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Four French hostages freed in Niger
Date: 2013-10-30 10:12:42 GMT - Niger - International - SN:32 - ID:361915
Four French hostages kidnapped in Niger in 2010 have been released, the BBC quoted France's President Francois Hollande as saying. The men boarded a French government plane on Wednesday from Niger's capital Niamey. They are expected to be greeted ....
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7 missing in vessel collision on China sea
Date: 2013-10-30 10:08:42 GMT - China - International - SN:31 - ID:361908
At least seven people went missing after a Chinese fishing vessel collided with a freighter from the Republic of Korea on Bohai Strait near east China's Shandong Province, Yonhap reported quoting officials. The collision occurred at 3:40 am local ....
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Turkey, Japan sign formal agreement to build second nuclear plant in Sinop
Date: 2013-10-30 09:58:48 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:30 - ID:361872
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe signed Tuesday the official agreement for building Turkey's second nuclear plant in the Black Sea province of Sinop, Milliyet newspaper reported Wednesday. The two ....
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Senators warn Obama that Maliki may be leading Iraq back toward civil war
Date: 2013-10-30 09:55:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:29 - ID:361865
A bipartisan group of foreign policy leaders in the Senate warned in unusually blunt terms Tuesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki may be pulling his country back toward civil war, The Washington Post reported. In a letter to President ....
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Peru prime minister to resign
Date: 2013-10-30 09:54:03 GMT - Peru - International - SN:28 - ID:361860
Peru's prime minister, Juan Jimenez, has announced his resignation, saying he will hand over to Cesar Villanueva, the regional president of the northern department of San Martin, euronews reported Wednesday. Jimenez departs after presiding over a ....
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Bus fire in southern India leaves 44 dead
Date: 2013-10-30 09:49:06 GMT - India - International - SN:27 - ID:361850
A fierce blaze on board a bus triggered by an exploding fuel tank has killed at least 44 passengers in southern India, Skynews reported Wednesday. The fire broke out after the bus crashed into a central reservation on a highway between the cities ....
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Obama may ban spying on heads of allied states - NYT
Date: 2013-10-30 09:45:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:361748
US President Barack Obama is poised to order the National Security Agency to stop eavesdropping on the leaders of American allies, administration and congressional officials said, responding to a deepening diplomatic crisis over reports that the ....
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Uruguay to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from Haiti
Date: 2013-10-30 09:40:48 GMT - Uruguay - International - SN:25 - ID:361827
Uruguay's president said he plans to remove his country's nearly 1,000 peacekeeping troops from Haiti, ABC news reported. Jose Mujica said Tuesday he'll withdraw the contingent but isn't giving a date. He said he decided this because there's a ....
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Japan’s foreign minister to visit Iran on November 9
Date: 2013-10-29 16:49:12 GMT - Japan - International - SN:49 - ID:360946
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that he is scheduled to pay a visit to Iran on November 9, shortly after Tehran and the six powers - the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany - wrap up talks on Iran’s ....
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Australian PM signals symbolic end in Afghanistan
Date: 2013-10-29 14:22:53 GMT - Australia - International - SN:36 - ID:360669
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has signalled a symbolic end to Australia's involvement in Afghanistan, Sky News said Tuesday quoting the Australia Defence Association (ADA). But ADA executive director Neil James says it remains unclear ....
