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Iran rebels 'hanged in reprisal for border deaths'
Date: 2013-10-26 09:39:29 GMT - Iran - International - SN:16 - ID:355176
Sixteen rebels have been hanged in south-eastern Iran in retaliation for clashes in which 17 border guards were killed, reported the BBC. The rebels were "linked to groups hostile to the regime", the attorney general of Sistan-Baluchistan ....
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Zarif to visit Turkey next week
Date: 2013-10-26 09:19:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:355126
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay an official visit to Turkey next week to discuss regional issues with the country’s senior officials, Press TV reported Saturday. Davutoglu made ....
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14 Iranian border guards killed in clashes
Date: 2013-10-26 08:06:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:10 - ID:355009
Armed men have killed 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan. Authorities were investigating to determine whether the attackers were drug smugglers or armed opposition groups, both of which have occasionally ambushed ....
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US admits spy charges for 'protection of citizens, allies'
Date: 2013-10-26 08:01:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:355003
The US State Department admitted Friday that US intelligence agencies tapped the mobile phone calls and collected information from all over the world on ground of 'protecting US citizens, allies and homeland.' "It’s not a secret that we collect ....
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Ethiopian official says dam construction runs as schedule
Date: 2013-10-26 07:57:22 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:7 - ID:354996
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project Simegnew Bekele said on Friday that main works on the construction of the dam are underway as per schedule. These works include the diversion of the river and installation of machineries, Bekele was quoted ....
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German FM summons US amb. over tapping Merkel's cell phone
Date: 2013-10-24 14:31:30 GMT - Germany - International - SN:13 - ID:352982
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Thursday took the unusual step of summoning the American ambassador to Germany to an afternoon meeting in Berlin in the wake of reports that the US might have spied on Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell ....
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Ban urges more unity on UN Day
Date: 2013-10-24 13:15:18 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:6 - ID:352802
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged for more unity in the world on the United Nations Day that falls on October 24. In his message, Ban said "in a world that is more connected, we must be more united. On United Nations Day, let us pledge to ....
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Ethiopia says Nile Basin countries to benefit from controversial dam
Date: 2013-10-24 07:14:35 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:3 - ID:351976
Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Alemayehu Tegenu said on Wednesday that upper stream countries have a lot to benefit once the construction of a huge dam comes to successful end. Tegenu was addressing a conference in Addis Ababa ....
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Putin calls for closer cooperation with Pakistan on fighting drugs,terrorism
Date: 2013-10-23 17:57:49 GMT - Russia - International - SN:29 - ID:351560
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised plans for new joint economic projects between Russia and Pakistan, but called for closer cooperation between the two nations in fighting terrorism and the illegal drug trade., reported Ria Novosti. At a ....
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Interior Minister says number of terrorist attacks down in Russia in past few years
Date: 2013-10-23 17:54:15 GMT - Russia - International - SN:28 - ID:351550
The number of terrorist attacks in Russia decreased two times in the past three years thanks to the determined work of the law enforcement authorities, Interfax quoted Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev as saying Wednesday. "We are ....
