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David Cameron hires ex drug dealer to run his security at top Tory party summit
Date: 2013-10-22 15:30:02 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:42 - ID:349541
UK Prime Minister David Cameron hired a notorious ex-drug dealing bouncer as head of his security team for a Tory Party summit at a luxurious hotel, Mirror Newspaper reported. Security firm boss Gordon McLean later received a letter personally ....
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Mercenaries planned hit on President Maduro for $10,600
Date: 2013-10-22 15:10:16 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:39 - ID:349489
Mercenaries had been prepared to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela for just 20 million Colombian pesos - 10,600 dollars, Voice of Russia reported Tuesday. This was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Venezuela, ....
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Japan welcomes UN statement on nuclear disarmament
Date: 2013-10-22 13:36:17 GMT - Japan - International - SN:30 - ID:349264
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday welcomed a statement issued at a UN committee by 125 countries including Japan and New Zealand that drew attention to the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, Kyodo news agency ....
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Cholera kills five in Nigeria's Sokoto, says health official
Date: 2013-10-22 13:20:42 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:349229
Five people died of suspected cholera at a Nigerian village in Sokoto State, a health official said. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted Deputy Director of Health of Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State Bala Oroji as saying all the ....
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Turkish police fire tear gas at students in Ankara
Date: 2013-10-22 12:48:22 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:25 - ID:349166
Police in Turkey have fired tear gas at students protesting against a municipal project to build a road across part of their university campus in the capital, Ankara, local media reported. On Saturday, the students rallied at the entrance of ....
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N. Korea accuses US of fueling military threat
Date: 2013-10-22 12:31:01 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:22 - ID:349111
North Korea on Tuesday claimed that the United States is openly threatening the communist country with military force and warned it could respond to such provocations with war. In a commentary carried by the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling ....
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اUS gives armored vehicles to UN to help destroying Syria's chemical weapons
Date: 2013-10-22 12:10:58 GMT - USA - International - SN:19 - ID:349074
The United States has given 10 armored vehicles to the United Nations to help support efforts to verify and destroy Syria's chemical weapons, the US State Department announced Monday. America spent $1.55 million from the US State Department's ....
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US student kills teacher, injures two boys, shoot himself
Date: 2013-10-22 07:59:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:348434
A teacher has been killed and two boys injured after a pupil opened fire at a school in Nevada, Sky News reported. The student who opened fire at Sparks Middle School was also dead after the early morning attack, according to police. Chanda ....
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Ex-Shin Bet chief: No chance of peace in current Israeli political climate
Date: 2013-10-21 18:53:19 GMT - Israel - International - SN:60 - ID:348010
Former Israeli Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin said on Monday that he does not see a realistic chance for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to sign a peace agreement in the current Israeli climate, The Jerusalem Post reported. "It's obvious ....
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26 people killed, injured in bus bombing in central Russia
Date: 2013-10-21 16:55:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:51 - ID:347850
An unknown explosive device has detonated in a bus in Volgograd, 1,000km to the south-east of Moscow, killing at least five people and injuring 20, Russia Today reported. A terrorist attack is now viewed as the cause of the blast. A terrorist ....