission to eliminate a stockpile of chemical ....
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Netanyahu: Iran has enough low-grade uranium for 5 nuclear bombs
Date: 2013-11-19 11:04:28 GMT - Israel - International - SN:24 - ID:395330
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu kept up his unrelenting lobbying against any interim deal with Iran when nuclear talks resume in Geneva this week, saying that Iran already has five bombs worth of lower enriched uranium. Netanyahu's ....
