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  • NSA denies Barack Obama was informed of Angela Merkel phone tapping

    NSA denies Barack Obama was informed of Angela Merkel phone tapping

    Date: 2013-10-28 08:06:57 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:357956

    The National Security Agency has denied reports that President Barack Obama was personally informed of US phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phones, The Daily Telegraph reported. NSA chief General Keith Alexander "did not ....

  • Israel agrees to release Palestinian prisoners

    Israel agrees to release Palestinian prisoners

    Date: 2013-10-28 07:27:15 GMT - palestine - International - SN:5 - ID:357893

    A ministerial committee headed by Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu on Sunday approved a list of 26 Palestinian prisoners to be released in the second of a four-stage process by which 104 Palestinian prisoners will be sent to the Palestinian ....

  • Israeli MKs opposes bill banning release of Palestinian prisoners

    Israeli MKs opposes bill banning release of Palestinian prisoners

    Date: 2013-10-27 18:19:13 GMT - Israel - International - SN:38 - ID:357590

    The rhetoric between Israel's Hatnua and Bayit Yehudi ministers and MKs grew increasingly bellicose as the parties stood on opposite sides of a prisoner release debate before and after the government vote on the matter Sunday, Israel's The Jerusalem ....

  • Putin cosies up to Cairo as US cools

    Putin cosies up to Cairo as US cools

    Date: 2013-10-27 11:59:02 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:356936

    Russia is mounting a determined attempt to capitalise on America’s diplomatic difficulties in the Middle East, pushing for greater co-operation with Egypt in a drive that could eventually lead to Moscow gaining access to the country’s Mediterranean ....

  • Boko Haram member says grup has nothing to do with Islam

    Boko Haram member says grup has nothing to do with Islam

    Date: 2013-10-27 08:08:12 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:3 - ID:356410

    Malam Bukar Modu, a detained Boko Haram member, said that the sect had nothing to do with Islam, as it was mainly involved in armed banditry, looting and killing of innocent people. In press statement, Modu, who was captured on October 6, said ....

  • Iran says to attend Geneva 2 if invited

    Iran says to attend Geneva 2 if invited

    Date: 2013-10-26 18:06:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:41 - ID:356017

    Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday said his country will attend a planned international conference in Geneva on Syria if it is invited. He was addressing a joint press conference with UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria ....

  • Iran president calls for probe into border shooting

    Iran president calls for probe into border shooting

    Date: 2013-10-26 17:52:19 GMT - Iran - International - SN:36 - ID:355995

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for an investigation into a shooting incident in southeast Iran, where 17 border guards were killed by terrorists, Press TV reported on Saturday. “The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is ....

  • Kerry and Lavrov discuss planned Syria conference

    Kerry and Lavrov discuss planned Syria conference

    Date: 2013-10-26 17:50:52 GMT - Russia - International - SN:35 - ID:355991

    US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday, Voice of Russia quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying. Kerry and Lavrov discussed "aspects of Russian-American interaction in organizing the ....

  • Lavrov, Fabius  discuss situation in Syria over phone

    Lavrov, Fabius discuss situation in Syria over phone

    Date: 2013-10-26 11:05:55 GMT - Russia - International - SN:28 - ID:355346

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov conferred Saturday over the phone with his French counterpart Lauran Fabius on the situation in Syria, The Russian Foreign Ministry reported Saturday. The two ministers probed a set of international issues, ....

  • 41 Taliban militants killed, injured in military opeations

    41 Taliban militants killed, injured in military opeations

    Date: 2013-10-26 09:51:23 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:21 - ID:355201

    At least 41 Taliban militants were killed and injured during military operations by Afghan and coalition security fores in various provinces of Afghanistan, said the Afghan newspaper Khamma press. The interior ministry confirmed in a statement ....

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